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Category Archives: Cork City
Beast from the East in Cork City
On the morning of March 2nd, 2018. The residents of Cork City witnessed a rare weather phenomenon not seen for quite some time. Fortunately I had the day off work to take some snaps. It was also a great time … Continue reading
Posted in Cork, Cork City, Places, snow, Weather
Tagged beast from the east, cork on ice, cork snow, igloo in cork, snow, snow in cork, storm emma
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The woods at Mount Desert near Cork City
One evening, I took notice of a wooded area on the other side of Lee Fields and was curious about visiting it. Here’s the highlighted map of the woods from Google Maps. It was only years later that I decided to … Continue reading
The Curraheen Cave
It was roughly in August 2015 when I decided to go off the beaten track at the Curraheen Walkway near the vicinity of Lee Fields and my eye caught something interesting at a small rock formation. From the few snaps I … Continue reading
Posted in Activity, Caves, Cork, Cork City, Nature, Places, Spelunking
Tagged adventure, caving, cork, curraheen, curraheen walkway, exploring, small cave, Spelunking
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The Beaumont Quarry Cave
With the quarry only being a stones throw away from work, I’ve decided recently to check out the place after reading Kieran McCarthy’s piece about it , what particularly caught my attention from the post was the mention of caves in it. … Continue reading
Posted in Activity, Cork, Cork City, Spelunking, Uncategorized
Tagged caving, cork, cork city, speleology, Spelunking
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Dragon of Shandon 2014
Halloween parade that takes place in Shandon Street and Pope’s Quay every year
Posted in Cork, Cork City, Event, Parade, Uncategorized
Tagged cork, cork city, dragon, dragon of shandon, halloween, parade, samhain, shandon
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Cork in an October morning
Saturday morning, 11th October I decided to take a short trek around Sunday’s Well and Mardyke while morning fog had rolled into Cork city. For that brief period it was reminiscent of an 80’s fantasy movie.
A Tunnel at the Marina, Cork City
About two weeks ago I stumbled across a small tunnel near the old slipway by Dundanion Castle, roughly 1o meters in length it looks like it is being recently used as an illegal dumping spot. I checked Ordinance Survey Ireland … Continue reading
Carrig House, Lower Glanmire Road, Cork City
I’ve seen this late Georgian house across The Marina on several occasions and was always curious as to see what was inside it. Unfortunately, a fire in 2002 had destroyed most of the interior. An attempt to renovate it had … Continue reading
Posted in Building, Cork City, Uncategorized, Urbex
Tagged abandoned, carrig house, lower glanmire road, urbex
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Flooded Lee Fields ( November 2012 )
These were taken on an incredibly cold Saturday morning while flood water was still remained in the Lee Fields, it was in the process of freezing in some parts but it didn’t remain cold enough for that to happen …
Posted in Cork, Cork City, Flooding, Nature, Scenery
Tagged cork, cork city, flood, flood plains, fog, lee fields, mist, river
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Flooding in Cork ( 17th October 2012 )
These were taken from Lavitt’s Quay and Coal Quay area of Cork City at the time when high tides and heavy rainfall hit the city on the 17th of October, 2012. Video: