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Category Archives: Places
Mount Gabriel – Mizen Peninsula, Co. Cork
Mount Gabriel not only provides a pretty great view of the peninsular but also features some mine shafts as well. We managed to find at least 3 mine shafts close in proximity to the road leading up to the mountain … Continue reading
Posted in Caves, Cork, Mine, Mountain, Mountain, Scenery, Spelunking, Urbex
Tagged abandoned, ballydehob, baryite, exploring, mine, mine shaft, minecraft, mnt gabriel, mount gabriel, schull, spellunking
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Old Kenmare Road, Co. Kerry
We recently trekked a small part of the Old Kenmare road near Killarney, beautiful place to be in despite the bad weather we had for most of the day. Although we were soaked to the bone, we had a blast!
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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The Ovens Cave, Cork
Here’s an interesting snippet from Charles Smith’s ‘The Ancient and Present State of the County and City of Cork’ published in 1774: The Ovens or St Owens parish is washed on the S and E sides by the Bride and … Continue reading
Posted in Activity, Caves, Cork, Nature, Spelunking, Urbex
Tagged cave, mass rock, massrock, ovens, speleology, Spelunking, underground, urbex
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Dove Hill Castle, Carrick-on-Suir, Co.Tipp
Posted in Nature, Tipperary, Uncategorized
Tagged carraig an suir, castle, ruin, tipp, tipperary
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Exploring Goggin’s Hill Tunnel
Built in 1851 and closed in 1961, Goggin’s Hill Tunnel currently stands as the longest abandoned railway tunnel in the Republic of Ireland.
Posted in Cork, Urbex
Tagged abandoned, abandoned tunnel, ballinhassig, cork, cork city, dark, goggins hill, gogginshill, railway tunnel, tunnel, 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:
The Allihies Copper Mine, West Cork
Back in May I finally got the opportunity to see it for myself. Allihies Copper Mine was at some point in the mid 1800’s, the largest copper mining operation in Europe and once the copper production dwindled in the … Continue reading
Dragon of Shandon 2012, Cork City
Some photos taken from the Dragon of Shandon parade that takes place around the Shandon area every 31st of October to celebrate Samhain. More info about the parade can be read here. There’s video too:
Posted in Activity, Cork, Cork City
Tagged cork, cork city, dragon of shandon, halloween, samhain
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