The Beamish and Crawford brewery on South Main St which closed earlier this year.  Beamish is now (I think) brewed over in the Heineken brewery on the other side of the city along with fellow Cork stout Murphy’s.  I wonder how Heineken will treat the two stouts which are in competition with each in other in the Cork/Munster area.  I switch between the two to be honest and always recommend them above Guinness to foreign visitors looking for that quintessential Irish pint.

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One more photo from the picturesque Guagán.  If you’re visiting Cork and it’s not actually raining, this is a lovely place to visit.

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The oft-photographed little church at Guagán Barra a few miles on from Béal Atha an Ghaorthaidh.  This is the starting point of the River Lee which runs all the way to Cork City.

The church here is tiny with just enough room for one person to go up the aisle.  I played the uilleann pipes at a wedding here when I was barely a teenager for my neighbour who was teaching me the violin at the time.  Brave move (for her!) but I thoroughly enjoyed it and I still play some of the tunes I learned for that wedding to this day.  I no longer play the violin though!

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The Elysian is a fantastic looking building but I think somebody somewhere got a little over-eager with their marketing campaign.  I still don’t know how the Elysian was allowed to go ahead by the way it completely overshadows Cork City Hall from the city side.  The Elysian is now open for business, time to get yourself that city apartment you always dreamed of?  Or is the recession going to kick in and knock the wind out of the Elysian hype?

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As I mentioned the other day, the above installation was put in place for the Culture Night last Friday.  I’m not sure how long they are going to be there but they remind of an ad for Channel 4 when I’m driving into town and see them from across the river.  Does this constitute art for you?

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Something a little different today with this picture.  I used the threshold effect in Gimp to make the original photo look like a charcoal sketch, or at least that’s what it looks like to me!

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Cobh Cathedral looms over the rest of the town.  It really is a fantastic building.

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The steps up to Cobh Cathedral which is a magnificent structure.

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The spectacular Cobh Cathedral in the background last weekend when we had some lovely clear blue skies.  Here’s hoping for that again this weekend!   Woo hoo, it’s the weekend!

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