Blogs from Cork, County Cork, Ireland, Europe - page 28

Days 14-16: Booze, gambling and tattoos in Cork (Hi Mom!)

Europe » Ireland » County Cork » Cork September 7th 2006

I swear, Jenn and I came to Cork with the best of intentions. We were going to see Blarney Castle, go to the Fota Wildlife Park, maybe take a half-day trip to Kinsale or Cobh…but for some reason we did none of it. In spite of that, we loved Cork. It’s in close competition with Dublin for our favourite. Can you tell we’re city girls? I’ve read over and over that the best of Ireland is in its small towns and villages, but we fell in love with its cities. I’m sure I would love rural Ireland as well, but without a car, it wasn’t to be. Still, we didn’t feel restricted, or that we were ‘missing’ anything - we found it quite easy to talk to locals and it was always apparent that we were ... read more

Gift of the Gab

Europe » Ireland » County Cork » Cork August 28th 2006

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Hymie

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Pucker Up!

Europe » Ireland » County Cork » Cork August 27th 2006

Were Lost

Today was a trip to Blarney Castle. Lost of stairs to climb up and down. For Amie there were also waves of vertigo frm the top. It was very high up and quite windy. But we still don't understand how the royal women could go up the spiral staircase and through the tiny doors in their large puffy skirts. It was my turn to kiss the Blarney Stone. I had no idea that you had to pretty much dangle through this opening in the wall, upside down, bent backwards, and rely on the old Irishman to haul you back up. A piece of advice to all, at least make a kissing noise if you don't want to make contact with the librally salivated stone. The grounds of the castle were a great place for picnicing and ... read more

Blarney Castle

Europe » Ireland » County Cork » Cork August 26th 2006

Blarney Castle

Orillia Irishman

Well I did a tour of Blarney castle, Kinsale, and Charles fort last week i think. Trying to keep everything fresh in my head. THe Castle was sweet, dungeons, escape tunnels, and of course the Blarney stone. Apparently it was brougth from Isreal along ass time ago split inhalf and the other half is kept in Edinborough castle. When prince Charles turns king he will get them or something?? Pretty cool. So I got to kiss this rock that has been kissed for the last 500 years or so. YUmmy. Hopefully i will bring me good luck as they say. But what a property the castle is on just amazing. Kinsale was a small harbour town on the coast, very touristy. then Charles fort was wild. An old fortress on the ocean. Wouldn';t want to attack ... read more

Clonacilty

Europe » Ireland » County Cork » Cork August 26th 2006

The veiw from the Farm

Orillia Irishman

Well officailly at the farm. Good times. What a beauy spot. Can see the ocean and all the surroundiong area. so nice. But surfing beaches like 5 min away. Man i forgot how hard it was to surf. really serious. But so far so good. Lota of hard work. Doing alot of carpentry and what not. Living alone in a mobile home right now but alright. I guy from france is coming at the end of the month. But Marc and Debra are super cool people to work with. I was expecting to up working at 5am everyday but its more laid back more like working by 9. I love it here. Fresh veggies everyday and a herb garden to spice things up. I'm eating tomatoes off the vine like apples. So freaking good. But a ... read more

I freaking love this town

Europe » Ireland » County Cork » Cork August 20th 2006

Cork Baby

Orillia Irishman

Well As soon as I pulled into Cork I had a feeling I would love it. Right of the bat was an O'Leary BMW dealer ship. Love it. But staying at this sweet hostel Bru. Wicked pub downstairs that is open until 4am. Everythign else closes at 2am. But on Saturday ended up having to move to Shelia;'s hostel. Which was also pretty sweet mainly because if the Sauna. But yeah went out drinking both nights and had a blast. Crazy packed pubs wiht amazing music. Seriously good times. So easy to meet up with a crew and go out for drinks. Saturday was a right off because my Irish roomy Graham took me out for a traditional irish breakfast. This breakfast involved about 6 pints of beer. So there we were pissed by about 1 ... read more

Corker

Europe » Ireland » County Cork » Cork August 5th 2006

Cork city

Jared and Anna

Jared and Danny had a game of cricket down in Cork on the Saturday and as it was a long weekend we decided to make the most of it and head down there for three days. We set off from Dublin about 7am anticipating a long, slow ride with the rest of dublin also deciding to get out of the city for the weekend (just like Auckland on a public holiday). We managed to have a pretty easy journey apart from passing a car crash and arrived with plenty of time to spare. Saturday was a beautiful day weather wise, unfortunately the boys lost the cricket in the last over and I was stuck at the cricket ground all day. Sunday we woke to the now increasingly familiar sound of rain and wind (loving this "summer"!), ... read more

Cork/Blarney

Europe » Ireland » County Cork » Cork June 3rd 2006

ChatoStone

Zpet

Cork: Sheilas Hostel was OK... sort of run of the mill, although very clean and well appointed. After checking in and buying a parking disc for the car (1.80 Euros for 2 hours, and you're supposed buy a new one every 2 hours which sort of limits where you can go! I just bought 2 and scratched off 2 different time periods on them.) we walked down to the bus station and bought tickets on Bus Eiarran to Blarney. You can take a 3 hour tour but that is restrictive and cost a bit more than the 5.10 Euros round trip ticket on regular bus. We got to Blarney and paid our 8 Euros for admission. Again, a great tour of a cool place. I kissed the Blarney Stone, but Manoli bowed out. You had to ... read more

The City of Culture... Oh yeah!

Europe » Ireland » County Cork » Cork May 27th 2006

Cahirmee Horse Fair 2006

Paddy Continental

After returning from South East Asis with servere injuries and spending a bit of time in hospital (thanks to the people who visited me) with many day trips in and out of the Mercy, I decided to experience the real culture of this city. Is it the same as Bangkok? Gods sake!!!... read more

Ahh Blarney

Europe » Ireland » County Cork » Cork May 9th 2006

JustJocelyne

Well alots hapened since we arrived it seems...ireland is beautiful rainy but so beautiful!! Our first night in Cork we went to a pub called Sine (an actual irish pub) and there were people were playing there guitars , fiddling and singing in the corner and everyone was getting in to it....people were singin along and clapping ..it was awesome..we got a beer and then we were sitting around and we met these guys from Liverpool they were so funny there was 15 of them and they invited us to go around with them so we did it was so much fun...we went to a kareokee bar and all of them sang a liverpool football song...it was great very funny..irish beer is much stonger then canadian beer thats for sure ...we went home to bed (our ... read more

Brief history of Ireland

Celtic tribes arrived on the island between 600-150 B.C. Invasions by Norsemen that began in the late 8th century were finally ended when King Brian BORU defeated the Danes in 1014. English invasions began in the 12th century and set off more than se...more history

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