During the last Easter, part of our archaeological crew took a trip to the south west part of Ireland ?Äï counties Cork and Kerry.
We left Carlow at the late afternoon on Good Friday. I must admit, that landscapes of Carlow and Kilkenny county are not so impressive, and after couple of hours in our jeep, pictures I could see through the window became rather boring. Much more nice views I could see in the counties Waterford and Cork. We drove through Waterford at night. The street lamps illumination on the promenade was beautiful, as the other shiny towns on banks of the estuaries. We arrived to Cork at late night, so that we stayed at the hostel.
Next morning we went for a walk through Cork centre. Cork (Corcaigh ?Äï bog) is not so big, but is very nice placed in the valley of river Lee and spreading on the slopes and towards the river estuary. The beginning of the town is linked with small settlement and monastery founded by St Finbarr. Monastery survived to 9th century when was destroyed by the Vikings. 19th century Cork cathedral was build at the same place and named after the founder St Finbarr.
Our visit was limited to city centre, cathedral and nice but small university.
River Lee
Main street of Cork
speaker: Martin McGuinness of Sinn Fein
Cork University (click to enlarge)
St Finbarr’s cathedral
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