I recently spotted this in Cobh. I do not knoe of anyone from Sullivans Place but it achieved its objective in making me stop and think. I welcomed the stop and thought.
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Similar to the Cork City section, I have been photographing death commemorative plaques and crosses at roadsides and other public places.
Yesterday, I came across this commemoration to Hugh Maguire who died in 1600. The plaque and engraving is located at the junction with the access road to Inniscarra Cemetery. It is definitely the earliest death that I have come across so far commemorated.
 Ziggys It was only a few weeks ago that I noted a number of Vincentzara art installations.
Since then, Vincentzara appears to be more prolific than I had thought.
I always assumed that Emmet Place was named after Robert Emmet but I now have doubts as all references have been to ‘Emmet’ not ‘Emmett’.
Or, on the assumption that the sign on the Academy St/Faulkner’s Lane site is the most recent, maybe Cork City Council have realised their error and have correcting the spelling. Or maybe, it is just a further example of streetsigns not being consistent and adding a bit of variety, spice and debate to life. I am more and more convinced that there is enough anomalies and inconsistencies to warrant a separate section on the website. Is an award slightly tarnished if the Award-Giver incorrectly addresses the recipient? I would have thought so......
The SmartEnergySystems website does stress the cost savings but U.C.C. do not mention it.
 It is close to twenty years since I would have been to the Temple Inn in Ballintemple – with R.D. and some other bridge heads. They used to call it Longboats which did puzzle me somewhat. When I did question the title, I was told, ‘It was always called that’, and then a round was called.
While in Co. Clare over the New Year, we travelled to the Carron in the Burren and passed through Kilnaboy.
The T-junction on the Corofin to Ballyvaughan road has a post-box and not much else. This sign on the wall of the single-story building adjacent to the post-box did raise my curiosity which was satisfied by resorting to the internet. I did like the community spirit and the heritage use of the building. It is not just villages but towns and cities are losing their heart and centre. Cork City Council has already taken on St Peters Church, Christchurch and St Luke’s Church among others so my fear for the future of the city centre remains.
 When in town yesterday, I spotted a new industry
A VACANT PROPERTY SPECIALIST It does not instil confidence as to the future of town and city centres that such an entity can become a ‘specialist’ Then today’s news as to the vacancies in town centres – upto one-third vacant. Another reminder to spend in the city centre rather than in the surburban shopping centres or online if one would like there to be a town centre in the future. 
A few summers ago, I attended After Luke by Conal Creedon in the Cork Arts Theatre. I spotted this roadside plaque at Drumcliff, Ennis over the New Year break and it reminded me that I did like the naming of the characters – Dadda, Maneen and Son – which I had thought were more imagined than real but again I learn that I was wrong.   I can still remember the jingle..... I regularly hear our seven year old singing advertising tunes and jingles. We probably all did it when growing up. I suspect that the ads that one remembers would assist in determining one’s age. We stopped for a small few quality pints in Michael Fawl’s Railway Bar on O’Connell St., Ennis over the New Year break. The old advertisements and paraphernalia there has pushed me to create a section of the website for old adverts. There – a New Year’s resolution, of sorts No pressure - still over three hundred and sixty days left.
 I am with the graffiti writers and very definitely in the ‘ignorant’ classification.
I am not sure if I will ever be inspired to understand this one. |
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