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Colorful facades in Cork

Street musician in the streets of Cork - and he was excellent!

Looks like Lego houses in a row... The town, which has had several Irish-language names, was first called "Cove" ("The Cove of Cork") in 1750. It was renamed "Queenstown" in 1850 to commemorate a visit by Queen Victoria. This remained the town's name until the late 1920s, when it was renamed Cobh by the new authorities of the Irish Free State.

The steepest street in Ireland (23% gradient!): St Patrick's Hill (just off MacCurtain Street on the North) is an incredibly steep hill, with some classic views over Cork. Stories were told of its 23% slope, cyclists giving up with spinning tyres, and it being an unbelievably steep climb in the middle of Cork.

Saint Finn Barr’s Cathedral (Gaelic: Ardeaglais Naomh Fionnbarr) is situated near the heart of Cork. It is the most recent ecclesiastical site located where the saint is believed to have founded his monastic school in the 7th century. The present Neo-Gothic cathedral is made from Cork limestone and marble, as well as Bath stone. Consecrated in 1870, it contains more than 1,260 sculptures, a particularly ornate pulpit and even a 24-lb cannonball, a legacy of the Siege of Cork in 1690.

Beau portail (jardin de la Cathédrale St Finn Barr à Cork)

Un baudroie (ou un lotte), délice culinaire trouvé au marché anglais à Cork.

I am impressed by the monkfish monster, a culinary delight (English Market in Cork/Ireland).

The cross in the middle of the antennas...

Pretty manor house near Monkstown

One of my most rated photos ... in panoramio!

Little chapel on its rock

Port à marée basse au soleil du matin

Path to the sea

Le jardin exotique de Roscoff présente environ 3500 espèces et variétés de plantes originaires de l’hémisphère sud. Flâner près du bassin peuplé de poissons rouges, de la fontaine nichée au creux des fougères arborescentes ou écouter le bruissement de l’eau près de la cascade, apportera une note de fraicheur à la visite. C’est surtout un monde de fleurs, de couleurs, de senteurs extraordinaires dans un environnement enchanteur. C’est aussi un dépaysement à chaque détour de chemin, qui ravira les amateurs de photos, les botanistes et amoureux des jardins.

Umpteenth times passed by and never noted: the blue bench! Passé x-fois sans jamais le remarquer : le banc bleu.

Un des nombreux totems dans le Jardin exotique & botanique de Roscoff What an impressive anatomy ;-)) One of the many totems in the Exotic & Botanical Garden of Roscoff