A Different World

Back in December we had the good fortune to experience an Irish Christmas. I can’t begin to describe the differences between a wet Irish Winter and a hot Adelaide summer but needless to say there was considerable culture readjustment in both directions. This blustery evening in Galway on Ireland’s west coast ended in us getting […]

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Cork Twilight, Ireland

The most common natural colour in Ireland is green, green grass, green treas, green hills and green mountains. This twilight over Cork however was a blazing ochre yellow as the illusive sun finds a way into the evening clouds. To the right is Saint Fin Barre’s Cathedral with the Cork Christmas Ferris Wheel. In the […]

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Saint Patrick’s Bridge, Cork, Ireland

Saint Patrick’s Bridge, Cork, Ireland Saint Patrick’s Bridge across the River Lee with the imposing Cork English College behind, Saint Anne’s Church and Shandon Bells Tower to the left and Saint Mary and Saint Anne’s Cathedral to the middle left, is such a clichéd image of the city of Cork, Ireland that I’m sure I […]

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