28th May 2017.
I had only been in Cork City (population 225,000) once, one of the major Irish cities. probably around 1993 and this was my first opportunity to have a genuine long distance trip. Early morning (6am) train from Portadown to Dublin and then a coach from Dublin to Cork City. It was a simple matter of showing my all-Ireland travel card to the coach driver.
Actually the train would have been more comfortable.
The Independence Monument.
Father Mathew, the Temperance crusader from the 19th century.
Oliver Plunkett Street runs parallel to the main street and disappointing to see a bar called The Oliver Plunkett. It seemed tacky and disrespectful to a man who was hanged drawn and quartered in London in 1681.
A more respectful image of Saint Oliver in the Augustinian Church in the main street.
The Liberty Bar in Cork.
This was very much a flying visit, my first journey using the travel pass. It is actually quite simple to use and staff were friendly.
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