Father Mathew’s Legacy in Blue

Father Mathew Hall in Cork is well known to generations of school kids who participated in the annual Feis Maitiú there. This is what it looked like in 2006 and while it is still blue, the overhang appears to be gone if you look at it in Google Maps.

I hope they still play bingo there. 🙂

Father Mathew’s Legacy in Blue

Father Mathew Hall in Cork is well known to generations of school kids who participated in the annual Feis Maitiú there. This is what it looked like in 2006 and while it is still blue, the overhang appears to be gon...

https://inphotos.org/2026/01/10/father-mathews-legacy-in-blue/

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The Summercove Hills

Parking up by Charles Fort is always easier than trying to get through Summercover near Kinsale. The road is very narrow and steep, both ways, if you’re trying to the to the Bulman Bar.

Those yellow diamond-shaped road signs are actually part of Ireland’s relatively recent road signage system. Before the 1970s, Ireland used the older British-style circular and triangular signs, but when the country adopted the Vienna Convention on Road Signs and Signals, they switched to these diamond-shaped warning signs, making Ireland one of the few English-speaking countries to use this continental European style. The “10%” gradient warning means the road drops 10 metres for every 100 metres travelled horizontally, which is steep enough that most driving instructors would consider it “character building” for learner drivers!

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Former bus station, Clonmel, Co. Tipperary designed by architect Eoghan Buckley and built in 1948. It now houses the South Tipperary Arts Centre.

Architectural historian, Emma Gilleece wrote about it recently.

https://www.rte.ie/culture/2025/0528/1514971-100-buildings-the-tipperary-bus-station-reborn-as-an-arts-centre/

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