Shots of the old medieval quarter of Cork City.
Taken by Broadsheet contributor Mike McGrath-Bryan over the weekend.
Sez Mike:
An area laid waste by recent business closures but ignored by gentrification, the Old Town area of the city has long possessed its own character. Though urgent economic assistance is needed for the area, she continues to show a resilience – typical of Corkonians in general.
A real character shines through, while the intervention of community group Reimagine Cork has given the place a touch of colour, with a DIY feel.
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Cork…
Agreed.
Forget all this cork poo please, the only good thing to ever come out of it is the road to dublin
The only good thing to come out of Dublin is the road to Galway !
cork people, go and squat the poo out of that place
Cork is full of elderly people
Oh Christ, do we have to read about ‘The Skiddies’
Skiddy n.1 – Derogatory expression for someone from Cork with a chip on their shoulder. Popularly used by native Dubliners as an expression of contempt for newly arrived people from Ireland’s third largest city.
Derived from the words skid mark n. the mark made on the underpants by an unwashed arse.
Also derived from Ringaskiddy, a village in County Cork located on the western side of Cork Harbour, south of 15 kilometres from Cork city where the majority of Skiddies come from…and should stay!
Lol!
eh, belfast has a population of 330,000
…mate.
Just sayin…
Tell me something, I don’t know. Belfast is Ireland’s 2nd city.
But just in the interest of equality of insult, let’s just call people from Belfast….Bel-Enders!
Lolz
You’re the only bellend on here Louis, just sayin’…..
I’m a native Dubliner and have never heard this expression.
Never heard of it either
Never heard of it either.
Cork/Corkonians aren’t really enough on Dublin’s radar for us to come up with a nickname for them, derogatory or otherwise.
I agree with 99% of what he says but disagree with Cork people not being resilient
I may have made the mother of all fupp-ups there – meant the complete opposite, and have fixed it. When nuclear war comes, there’ll be cockroaches and Cork left standing!
I’m having an Edvard Munch moment at the thought!
The colourised pictures of Tunisia are great.
aye they are
Corks a tip.
In fact there’s very few places as well maintained as Dublin.
Especially South Dublin.
Before I read the blurb, I thought that the photos were from the early 90s or something :/
“Especially South Dublin.”
Petty snob.
Parts of Cork are really, really rundown. It’s quite depressing in some spots.