Cobh

After staying in Cork for one night, we took about a 20 minute train ride to Cobh (pronounced 'cove'). It is a beautiful little sleepy seaside town known for being the point where many people left for America during the potato famine.

St. Coleman's Cathedral on the hill.

The view from the cathedral.

Cork

We went to Cork and Cobh for our anniversary and the new year. We have a new found appreciation for Cork; it has a university feel as it is home to University College Cork, it's cheaper than Dublin, it is the 3rd largest city in Ireland (behind Dublin and Belfast), and has the 2nd largest natural port in the world (behind Australia).

A side street in Cork. There were so many cute little (affordable) bistros.

The former Beamish brewery. When tried to have a tour, we were told Heineken recently bought them out and they no longer give tours :(

Unfortunately we were in Cobh for the new year and were unable to attend "Freakscene" :)

Where we went for our anniversary dinner.

These Hillbilly's Fried Chicken restaurants are all over Cork; never tried it but got a picture.

Happy New Year!

We hope you have had a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! We accidentally left our camera at home when we went up to Belfast for Christmas, so we thought we'd post some pictures of Dublin at Christmas. Unfortunately I can't find a pitcure of Grafton Street, it was by far the most beautifully decorated.

The ferris wheel at Smithfield. It's not shown in these pictures, but they also have a skating rink where I went with work a while back.

The tree on O'Connell Street (changing color).