Sunday, February 28, 2021

Marina Walk, Cork February 2021

 Marina Walk, Cork February 2021

(and a few from Feb 2010 below)

5th Feb

Shandon Boat Club



Stadium, Herons nesting

Herons nesting

Stadium, Herons nesting, Atlantic Pond

Stadium, Atlantic Pond

Stadium, Herons nesting, Atlantic Pond

Stadium, Herons nesting, Atlantic Pond

Silversprings Hotel and flyover

Currachs at Shandon BC

Currachs at Shandon BC

Coffee ahead!


Silversprings hotel and flyover

Tivoli docks



Atlantic Pond and stadium

Shandon Boat Club, new city buildings in background

Shandon Boat Club

Shandon Boat Club

Shandon Boat Club

Shandon Boat Club

Looking across River Lee to Lower Glanmire Rd and, higher up, Montenotte

Looking across River Lee to Lower Glanmire Rd and, higher up, Montenotte

Feb 22nd 2021
Montenotte House (left) and, top, Care Choice Home



Herons nesting

Nest building

Heron





Cork Boat Club

Concrete seating at Blackrock Pier

Blackrock Castle

Blackrock (right), Tivoli (left)

Blackrock Castle, boats
Natural Foods Bakery, Blackrock

Scrap boats near pier

Pier Head

Atlantic Pond seat in water, after bad weather

Atlantic Pond, stadium

Tivoli Docks

Work in progress at docks

21st Feb 2010 (note the year!)
One I did earlier.

Blackrock Castle and boats

Farmers Market in progress

Farmers Market in progress




Tivoli docks




Blarney Castle Gardens mid-February 2021

 Blarney Castle Gardens mid-February 2021




Daffodils forever

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Bring the wellies



Saturday, February 27, 2021

MARKET LANE SERVES UP A CULINARY TREAT TO CELEBRATE MOTHER’S DAY & ST PATRICK’S DAY

MARKET LANE SERVES UP A CULINARY TREAT

 TO CELEBRATE MOTHER’S DAY & ST PATRICK’S DAY

Bacon & Cabbage


There has never been a more important time to celebrate our loved ones and to say thanks for being there.  With this in mind, and two very important dates coming up in March, Cork’s beloved Market Lane Restaurant on Oliver Plunket Street has created a very affordable and simple to use ‘heat at home’ food box menu for Mother’s Day on the 14th March and St Patrick’s Day on the 17th.   So, while you may not be able to go out for dinner, you can still treat loved-ones to a culinary feast at home without having to break the bank.


Choose from ‘Ballinwillin Venison Pie with Wisdom Ale’, ‘Slow cooked Rosscarbery Bacon and Mustard Glaze’ (picture attached) or Spiced Veggie Moussaka with Toonsbridge Feta. Puddings include an Orange and Vanilla Bread & Butter Pudding with Custard and Chocolate Cheesecake with Hazelnut Praline’. A 2-course meal, including a range of sides, is €25 per person and there is a children’s menu for €9.50. Elbow Lane beers, signature cocktails and wine can be added to the order and diners will also get a gift of a trendy ‘Always Cork’ tote designed by the restaurant group. Orders can be placed via marketlane.ie for collection at the restaurant.

The Market Lane group of restaurants includes ORSO, Elbow Lane Smokehouse & Brewery, Castle Restaurant Blackrock, Goldie and Market Lane.

press release
 

Friday, February 26, 2021

Cheers on beer, whiskey and wine. With O'Briens Wine, Franciscan Well, Waterford Distillery, Wines of the World, JJ Corry, Blackwater.

Cheers on beer, whiskey and wine. #212702.

With O'Briens Wine, Hopfully, Treaty City, Franciscan Well, Waterford Distillery, Wines of the World, JJ Corry, Blackwater Distillery.

NEW CRAFT BEER RELEASES At O'BRIENS WINES



This week Paul Barry takes a look at some new craft beer additions to our fridges in O'Briens. We have some great new beers to liven up dreary February with two Irish breweries joining our range this month. Each bringing a line-up of great core range beers, not just great beers for February but all year round!


Hopfully Brewing

 

Hopfully are a Dublin based gypsy brewer, meaning they contract brew in other breweries, that was set up in 2017. All their craft beer cans feature artwork from up-and-coming artists. Their mission as they see it is to “create a series of craft beers that introduce distinctive flavours and give emerging artists a platform to showcase their work.”


Treaty City began in the spare room of a two-bedroom apartment in Vancouver, Canada. Here, husband and wife team Stephen and Treasa perfected some of their recipes on a home brewing kit before deciding to make the move back home and set up a full-scale brewery in Limerick city. This month Treaty City launched a new craft beer can range.


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 Franciscan Well Bar's
 Online Easter Beer Fest
Online Event
Apr 2 at 3 PM UTC+01 – Apr 3 at 9 PM UTC+01
Price: Free · Duration: 1 day
Public Anyone on or off Facebook
"We couldn’t not run our Easter Beer Fest two years in a row....so we've moved it online....all information to be announced soon! #WatchThisSpace"

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TERROIR-DRIVEN: THE WATERFORD WHISKY PODCAST

We have been accused of many things, but being short of insightful content is not one of them.

When we say we bring the same intellectual drive, methodology and rigour as the great French winemakers to single malt whisky, what does that actually mean?

In our new podcast series, award-winning whisky communicator Barry Chandler has unfettered access to the Facilitator and our people, as well as those behind our landmark peer-reviewed study on terroir in whisky. In addition, Barry interviews a number of people from around the whisky community to get their insights on the processes and perceptions of terroir in the wider world.

He breaks down each step of the production process from growing the barley to bottling the whisky so that you, the curious whisky connoisseur, can see what the possibilities are when a distillery chooses to obsessively explore that prime raw ingredient of single malt whisky: barley.

Subscribe now on your preferred platform of choice to follow all episodes.

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Wines Of The World Exquitite Mixed Cases


Are you more of a white wine lover or red wine lover?


 

Did you know we have mixed cases of our top selling white and red grape varieties?

 

Checkout out below our top 3 whites - Sauvignon Blanc, Pinot Grigio and Chardonnay and the top 3 reds Merlot, Malbec and Cabernet Sauvignon.
 

Each case an exquisite mix from Around the World!

Check Them Out Here

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Behind The Gates: J.J. Corry St. Patricks Day Live Virtual Tour 🍀



This year, we wish to invite you behind the gates of the
J.J. Corry Farm for a LIVE virtual tour on
Sunday 14th March at 8PM GMT / 3PM EST.

Guided by our Founder and Whiskey Bonder, Louise McGuane,
we will take you through our library of whiskey flavours in our Rackhouse,
a detailed behind the scenes look into our Bonder's Blending Room
(the room where the magic happens), followed by a live Q&A session with
Louise in our 17th Century Barn and Tasting Room.

Tickets available now. Places are limited. Sláinte!


Buy Now

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Blackwater Distillery are proud to support the Virgin Media Dublin International Film Festival for the third year in a row and are very excited at this year's line up of films.

To celebrate we have a fantastic prize to giveaway which includes an online festival pass to over 60 films and a Blackwater goodie bag which includes a bottle of our Blackwater No.5 and Wexford Strawberry Gin along with 2 highball glasses. Details on their Facebook page here