Pictures are a little out of sequence today!
1. Cork Center City: the steps up to the doors are because the buildings are on reclaimed land and you used to be able to boat up to the doors.
2. Jameson Whiskey Distillery: Barrels show the change, left to right, from clear first barreling to 20 year old in a barrel when the color is rich.
3. English Market in Cork
4. Harbor view of prison for political prisoners and others waiting to be sent to Australia: Cobh Harbor (pronounced Cove)
5. Cobh Harbor view: Supposedly the second largest natural harbour in the world, next to Sydney Australia
6. St. Colman's Church in Cobh
7. Colorful buildings along the street/harbor of Cobh
8. Memorial to the people on the Lusitania who drown after the German U Boat torpedoing and to the people who help rescued them.
9. Building where people boarded the Titanic (last port of call before going to sea and sinking 3 1/2 days later)
10. Titanic Gate for second class passengers
11. Annie Moore and her brothers: Annie was the first person to be processed at Ellis Island in 1892
12. Disembarking center for those emigrating: now a heritage center with marvelous display
13. Water wheel that powered the grain crushing for Jameson Distillery
14. Windows of one of the Jameson buildings
15. As the British would say: Mind your head!
Did you do some whiskey tasting?
ReplyDeleteYes, we did! I'm not very fond of either Bushmills or Jameson but did like the Jameson better than the Bushmills. Pat liked the Bushmills better.
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