The following photos are of some garden features to be found at the Cork Racecourse during a flower show some years ago.
Garden Features at Flower Show
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Wildlife at the Lough, Cork
Here are just a few photos of the local wildlife enjoying their time at the lough in Cork.
Charles Fort, Kinsale, County Cork, Ireland
Charles Fort is a star shaped fortification located in Kinsale just south of the village of Summer Cove. The site is just one of the National Monuments of Ireland. Opening hours, admission fees and so forth can be found online at heritageireland.ie.
University College Dublin, Ireland, Photo Tour
University College Dublin was originally established in 1854. The campus covers an area of 365 acres and is located just a few kilometers south of the city centre. Official website ucd.ie.
A Family Stroll
The following photographs were taken in May 2004 – almost 8 years to the day.
St Fin Barres Cathedral Exterior
Gardens at Muckross House, Killarney, Ireland
Muckross House and Gardens are very well know by anybody who visits Killarney, Co. Kerry. Located about 6km south of the town, the house and gardens are situated by the shores of Muckross Lake and Lough Leane making up two of the three Lakes of Killarney. Along the shores one can also find Ross Castle and Muckross Abbey.
Killarney National Park, Ireland
The following are a few scenes from Killarney National Park taken about nine years ago. The view out across the lake is located directly in front of Ross Castle.
Some Photos along the Western Road at Night
The following are just a few photographs taken on a recent trip to Cork. The first photo below is taken from the main gate into University College Cork, looking out of the gate towards the T-Junction that lies directly outside it.
The next photograph is of some apartments that are lit-up with some nice reflections to be seen on the water, they are located on the Western Road, 5 minutes of less from the city centre.
The final two photographs are of the River Lee Hotel, that was built about five years ago, once again this is situated on the Western Road about 3/4 minutes from the main gate of UCC.
Double Rainbow, Giant’s Causeway where’s the Gold!
Have you ever tried looking for the end of a rainbow, searching for that all elusive Crock of Gold. Well, if you happened to be visiting the Giant’s Causeway on the first of September 2005, you just may have had a chance of not just finding one Crock of Gold, but two as a Double Rainbow appeared, just after a heavy shower of rain. One would have had to navigate some rocks and perhaps undertake a spot of swimming, but as you can see below the rainbow was really strong and stretched right down to sea level. If ever there was a chance of finding a Crock of Gold it would have been on this occasion.
St Fin Barres Cathedral Interior
Following on from a comment received about my recent night-time exterior photos of St Fin Barres Cathedral, Cork. I took a look through some of my previous photographs and found a set of interior shots dating back to August 2003. These photographs were taken on a 3.1 Megapixel camera, which had a 3 x optical zoom, which at the time wasn’t too bad. The photos below should at least give you some sense of what the building & space is like. I shall have to visit once again the next time I am in the general area as cameras have advanced greatly it what is almost a decade now.
St Fin Barres Cathedral at Night
The following photographs are of St Fin Barres Cathedral in Cork, Ireland at Night. It is located just minutes from University College Cork. The following sites can provide additional information about the cathedral wikipedia, wordpress. It’s well over 140 years old, with its spires being able to be seen from across a large portion of the city. At night as you can see it’s lit up dramatically adding to the city’s skyline.
Ice Cream at St Stephen’s Green Shopping Centre
The Sunday before last the weather in Dublin was in a word – amazing. The sun was shining and the temperature was certainly in the high teens or better. So far a week just after St Patrick’s day it was incredible to see such a lovely day. On the odd occasion when the sun does come out the demand for ice-cream dramatically goes up. The following photographs below show just some of the selections one may find at the St Stephen’s Green Shopping Centre. The photograph directly below features mint chocolate, orange chocolate and rum & raisin ice-cream set in a large cone.
Breakfast Time in Ireland
Whilst visiting Ireland with the RGU Computing undergrad IrlCPC programming competition team we of course had to sample the breakfast menu of where were we were staying. One couldn’t visit Ireland without having an Irish Breakfast, or perhaps an omlette. This formed just a part of the breakfast which included cereals, scones, toast, fruit, yoghurt and so forth. All in all breakfast took well over and hour, but was certainly an hour well spent.
Sphere within Sphere at Trinity College Dublin, Ireland
The Sphere within a Sphere recorded at Trinity College Dublin TCD, was created by Italian sculptor Arnaldo Pomodoro. It is located just outside of the Berkeley Library, very close to the old library featuring the long room and the book of kells. Quite a number of these may be found scattered around the world in places such as the Vatican to the UN headquaters in New York and even in Japan.
The Quad & Honan Plaza UCC at Night
After the RGU School of Computing team arrived in Cork for the IrlCPC Programming Competition, we set off on a short tour around the campus. It was roughly between 22:00 and 22:30, so the Quad and Honan Plaza were lit up.
The first photo above is of the archway leading to the Quad, legend has it that as a student if you walk across the crest you will fail your exams.
The East Wing of the Quad
The North Wing of the Quad
The West Wing of the Quad
The North Wing of the Quad, looking straight along the North/South path of the Quad. Once again another certain way to fail your exams is to walk across the Quad.
Panoramic Image of the Quad at Night
A section of the UCC Library, known as the Fish Tank, due to the students studying behind the large panels of glass that look out on to the Quad. It was interesting to see that quite a few students were hard at work studying even thought it was around 22:30 on a Friday evening.
The Honan Plaza, with the Student Centre on the Left and the Honan Chapel directly ahead
The Honan Plaza and Chapel
IrlCPC Programming Competition – Video of Presentations & Prize Giving
My previous post gave an outline of the RGU Computing Team’s journey and experience at the IrlCPC Programming Competition held in Cork, Ireland on Saturday 24th March 2012. Once the competition had concluded at about 17:30 and following on from some group photographs everybody made their way to one of the lecture rooms for a series of presentations and the awarding of prizes. The video below includes some words from the chair of the UCC ACM Student Chapter, a presentation from one of the sponsors (Big Fish Games) and a short talk from another software development company that have offices in Cork.
Following on from about 15 minutes or so of presentations, the winning teams from the competition were revealed and prizes awarded, the video below is of this half of the closing ceremony.
IrlCPC Programming Competition
Yesterday the Schools undergrad team for the IrlCPC Programming Competition and myself went to visit our sponsors Codfiy Ltd. They are located just minutes from the School of Computing. The company was founded by some former graduates & will be celebrating their 12th birthday in just a few weeks. We spent about an hour chatting to them & having some fun playing with their MS Surface, we also took some time out to get some photographs. The competition will take place in a few weeks at the Department of Computer Science, University College Cork and is being organised by the ACM student chapter. At present there are 25 teams fully registered and another half a dozen still waiting to fully complete the registration process. This is the third year of the competition running and for the first time there are two categories – undergrads & staff / postgrads. Last year 16 teams took part, so the level of interest in partaking is clearly going from strength to strength. Our team is represented by three Computer Science undergrads – one in his final year and two in their penultimate year. So here’s wishing our team the very best of luck in the forthcoming competition.
Irish Collegiate Programming Contest (IrlCPC)
I received word just a short while ago that the Irish Collegiate Programming Contest (IrlCPC) being hosted in Cork Ireland will be going ahead for 2012. This year the competition is being opened up to provide an additional category for postgraduate students and faculty members.
Teams can attempt to solve the problems using any of the main stream programming languages i.e. Python, C, C++, Java or C#. The undergrad level competition is based on teams of three students and a coach, all from the same University / Institute.
Registration is open until 24th February 2012. The competition will run for an entire day with registration beginning at 10:00 and the final awarding of prizes concluding at 18:00 in the evening. The competition itself will take place on Saturday the 24th of March 2012.
One can see photographs of the 2010 competition available from here. You can also access last years photographs from here. If you are interested in setting up a team and joining in the fun then get in touch with me. To learn more about the competition take a good look at the IrlCPC site.
