SUNDAY 
CORK

It used to be Murphy's Brewery, but it was bought by Heineken in the 1980's. They still also brew Murphy's Irish Stout. It's not necessarily an interesting sight. It was just on the way into town so I snapped a picture from the car.
Avondale B&B. It was a bugger finding this place. The address was not available on the sat-nav, so I used the coordinates I got on their website. Unforunately it put me a couple of kilometers to the south. But I knew what street it was on, so I got there on my own.
Another comfy bed.
In the 19th century it was Woodford, Bourne & Co. grocers and wine merchants. Now it's a McDonalds.
The Grand Parade in city center. Cork, with a population of around 120,000 is the second largest city in Ireland. That wouldn't even be in the top 200 cities in the U.S.
Some colorful shops.
St. Patrick's Bridge over the north channel of the River Lee.
The opera house in Belfast looked fancier than this more modern one in Cork.
The National Monument on the Grand Parade commemorates the rebellions of 1798, 1803, 1848 and 1867. They've done a lot of rebelling over there.
This makes St. Patrick look like a comic book character.
All that remains of the Red Abbey is the 14th century tower.
Princes Street. I don't have much to say about it.
The Beamish & Crawford brewery was founded in 1792. They stopped brewing here in 2009. The stuff is now brewed at that Heineken brewery we saw earlier.
I grabbed dinner at the Flying Enterprise. I know the tuna melt panini I had wasn't terribly Irish, but it was quite good with a pint of cider.
The site of St. Finbarre's Cathedral has been a place of worship since the 4th century. But this Gothic Revival cathedral is only around 150 years old.

TO CASHEL