Cork is very nice.
http://7450b5bff62b3ed7d01b-e91c8c8d884327c05ef5f6978d0847ab.r23.cf1.rackcdn.com/2/1/original.jpg
So what you are saying is that you have won fuck all lately
Going by that logic Chareleville is in Limerick i am very proud of my Cork heritage.
Cork Con also won some rugby thing in 2010 but i don’t like rugby.Our lot isn’t bad compared to some other counties!Wouldn’t you slice my hand off for a record like that!
No-one outside Cork gives a shit
Oh yes you do.
No, Charleville is a gateway to Limerick
As the old saying goes people only hate things they fear and envy!:D:cool:
Had a German visitor during the week, when he asked my lady where was she from and she replied ‘Cork’ and he replied in that matter of fact way only Germans can, It’s not a very nice city, I did not like it. I’d have to agree, visually or architecturally It’s pretty bland bar a few buildings.
As NCC has been at pains to point out, the only redeeming feature the county has, is the wave machine in trabolgan.
Cork City doesn’t come near Limerick in architectural terms. Its just thrown together. Limerick’s Georgian buildings and grid layout are second to none in their aesthetic appeal, The Crescent at the top of O’Connell Street being one of the finest examples of Georgian Architecture in the British Isles
It is claimed in some quarters that the grid layout of Limerick was used as the template from which Manhattan was developed.
That’s a fact I alluded to a few weeks back.
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It would not surprise me. The idea behind the Georgian grid system was to provide wide streets in north-south and east-west direction in order to maximise airflow. This was a response to public health concerns at the time, and effort to alleviate airborne contaminants. Cork City was just thrown together, you only have to see the problems they have with flooding and some of the monstrosities of buildings which they have erected.
I think Cork is the nicest city in western europe.o_O Im not a fan of that dull and dour georgian architecture that you get in Limerick.o_O I find it to be very depressing and bland.
I like Corks mixture of big and long streets and narrow laneways!
S-H-I-T-H-O-L-E.
Shithole.
What’s wrong with this building?o_O
http://www.corkheritageopenday.ie/media/City%20Hall%20Night%20Time%20no.2.jpg
To quote a fella from another site.
[SIZE=13px][FONT=verdana]Who focking cares.[/FONT][/SIZE]
[SIZE=13px][FONT=verdana]Cork is a bigger city and county with a larger population and a huge port and harbour area facing south to France and the rest and could’nt give a monkeys about Limerick with its “big streets”. Cork people were listening to jazz music and reggae and eating exotic foods decades before Limerick even had it’s first escalator or lift. The centre of Limerick has been destroyed by bad planning and will take years to recover.[/FONT][/SIZE]
[SIZE=13px][FONT=verdana]Cork has character, amazing people and athmosphere with a continental feel to its networks of streets and lanes, fine buildings,quirky shops, pubs and restaurants, vibrant music and arts scene and a confidence not to care less about Dublin or other huge cities with all the hassles of big cities and none of the benefits.[/FONT][/SIZE]
[SIZE=13px][FONT=verdana]Let them enjoy their 2 big streets.[/FONT][/SIZE]
[SIZE=13px][FONT=verdana]It is only scenery.[/FONT][/SIZE]
[SIZE=13px][FONT=verdana]Scenery is dead without people.o_O [/FONT][/SIZE]
Here is another comment on the mater.
[SIZE=13px][FONT=Verdana]Cork has a different architecture entirely. It’s fairly drastically different to other Irish cities. It has a lot of classically Victorian buildings and a lot of the older buildings are more like Dutch or Belgian architecture, they even have cranes built into the attics for hoisting goods from barges.[/FONT][/SIZE]
[SIZE=13px][FONT=Verdana]It’s a maritime city, built on a network of what were canals and it’s very much concentrated onto a central island.[/FONT][/SIZE]
[SIZE=13px][FONT=Verdana]Architecturally, it puts me more in mind of more seafaring port places like Bristol or even slightly of Antwerp than Limerick or Dublin. It’s just a totally different architecture. Cork’s very much a port town and an old naval base. Winding streets, port pretty much fully integrated into the city centre in the past with historical warehouses, docks, quays etc scattered all over the city centre.[/FONT][/SIZE]
[SIZE=13px][FONT=Verdana]It also had a big heritage of merchant trade and ship building etc etc…[/FONT][/SIZE]
[SIZE=13px][FONT=Verdana]It has a little bit of grand Georgian (or older) architecture along the South Mall, South Terrace etc but, it’s not grid based, it’s totally shaped by the old island and canal network that formed its major streets. The bits of Georgian formal stuff actually look quite out of place in Cork.[/FONT][/SIZE]
[SIZE=13px][FONT=Verdana]It feels a lot bigger than Limerick to be honest, even if Limerick has some formal Georgian terraces that make it feel a bit Like Dublin.[/FONT][/SIZE]
[SIZE=13px][FONT=Verdana]There’s a pretty huge selection of shops, restaurants, cafes in Cork and the city centre seems to cover a much bigger area than limerick. It spills off the central island on both sides and right out west up to UCC pretty much.[/FONT][/SIZE]
[SIZE=13px][FONT=Verdana]I’m not trying to ‘dis’ Limerick. It has it’s charms too but, it’s just a totally different genre of architecture and Cork is quite a bit bigger.[/FONT][/SIZE]
[SIZE=13px][FONT=Verdana]Limerick City Centre has loads of potential though, especially with the castle slap bang in the middle.[/FONT][/SIZE]
Cork: The Bristol of Ireland