Neil visits Balydonegan Strand on a wet and windy January day to try out his new video camera in the car thanks to “le Parrain” Jean-Luc Raffa. A nice windy walk along the beach was great for Butter our dog to get out of the house and have a run. The old copper mines pier is very visible after many years thanks to the big storm that we had earlier in the month, which created lots of damage throughout Ireland.
Neil visits Balydonegan
The weather continues with big seas so another set of snaps in the same post as it is the same subject. Sunday 26th of January 2014.
Rue du Canal appeared in the Allihies Copper Mine Cafe on Thursday 23rd January. Rue du Canal was created as a vehicle for performing the compositions of legendary French accordionist Serge Desaunay.
While mainly concentrating on compositions by Serge, Rue du Canal also traverses the musical styles of musette and tango. Other members of the group include Ray Barron (Two Time Polka) on mandolin, Kieran Fahy on fiddle and Gaspard Vanardois on guitar.
A fine evenings entertainment. A shame the lads could not come to Jimmy’s bar afterwards they had to push on through the gap, and back to Cork.
Goula Beara Cork, a walk to take some photos and generally enjoy the “360” degree view from the top. Not a bad day in January for a walk. I did not want to drive to Hungry hill so I could save on the petrol, sorry to Paul O’Shea about that. Goula has a great view from the top overlooking Dursey Island. You can also see, Bere Island, Calf Rock, Cow Rock, Bull Rock, the Skelligs, Scariff and Deenish Islands from the top and the town of Castletownbere the biggest white fish port of Ireland. Today was not perfect but for this time of year a nice couple of hours if a bit cold on top, especially when you stop to take photos and make a short film. There is a link at the bottom of this page to the video on youtube….
Goula Beara Cork
Looking towards Garnish and Dursey Island
Twisting track up to the Boosters on top of Goula
Bere Island
Balydonegan Bay
Bull Rock, Cow Rock (just about) and the Calf Rock
Black Ball Head
Castletownbere
Allihies
Skellig
Allihies Copper Mine “Man Engine”
Scariff and Deenish Islands
Boosters on top of Goula Beara Cork
Another view of Allihies
Urhan valley
Bere Island in full
Evidence of Turf Cutting
Allihies was a major copper producer in the 1800’s and for a short while was the worlds largest producer of copper ore. There are many remains of Cornish mine engine buildings, and hundreds of meters of mine adits and shafts. There is also a very good museum. check out the link Allihies copper mine museum
