England match

[dalymount]

Nice to hear it Ken,although why you chose to call a market after them,I dont (THE ENGLISH ) and Lizzie visit a few years back

[Rat Catcher]

I thought it was named after a trader. I think English is a not so common surname in them parts?

[Belker]

No, that's not correct Rats, it's named after the English who set it up.

The name bugs me aswell, but at this stage the traders
would be up in arms if'n the name were to be changed.

[SClass]

No, that's not correct Rats, it's named after the English who set it up.

The name bugs me aswell, but at this stage the traders
would be up in arms if'n the name were to be changed.

Who built cork Harbour
Dun Laoghaire Harbour,
All the architectures around our coasts in our cities of any significance were built by the British
Boat slips in particular, what have we built since they left,
I am now starting to regret that we left the Commonwealth.

[dalymount]

I thought it was weetabix the builder that built them places

[Belker]

Who built cork Harbour.......

That would have been either Mother Nature or God !
Cork harbour is the biggest natural harbour in the world !!

We can actually get cruise ships to dock within 100 meters from St Patrick street.

[SClass]

Who built cork Harbour.......

That would have been either Mother Nature or God !
Cork harbour is the biggest natural harbour in the world !!

We can actually get cruise ships to dock within 100 meters from St Patrick street.

I should have mentioned the forts around the harbour.
I know cork Harbour very well
I was in the Navy service reserve, for five years in my younger days,
Great memories of a great time.

[Belker]

Who built cork Harbour.......

That would have been either Mother Nature or God !
Cork harbour is the biggest natural harbour in the world !!

We can actually get cruise ships to dock within 100 meters from St Patrick street.

I should have mentioned the forts around the harbour......

Indeed you should have, you should have your facts straight before posting.

The Forts that you speak of in Cork are mainly derelict these days or used as
Tourist attractions or turned in to restaurants, and Yes indeed the vast majority
of these forts where built by the british to evade infultrating overseas armies.

[Vikkiz]

They may very well have been designed by the Sasannachs but it was probably the Irish that they made build it all

[The Liffey Lip]

Cork was always known as being very sympathetic towards the Royalists...as were parts of Dublin...Queenstown and Kingstown...Cobh and Dun Laoghaire...

[Belker]

They may very well have been designed by the Sasannachs but it was probably the Irish that they made build it all

Your most likely right there Vikkiz, but to be fair to the Brits, they knew how to build a decent building.
To name but a few in Cork we have City hall, the Courthouse, the Customs house which are all magnificent
stone buildings.

[Rat Catcher]

with Paddies stacking the brick.

[Belker]

Even the old Opera house in Cork was magnificent in it's stonework until the Tans burnt it down.



And then Paddy replaced it with this Fookin Glass monstrosity.