J. O’DONOVAN AND SONS LTD FEATURING SOME STREET ART OR THE SHAMROCK ON BACK STREET IN PASSAGE WEST
Initially I could not determine if this was a shop or a pub so I went inside.
Detached gable-fronted single-bay three-storey former house, built c.1890, having timber and render shopfront to front (north-west) and open fronted lean-to canopy addition to rear (south-east). Currently in use as shop.
Set on a prominent island site in the centre of the town, at a road junction, this eye-catching building makes a significant contribution to the urban fabric. The delightful render embellishments add greatly to its character and charm. Possibly incorporating fabric of an earlier building, it would appear from map evidence to have originally been part of a terrace.
Passage West (locally known as “Passage”)is a port town in County Cork, Ireland, situated on the west bank of Cork Harbour, some 10 km south-east of Cork city. The town has many services, amenities and social outlets. Passage West was designated a conservation area in the 2003 Cork County Development Plan.
The buildings in the town centre are mainly late 18th and early 19th century, while the architecture of nearby Glenbrook and Monkstown is mainly from the later Victorian period. In 1690, at the time of the landing of the Duke of Marlborough with his army to lay siege to Cork, Passage was described as an insignificant fishing village.
THOSE WERE THE DAYS THE CELEBRITY REFLECTION VISITS THE TOWN OF COBH
It is somewhat amusing [not sure that’s the right word] that a cruise ship visits a town featuring a memorial to the Titanic as well as the Lusitania Memorial.
You need to stand beside in order to appreciate how big it is. I spoke to a few passengers who were on the train with me on their way to visit cork City and they told me that there were more than 1,000 cabins.
Celebrity Reflection is the fifth, final, and largest Solstice-class cruise ship, her sister ships being Celebrity Equinox, Celebrity Eclipse, Celebrity Solstice and Celebrity Silhouette. Solstice, Equinox, Eclipse and Silhouette entered service in 2008, 2009, 2010, and 2011 respectively. Reflection was launched in 2012.
Since October 2012, it has been owned and operated by Celebrity Cruises. It has one more deck than other Solstice-class cruise ships. The ship can accommodate over 3,609 passengers, more than any other Celebrity cruise ship. The Population of Cobh is fewer than 13,000.
Celebrity Reflection is scheduled to undergo a dry dock in January 2023.
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