Cork

Pictures taken in Cork on our Summer holiday 2015 in Ireland
Barryscourt Castle The site on which Barryscourt castle now stands has been occupied for over a thousand years- there is evidence of a wooden watermill having been built next to a stream at the site sometime in the 7th century, long before any fortification existed there. Barryscourt fell into the hands of the Anglo-Norman de Barry family in the 12th century, and masonry from this period found at the site may be the remains of another watermill or possibly an early fortification built by the Barrys. The present Tower house at Barryscourt was probably built late in the reign of the Barrymores, either in the 15th or 16th century, with a tentative date of about 1550 based on the architectural style, and became the family seat of the Barrys. The Barrys supported the Desmond Rebellions of 1569 and 1579, and in 1581 they destroyed or severely damaged the family castles to prevent English forces from capturing them, including Barryscourt, which was threatened by an army led by Sir Walter Raleigh. After the suppression of the second rebellion, the Barrys were pardoned by Queen Elizabeth I and Barryscourt was repaired, with an outer wall or "bawn" surrounding an inner courtyard being added, including 3 corner towers. : 2015, Barryscourt Castle, Ireland, Irlanti, Nokia 808, building, historia, history, kesäloma, linna, matka, rakennus, summer holiday, travel Cork Operahouse It was originally built in 1855, and was built on a template that the architect had used for the exhibition buildings at the Irish Industiral Exhibition. But since then its existence has not been discontinuous; having survived the burning of much of Cork by British forces in reprisal for an ambush of a military convoy in 1920 by Irish rebels, the Opera House nevertheless was burned down in its centenary year by a combination of old wiring and wooden materials. Although Cork had until then boasted the presence of a proper theatre in some form for over 250 years, it was not until 1963 that the Opera House was rebuilt fully and opened. In 2003, large scale renovation works were completed on both the facade of the building and the surrounding Emmet Square. : Cork, Ireland, Irlanti, Opera, building, kaupunki, kesäloma, matka, ooppera, rakennus, summer holiday, town, travel Colourful wall Pine street wall of Camden Place Hotel. : Cork, Ireland, Irlanti, art, kaupunki, kesäloma, maalaus, matka, painting, summer holiday, taide, town, travel Butter Museum The Cork Butter Market building is situated in the Shandon area of the city, with the building dating from 1849. Shandon was the largest Shambles (open-air butcheries) in Ireland, and the Exchange was located within this commercial area. During the Exchanges peak in the 19th-century, Cork was the largest exporter of butter in the world. : Cork, Ireland, Irlanti, kaupunki, kesäloma, matka, summer holiday, town, travel
The Firkin Crane The Firkin Crane is Cork’s Dance Centre, housing several schools of dance and Cork City Ballet; with its two fine theatres, it hosts dance performances of all kinds throughout the year. The historic building opened in 1855 as the centre of Cork’s international butter trade. ‘Firkin’ is the Danish word for a quarter-barrel; these were weighed on a device called a ‘crane’ – hence the name. The Butter Market closed in 1924; in the mid 1970s the building was put up for sale. Joan Moriarty needed suitable premises for her professional ballet company; in 1979 the Arts Council bought it for her. Funding for the re-building was provided by Cork City Council, the Irish government, the European Union, the Irish American Fund and many businesses. Building began in 1985; the Firkin Crane opened in April 1992, three months after Moriarty’s death and three years after the end of her professional ballet company, Irish National Ballet. : Cork, Ireland, Irlanti, kaupunki, kesäloma, matka, summer holiday, town, travel Church of St Anne The name Shandon comes from the Irish, Sean Dún, meaning "old fort". Shandon was one of 28 settlements in and around ancient Cork. A medieval church dedicated to St. Mary existed on this site and is mentioned in the decretals of Pope Innocent III in 1199 as "St. Mary on the Mountain". This church stood until the Williamite wars when it was destroyed during the siege of Cork (1690). In 1693 this was replaced by a church, also dedicated to St. Mary, and was located at the bottom of Mallow Lane, modern day Shandon Street. Due to population growth, it was decided to build anew on this ancient site and so in 1722 the present Church of St. Anne, Shandon was constructed. The church is noted for its 8 bells (rung via an Ellacombe) due to the song "The Bells of Shandon" by Francis Sylvester Mahony. The largest weighs a little over 1.5 tons and was originally cast by Abel Rudhall of Gloucester. To reduce vibration, they were placed in a fixed position. They first rang on December 7, 1752. : Cork, Ireland, Irlanti, kaupunki, kesäloma, matka, summer holiday, town, travel Church of St Anne The name Shandon comes from the Irish, Sean Dún, meaning "old fort". Shandon was one of 28 settlements in and around ancient Cork. A medieval church dedicated to St. Mary existed on this site and is mentioned in the decretals of Pope Innocent III in 1199 as "St. Mary on the Mountain". This church stood until the Williamite wars when it was destroyed during the siege of Cork (1690). In 1693 this was replaced by a church, also dedicated to St. Mary, and was located at the bottom of Mallow Lane, modern day Shandon Street. Due to population growth, it was decided to build anew on this ancient site and so in 1722 the present Church of St. Anne, Shandon was constructed. The church is noted for its 8 bells (rung via an Ellacombe) due to the song "The Bells of Shandon" by Francis Sylvester Mahony. The largest weighs a little over 1.5 tons and was originally cast by Abel Rudhall of Gloucester. To reduce vibration, they were placed in a fixed position. They first rang on December 7, 1752. : Cork, Ireland, Irlanti, kaupunki, kesäloma, matka, summer holiday, town, travel Cathedral Avenue A bit smallish road for an avenue, but a nice old house in the corner anyway. : Cork, Ireland, Irlanti, kaupunki, kesäloma, matka, summer holiday, town, travel
Cathedral of St Mary and St Anne The cathedral was dedicated in 1808, but was extensively damaged by an act of arson in 1820. George Richard Pain undertook the restoration of the cathedral. In 1964, the sanctuary of the cathedral was extended, a sanctuary tower added, and the internal layout reorganised. The most recent large-scale works were undertaken at the cathedral in 1996. The tower and sanctuary were renovated and refurbished, the roof was re-slated and the gothic ceiling was repaired. External stonework of the cathedral was also repointed. The cathedral closed for the duration of the works. : Cork, Ireland, Irlanti, kaupunki, kesäloma, matka, summer holiday, town, travel Dragon and stuff Street art on Roman Street : Cork, Ireland, Irlanti, kaupunki, kesäloma, matka, summer holiday, town, travel St. Mary's Church St Mary's Church on Pope's Quay is one of the finest buildings in Cork. Philip de Barry invited the Dominicans to Cork in 1229 and the order built a church called St Mary's of the Isle. The site of this church was near the present convent of the Sisters of Mercy on Sharman Crawford Street. Some stones from the medieval church are set into the walls of the present Dominican priory on Pope's Quay. Despite the confiscation of their church and property after the dissolution of the religious orders by Henry VIII, the Dominican friars appear to have maintained a presence near St Mary's of the Isle until the late 17th century. In 1784 they built a house and chapel in Dominick Street. The foundation stone of the present St Mary's was laid in 1832 and on 20 October 1839 the church was officially opened. Kearns Deane was the architect and the driving force behind the building of the church was Fr. B. T. Russell. St Mary's Church was extensively renovated in 1991. Pope's Quay is named for the Widow Pope who lived in Cork in the early 18th century. : Cork, Ireland, Irlanti, kaupunki, kesäloma, matka, summer holiday, town, travel Cornmarket Street Colourful houses along Cornmarket Street : Cork, Ireland, Irlanti, kaupunki, kesäloma, matka, summer holiday, town, travel
The Onion Seller A statue by Seamus Murphy Rha, celebrating McDonald's 10 years in Cork in 1995, donated by Ray Doherty. : Cork, Ireland, Irlanti, kaupunki, kesäloma, matka, summer holiday, town, travel Castle Jewellers The Queen's old castle once stood here. Or then not. In fact there was the King's castle and later a courthouse here, which was then converted into a department store in 1850's. : Cork, Ireland, Irlanti, kaupunki, kesäloma, matka, summer holiday, town, travel Courthouse Chambers Imposing nineteenth century commercial building. Significant in retaining many of its original features and decorative elements intact, as well as its original scale and form. This building contributes greatly to the overall character of the streetscape. Terraced nine-bay four-storey Venetian style building, built 1874, with a three bay gabled breakfront; currently in use as courthouse chambers, administrative and commercial offices. Pitched roof having parapet with moulded limestone cornice on carved limestone brackets. Red brick façade in English garden wall bond with limestone banding and cills. Moulded cornice to first floor cill level. Camber headed window openings to ground, first and second floors, round headed window openings to third floor; all having limestone window heads with plain keystone. Central bay to gable on third floor has a pair of windows and roundel under an arch with limestone dividing column and foliate capital. Windows are timber sliding sash single pane. Large round headed entrance opening with plain fanlight and timber panelled double leafed doors. : Cork, Ireland, Irlanti, kaupunki, kesäloma, matka, summer holiday, town, travel Courthouse The first courthouse on the Washington St site was built in 1836. It is believed that this original Courthouse was designed by the brothers GR and James Pain. This building was destroyed by fire on Good Friday, March 27th, 1891 and with it much of the City’s official records which were stored in the City Treasure and Sheriff’s office. All that remained was the portico and façade on Washington Street. The present courthouse is a Neo- Classical courthouse with Corinthian detail. It was rebuilt in 1895 by William Hill architect and Samuel Hill building contractor. It was originally designed with an open courtyard to its centre in which the bar room was located, providing the barristers immediate access to the two main courtrooms. : Cork, Ireland, Irlanti, kaupunki, kesäloma, matka, summer holiday, town, travel
Law Pediment with three figures at its crown. : Cork, Ireland, Irlanti, kaupunki, kesäloma, matka, summer holiday, town, travel Think Smoking kills, a wall painting with a message. : Cork, Ireland, Irlanti, kaupunki, kesäloma, matka, summer holiday, town, travel South Gate Bridge It is very likely that a bridge has existed on or near the site of the South Gate Bridge since the arrival of the Vikings in Cork between the ninth and tenth centuries. The Vikings settled on the south island in the present-day South Main Street area and on the south bank of the Lee directly across the river. A bridge or ford almost certainly linked the two settlements. In 1713, South Gate Bridge was replaced with a stone arched structures. Both North and South Gate Drawbridgs were designed and built by a George Coltsman, a Cork City stone mason/ architect. South Gate Bridge still stands today in its past form as it did 280 years ago apart from a small bit of restructuring and strengthening in early 1994. : Cork, Ireland, Irlanti, kaupunki, kesäloma, matka, summer holiday, town, travel River Lee River Lee, in the background part of Elizabeth Fort is visible as well as St. Fin Barre's cathedral : Cork, Ireland, Irlanti, kaupunki, kesäloma, matka, summer holiday, town, travel
Saint Fin Barre's Cathedral The current cathedral is built on the site of at least two previous structures dedicated to Finbarr of Cork. The first dated from the 7th century, with works continuing through the 12th century.[4] This building was damaged during the Siege of Cork (1690), and a new structure was built in 1735 - though elements of the earlier spire were retained. This structure remained until the 1860s, when a competition for the building of a new larger cathedral was held 1862. In February 1863, the designs of the architect William Burges was declared the winner of the competition to build a new cathedral of St Fin Barre. Building work took seven years before the first service was held in the cathedral in 1870. Building, carving and decoration continued into the 20th century, long after Burges's death in 1881. : Cork, Ireland, Irlanti, kaupunki, kesäloma, matka, summer holiday, town, travel Saint Fin Barre's Cathedral Local legend says that the golden angel on the eastern side will blow its horn when the Apocalypse is due to start… : Cork, Ireland, Irlanti, kaupunki, kesäloma, matka, summer holiday, town, travel Saint Fin Barre's Cathedral The current cathedral is built on the site of at least two previous structures dedicated to Finbarr of Cork. The first dated from the 7th century, with works continuing through the 12th century.[4] This building was damaged during the Siege of Cork (1690), and a new structure was built in 1735 - though elements of the earlier spire were retained. This structure remained until the 1860s, when a competition for the building of a new larger cathedral was held 1862. In February 1863, the designs of the architect William Burges was declared the winner of the competition to build a new cathedral of St Fin Barre. Building work took seven years before the first service was held in the cathedral in 1870. Building, carving and decoration continued into the 20th century, long after Burges's death in 1881. : Cork, Ireland, Irlanti, kaupunki, kesäloma, matka, summer holiday, town, travel Saint Fin Barre's Cathedral The central doorway in the western wall of the Cathedral tells the tale of the five wise and the five foolish virgins (Matthew 25:1-13) which relays the story of how living the wise and prudent life is rewarded in eternal life. The wise virgins all have their heads covered as a display of their purity and hold their lights aloft in flame. They are on the right hand side of the bride groom, the side associated with strength, virtue and favour (in this picture on the left). In contrast the foolish virgins are bare headed and look despondent after wasting all their oil for their lamps. Standing between the wise and foolish virgins is the figure of the bridge groom who symbolises Christ. His face is turned away from the foolish virgins. : Cork, Ireland, Irlanti, kaupunki, kesäloma, matka, summer holiday, town, travel
Saint Fin Barre's Cathedral Tympanum depicting the judgement of souls. : Cork, Ireland, Irlanti, kaupunki, kesäloma, matka, summer holiday, town, travel Saint Fin Barre's Cathedral The current cathedral is built on the site of at least two previous structures dedicated to Finbarr of Cork. The first dated from the 7th century, with works continuing through the 12th century.[4] This building was damaged during the Siege of Cork (1690), and a new structure was built in 1735 - though elements of the earlier spire were retained. This structure remained until the 1860s, when a competition for the building of a new larger cathedral was held 1862. In February 1863, the designs of the architect William Burges was declared the winner of the competition to build a new cathedral of St Fin Barre. Building work took seven years before the first service was held in the cathedral in 1870. Building, carving and decoration continued into the 20th century, long after Burges's death in 1881. : Cork, Ireland, Irlanti, kaupunki, kesäloma, matka, summer holiday, town, travel Saint Fin Barre's Cathedral The current cathedral is built on the site of at least two previous structures dedicated to Finbarr of Cork. The first dated from the 7th century, with works continuing through the 12th century.[4] This building was damaged during the Siege of Cork (1690), and a new structure was built in 1735 - though elements of the earlier spire were retained. This structure remained until the 1860s, when a competition for the building of a new larger cathedral was held 1862. In February 1863, the designs of the architect William Burges was declared the winner of the competition to build a new cathedral of St Fin Barre. Building work took seven years before the first service was held in the cathedral in 1870. Building, carving and decoration continued into the 20th century, long after Burges's death in 1881. : Cork, Ireland, Irlanti, kaupunki, kesäloma, matka, summer holiday, town, travel The Labyrinth Labyrinth at St Fin Barres Cathedral : Cork, Ireland, Irlanti, kaupunki, kesäloma, matka, summer holiday, town, travel
Former Garda Station Elizabeth Fort is a 17th-century star fort off Barrack Street in Cork. Originally built as a defensive fortification on high-ground outside the city walls, the city eventually grew around the fort, and it took on various other roles – including use as a military barracks, prison, and police station. As of January 2014, the fort is under development as a tourism heritage site.[4] The walls of the fort have been accessible to the public on a regular basis since September 2014. : Cork, Ireland, Irlanti, kaupunki, kesäloma, matka, summer holiday, town, travel Mind the heads Heads on stakes on display at the Elizabeth Fort. : Cork, Ireland, Irlanti, kaupunki, kesäloma, matka, summer holiday, town, travel Beamish & Crawford Stabling The former Stables for the Beamish & Crawford brewery and now an enterprise centre, this is one of the best industrial buildings in the city. The corner office is designed to look like a cottage ornee while vertical ventilation stacks provide skyline interest. The façade facing the courtyard features a delicate clocktower. Built in 1902. : Cork, Ireland, Irlanti, kaupunki, kesäloma, matka, summer holiday, town, travel Counting House There was a brewery on this site as far back as the 17th century and before that a monastery. William Beamish and William Crawford acquired the brewery in 1791 from Edward Allen and by 1809 it was the largest brewery in Ireland. This unusual structure with its Germanic gables and Tudor central façade was probably designed by Houston & Houston who did other work for the brwewery including the Stables for the dray horses and the Oval Bar across the street. Built in 1918. : Cork, Ireland, Irlanti, kaupunki, kesäloma, matka, summer holiday, town, travel
Wall There's painting on the wall... : Cork, Ireland, Irlanti, kaupunki, kesäloma, matka, summer holiday, town, travel Berwick Fountain The Berwick Fountain, one of the few public fountains in Cork, was built in 1860. It is named after Sergeant Walter Berwick who came to Cork in 1847 as Chairman of the Quarter Sessions court. This court was a quarterly county court which dealt with minor criminal offences. Berwick was a very popular justice, very well thought of in the city and county. When he was made a judge of the bankruptcy court in 1859 he received congratulations and well wishes from many sections of Cork society. Moved by the tributes he decided to present the city with an ornamental fountain. The Berwick Fountain was designed by Sir John Benson and was finally presented by Berwick to the mayor John Arnott who accepted it on behalf of the city on 1 January 1862. : Cork, Ireland, Irlanti, kaupunki, kesäloma, matka, summer holiday, town, travel Archway entrance to Bishop Lucey Park This Arch was the former entrance to the city corn market on Anglesea Street, built around 1860, and was re-erected to the Grand Parade in 1985. : Cork, Ireland, Irlanti, kaupunki, kesäloma, matka, summer holiday, town, travel Coca Cola Zero A row of city bikes on Grand Parade. : Cork, Ireland, Irlanti, kaupunki, kesäloma, matka, summer holiday, town, travel
The English Market The market is well supported locally and has become a tourist attraction - drawing visitors from throughout the world, including a visit by Queen Elizabeth II during her 2011 state visit. The term English Market was coined in the 19th Century to distinguish the market from the nearby St. Peter's Market (now the site of the Bodega on Cornmarket Street), which was known as the Irish Market. There has been a market on the present site since 1788 but the present group of buildings was constructed in the mid-19th century with the ornamental entrance at Princes Street being constructed in 1862 by Sir John Benson. The market changed little over the next century or so until it was seriously damaged by fire on 19 June 1980 and had to be extensively refurbished by Cork City Council. The refurbishment work was done in sympathy with the original Victorian building's design. : Cork, Ireland, Irlanti, kaupunki, kesäloma, matka, summer holiday, town, travel The English Market The market is well supported locally and has become a tourist attraction - drawing visitors from throughout the world, including a visit by Queen Elizabeth II during her 2011 state visit. The term English Market was coined in the 19th Century to distinguish the market from the nearby St. Peter's Market (now the site of the Bodega on Cornmarket Street), which was known as the Irish Market. There has been a market on the present site since 1788 but the present group of buildings was constructed in the mid-19th century with the ornamental entrance at Princes Street being constructed in 1862 by Sir John Benson. The market changed little over the next century or so until it was seriously damaged by fire on 19 June 1980 and had to be extensively refurbished by Cork City Council. The refurbishment work was done in sympathy with the original Victorian building's design. : Cork, Ireland, Irlanti, kaupunki, kesäloma, matka, summer holiday, town, travel AIB, South Mall Distinctive and imposing bank building on a prominent site, in the main financial district of Cork. Built as a head office for the Munster and Leinster Bank, and now a branch of Allied Irish Banks after a series of mergers in the 1960. The building has a fine range of Ionic columns across the upper storeys of the façade, and has a setback attic storey with ballustrade. The two ends of the building feature carved representations of the Munster and Leinster crests on the attic storey, but are minus the sculptural groups originally designed for them. Built between 1905-1915. : Cork, Ireland, Irlanti, kaupunki, kesäloma, matka, summer holiday, town, travel Thomas Crosbie Holdings One of the most magnificent buildings in Cork, the Italianate plazzo built for the ‘Provincial Bank of Ireland’, was designed by W.G. Murray. A substantial and well-maintained building, it retains much of its original fabric and is central to the character of the surrounding streets. It isprominently sited at the end of the South Mall, opposite the Cork Savings Bank, designed by Thomas & Kearns Deane and with a clear view of the City Hall. The design may be derived from his unsuccessful design for Cork City Hall of the previous year. The building has a rusticated ground level with a piano nobile with Corinthian columns. The interior has a galleried banking hall with a coved ceiling and central lantern. It was built in 1865. : Cork, Ireland, Irlanti, kaupunki, kesäloma, matka, summer holiday, town, travel
City Hall Cork City Hall began its life as the City’s Corn Exchange, the main frontage of which was constructed in 1843. The location was also used by two industrial exhibitions in 1852 and 1883, with exhibition buildings attached to the rear of the Corn Market. Following the success of the 1883 exhibition, the Corn Exchange was converted into Cork City Hall. Destroyed in December 1920 by a fire set by the Black and Tans as retribution for republican attacks. Replaced by the Jones & Kelly building of 1935. : Cork, Ireland, Irlanti, kaupunki, kesäloma, matka, summer holiday, town, travel Property House A nice building on 29 Grand Parade : Cork, Ireland, Irlanti, kaupunki, kesäloma, matka, summer holiday, town, travel National Monument The National Monument on the Grand Parade in Cork was unveiled on St Patrick’s Day 1906. The monument commemorates the rebellions of 1798, 1803, 1848 and 1867. Fr Kavanagh, OSF, unveiled the monument as bands from Cork city and from the county towns played ‘Who fears to speak of ’98?’ D.J. Coakley, a well-known architect, designed the monument. John Francis Davis, a Kilkenny man with a studio at 4 Sunview Terrace, College Road, sculpted the figures of Wolfe Tone, Michael Dwyer, Thomas Davis, Peter O'Neill Crowley and ‘Mother Erin’. The builder was Mr Ellis. Coakley had designed the façade of the Holy Trinity church, and the design of the National Monument resembles the design of the church façade. The Cork Young Ireland Society, a successor to the Cork ’98 Centenary Committee, raised funds for the monument. Other speakers at the unveiling of the monument were the Fenians Jeremiah O'Donovan Rossa and Charles Guilfoyle Doran, and the chairman of the Cork Young Ireland Society J.J. Crowley. : Cork, Ireland, Irlanti, kaupunki, kesäloma, matka, summer holiday, town, travel Cenotaph In 2008 this emorial was restored, new black marble panels with the names engraved being fitted over the old, corroded, inscriptions. This monument was erected in 1925. : Cork, Ireland, Irlanti, kaupunki, kesäloma, matka, summer holiday, town, travel
Light A beautiful lamp on South Mall Street. : Cork, Ireland, Irlanti, kaupunki, kesäloma, matka, summer holiday, town, travel Assembly Rooms A religious controversy in 1858 in Cork led to the opening of the Protestant Hall, later called the Assembly Rooms. The Committee of the Athenaeum, now the Opera House, refused permission for an ex-priest called Gavazzi to lecture there. The Committee disliked the anti-Catholic tone of Gavazzi's sermons. Many Protestants in the city were outraged at the refusal. Those attending a public meeting held in the Primitive Wesleyan Church on 17 December 1858 decided to build the Protestant Hall for the use of all citizens of Cork. The Earl of Bandon laid the foundation stone in 1860 and opened the hall on 12 April 1861. The entrance to the hall was not completed until 1869. Richard Rolt Brash designed the building. Brash was a distinguished antiquarian as well as an architect. He published articles in many learned journals. : Cork, Ireland, Irlanti, kaupunki, kesäloma, matka, summer holiday, town, travel Lamp post Decorated lamp post from 1882. : Cork, Ireland, Irlanti, kaupunki, kesäloma, matka, summer holiday, town, travel Murphy's A huge Murphy's ad on Welcome Inn's facade : Cork, Ireland, Irlanti, kaupunki, kesäloma, matka, summer holiday, town, travel
St. Patrick Street St Patrick's Street (Irish: Sráid Naomh Pádraig) is the main shopping street of the city of Cork in the south of Ireland. Since its redevelopment in 2004, it has twice won the award as Ireland's best shopping street. Patrick Street is affectionately known to Corkonians as "Pana". : Cork, Ireland, Irlanti, kaupunki, kesäloma, matka, summer holiday, town, travel Savoy The former Savoy Cinema had a jazzy Art Deco façade but the interior was atmospheric in style. A narrow street frontage on Patrick Street led into a long entrance hall which led to a cinema which had over 2,000 seats. It could also be used as a full theatre as it had a Proscenium arch with forestage & flying facilities. The fine Compton Cinema Organ is now in the University Concert Hall, Limerick. The Savoy was redeveloped as a shopping arcade in 1976. I wouldn't call that as development though. : Cork, Ireland, Irlanti, kaupunki, kesäloma, matka, summer holiday, town, travel Statue of Father Mathew Statue of Mathew stand on St. Patrick's Street, Cork by JH Foley (1864). The movement with which his name is associated began on 10 April 1838 with the establishment of the "Cork Total Abstinence Society" which relied on one enduring act of will to keep a person sober for life. It was called simply The Pledge. It could be made by anybody, either with or without an alcohol problem. : Cork, Ireland, Irlanti, kaupunki, kesäloma, matka, summer holiday, town, travel Lovely Day for a Guinness A Guinness ad on a pub wall : Cork, Ireland, Irlanti, kaupunki, kesäloma, matka, summer holiday, town, travel