Mardyke Area Walk
Shaky Bridge - Fitzgerald's Park - Banks of the Lee Walk - North Mall - St Vincent's Bridge - Mardyke Parade - Fitzgerald's Park - return to Shaky Bridge
Sunday January 30th, 2022.
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Cork Public Museum (left), Bandstand, Lord Mayor's Pavilion (distant centre) |
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Street art on a utility box |
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Shaky Bridge (close) and, below, from the Sky Garden in Fitzgerald's Park |
Shaking bridge! Or was it my hand
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Bike, across the River Lee from Fitzgerald's Park |
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In the Park: Girl Dancer by Oisin Kelly. |
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Natural sculpture |
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The relatively new Mardyke Bridge could badly do with some TLC |
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Signs of Spring on the walk, approaching the North Mall |
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Mural on sidewall of Filipino café (Sensei) on Dyke Parade. |
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Hints of Orient: Structures in Fitzgerald's Park, above & below. |
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Fitzgerald's Park bandstand with Lord Mayor's Pavilion in background. |
Ducks go bottom up