1862: Birth in of Prof Lucy Everest Boole FRIC. 1st female Prof Chemistry in Ireland or Britain; London School of Medicine for Women ! 1st female Fellow of the Royal Institute of Chemistry! 1st woman to research pharmacy in England! https://t.co/NGMWBjg3dC

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Land adjacent to the River Bride clearly marked on old maps as ‘Liable to Floods’ was built upon and the natural river course altered to suit development. Years later the taxpayer will fix the damage in the form of flood relief & what remains of the river will be destroyed.

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Please Retweet 👏 Cork dual legend the great Jimmy Barry Murphy 🔴⚪️🔴⚪️

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A small selection of pics from the work I recently completed in Cork's newest rooftop bar Queen Of Rebels. 2 days under a tight schedule, not bad!

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Really cool mural by in new rooftop bar Queen of Rebels 😍

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Sailors keen to avoid being becalmed used to buy favourable winds from witches. The winds came either in the form of knots tied in a length of rope, or stoppered in a bottle. You just undid the knot or pulled out the cork when you needed wind in your sails!

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A magical selection of Christmas stamps for have landed a shortlist nomination at is also shorlisted for the organic landscape backdrops he created for the live show version of the West Cork podcast. https://t.co/vukYRzZT8s

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We’re hoping for fine weather and a warm welcome as the Crawford Garden Café gets ready to reopen this Friday 10 July!

It‘ll be such a treat to combine eating outdoors with exploring our beautiful gallery spaces. will then reopen indoors on 17 July 🥳

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Blanaid, scientist from Cork, Ireland
Elaine, economist from New York, USA

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Goldfinch for 'Birds of Cork' (A4, oil on paper). So far I've shared 19 of these illustrations online, and I have another 11 in various stages of completion. That takes me up to the half way point; I'll shortly start work on some habitat paintings. :)

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This page started out about drawing and then became all about a little river. I see kids fishing in the Bride occasionally and I once saw a guy fishing in the Blackpool Retail Park in full angling outfit. Perhaps he was doing a survey.

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Ughhhh... Another potion that eats through it's cork. I really should invest in something else.

Anyways, this smells a lot like bread, but like, really really weird bread. I'm not super sure why it does, I didn't put bread into this one.

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Eagles in the park: we keep hoping.......... live cam of white-tailed sea eagles in County Cork.........https://t.co/lvpKGnjDn4

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❝Oh, phew. I knew you weren't all business.

Still, I don't believe in something for nothing. So put this one on my tab, 'kay? I'll have to put in a shift at the dance parlor to pay you back.❞

With a curt nod, she pops the cork with her thumb, and hastily chugs the concoction.

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19:00hrUK Weds on https://t.co/wXQxYrqeHT with special guest Irish Jack. Cork born, Shepherd's Bush reared, christened "Irish Jack" by Kit Lambert, inspiration f Jimmy (Quadrophenia) met 1962 & tells how he survived Daltrey & Townshend.

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