The beautiful campus of University College Cork founded in 1845 should definitely be on everyone’s list of places to visit while in Cork. The campus has to be the most attractive place for learning in Ireland. From the Western Road and passing the East lodge leads to a lush tree lined walk into the UCC campus. The college grounds is home to The Gluckman Gallery a glass steel and concrete structure by O’Donnell + Tuomey architects. Cork University has the River Lee flowing along side the campus which makes for a really attractive setting. The quad is of course the jewel in the crown. All the grounds are landscaped with mature majestic trees, colourful bedding and lawns on 42 acres. With the UCC campus only 10 mins walk from Cork City centre take a look for yourself when next in the area. Visit our online gallery of Cork Photographs all are available to buy as mounted or framed prints
We get a real pleasure seeing our photographs in print. Don’t get me wrong, the joy of backlit landscape photographs of Ireland on a desktop or laptop can be a very vivid and colourful experience. But it is something of a temporary experience, our screensavers disappear at the click of a mouse as we move on
Skerries attracts many weekend visitors. With its strong Rugby and sailing traditions in the town, means a great selection of visitors come into the town to cheer on a regatta or a match. Musically Skerries also attracts visitors for the weekend long Trad Music festival held every year. However the coastline of Skerries is probably its biggest draw. Skerries has a number of fine swimming areas and also has the attractive vistas, of its Islands, St. Patrick’s Island, Colt Island and Shennick Island to woo the visitor and local alike.
The Central Bank in Dublin Ireland moved to the Dockland campus on the North Wall Quay in 2017. Described as “Oustanding” and having a BREEAM environmental rating The Central Bank is the first BER A2 energy rated commercial development in Ireland, what a great direction, our new city buildings are taking.