Traveling to Cork today.

Well, just through a video (2020) (16 Minutes): Patrick's Hill, Grand Parade, Site of the Former Tax Office, South Mall, The Elysian, Anglesea Street, Cork City Hall. I saw a sculler on the river (Lee?). Lots of bridges, Patrick's Bridge, Shandon Bridge, North Gate Bridge, Mardyke Bridge, Dailey Bridge. Sunday's Well, Old Water Works and Weir, Cork County Hall, Saint Anne and Saint Kevin's, Saint Fin Barre's Cathedral, Sullivan's Quay, Nano Nagle Bridge. There's obviously a lot of construction going on. Nothing stays the same anywhere, and if it doesn't that really a change. Peace Park, The Lough. Blackrock seems to have a lot of rowing and sculling. The Marina, the Glen seems like nice walk. Church of Ascension, Fair Hill, Firkin Crane, Shandon with a fish on top of the clock tower. St. Mary's and St. Anne's Cathedral. 

And a Wikipedia article. There's a live camera you can watch of O'Connell Street, the post office. Also Inchydoney Beach.

I'm pretty sure now that the idea that it's more fun to plan a trip than go on it, isn't quite as true as I'd like it to be, but still, I'm going to learn about Cork today.

History: Finbarr founded a monastery. Finbarr is corrupted from "fair headed". He went to Rome. He built churches. He spent the last 17 years of his life in what became Cork. "This became an important centre of learning, giving rise to the phrase Ionad Bairre Sgoil na Mumhan.[6] "Where Finbarr taught let Munster learn"" Maybe that was the foundation of University College. Seán Ó Faoláin went there, he was one of the most influential figures in 20th-century Irish culture. I just requested a novel of his, though he's more of a short story writer.

I Skimmed a little of The Story of the Irish People by Seán Ó Faoláin. He says the word "dana" means artistic skill of any kind. In Buddhism dana is generosity, so that lines up a little. 

Came across The Battle of Magh Tuireadh. Came across the Mythological Cycle, and Fir Bolg, who were descended from the Nemed, and were oppressed by the Fomorians, the last being a supernatural race from mythical Ireland, who represent the harmful or destructive powers of nature; personifications of chaos, darkness, death, blight and drought (see below).

Sounds a bit like what is going on with me. I don't know where in Ireland my great grandfather was from in Ireland, but I feel a connection to the land through my love of the literature and through the one thirty second of my blood. One of the many sources for these Fomorians is Lebor na hUidre. 

The Vikings made Cork a trading port between 915 and 922, and was important in the Scandinavia trade network.

"For much of the Middle Ages, Cork city was an outpost of Old English culture in the midst of a predominantly hostile Gaelic countryside and cut off from the English government in the Pale around Dublin." The Pale is the land around Dublin.

"The medieval population of Cork was about 2,100 people. It suffered a severe blow in 1349 when almost half the townspeople died of plague when the Black Death arrived in the town. In 1491, Cork played a part in the English Wars of the Roses when Perkin Warbeck, a pretender to the English throne, landed in the city and tried to recruit support for a plot to overthrow Henry VII of England."

In the War of Independence (1919-21), the centre of Cork was burnt down by the British Black and Tans, in an event known as the "Burning of Cork.

"Some Corkonians view themselves as different from the rest of Ireland, and refer to themselves as "The Rebels""

Exotic foods include crubeens, tripe and drisheen.

Cork is 5 hours ahead of NYC. One of it's twin cities is Coventry, which I lived in in 88-89.

Links:

The Burning of Cork (1920)

Irish Civil War (1922 – 1923)

Cork Accent (Korean Billy) (12 minutes): 1. sing song intonation. "Not a bother, boy." He suggests going to the English Market and listening to people. Sarcasm. 2. Exaggeration, "Oh it was fantastic. We had a mad laugh, kid." "It was grand." "I'm dying." "I'm as sick as a swan in hospital." Lots of surpulatives. 3. Facial expressions. Winking, cunning glance. They speak fast. 4. Long vowels. Bure = girl. "What's the crack?"

You can watch RTE Cork right now for free. I really enjoyed the cooking show banter. I love it that they have no commercials. Well, that's not strictly true, there are "giveaways" that feature hotels, with lots of glorious photos. Opse, saw one commercial. And verbal sponsors mention.  

The cooking show was fun, that had some local color.

It was fun to watch a talk show, where people talked about how they were coping with Covid, and why there are not more women's statues in Cork, or indeed one. There are breaks where there's nothing on. Think that's important.

Bernard Dunnes Mythical Heroes was on.

RTE Radio 1. It's all of Ireland, but Cork is in Ireland after all. 

Cork Documentary (2017) (YouTube--Free)

Newspapers: Irish Examiner, The Echo, Cork Independent. The university publishes Motley. Hey, where did they get that name?!

I want to try Road Bowling. Here's a video: Who covers the course in the least amount of shots.

Explorations of Current Music:

Lewis Barefoot YouTube

Rory Gallagher (1948 - 1995) was in Taste.

Noel Redding spent the latter part of his life in Cork.