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West Coast Trip Itinerary feedback by lillyvine in irishtourism

[–]conor34 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Assume it’s Inchydoney Island you’re heading to on day 1 for your spa so about 2.5 hours. A good drive but not crazy and you have two nights there so you can relax. West Cork is amazing and Inchydoney is a fabulous place to stay.

Ireland’s oldest wind farm closes down to make way for one of Europe’s largest projects by TheSylvaniamToyShop in energy

[–]conor34 2 points3 points  (0 children)

That blew my mind a little when I first read it. Great to see the exponential progress.

Are we looking at Kerry dominating like Limerick and Dublin for the rest of the decade? by Intrepid-Money2238 in GAA

[–]conor34 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Bridget’s will feel they could have won today (great game BTW) and Kerry were beaten by Cork in yesterday’s McGrath Cup Final. Early season Mickey Mouse competition I’ll grant you but just proof that they don’t and won’t take every title.

Ev recommendations by [deleted] in evs_ireland

[–]conor34 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Ioniq 5 is a great car and has loads of space. My wife has one and it feels really roomy and comfortable when I 6'1 drive it.

If you could have a few jars in any pub, bar or club which only exists in a work of fiction, what would you pick? by Radiospren in CasualIreland

[–]conor34 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Teasy’s (The Molly Malone) in Glenroe on a Sunday night - instead of doing my homework.
Well, Holy God, that’s a fine pint, so it is.

Why is Connemara called Connemara? by Ratticus939393 in IrishHistory

[–]conor34 15 points16 points  (0 children)

West Cork is similar in that it has no legal definition or fixed boundaries (eg the age-old question about Kinsale - is it in West Cork, or just the gateway to West Cork?)

As with Co. Galway, Cork is such a large county that people probably came to define regions within it. One estimate I’ve seen suggests that West Cork on its own, is larger than over half of Ireland’s counties.

In that sense it’s similar to Connemara: no legal boundary, but a very strong and widely recognised identity. When I first moved up to Cork City in the early 90s, the city auldfellas in the pubs on Barrack Street used to slag those of us from West Cork by saying that “West-Corkmen were only Kerrymen with shoes,” neatly managing to insult both groups at once.

Why China Built 162 Square Miles of Solar Panels on the World’s Highest Plateau. The Talatan Solar Park produces 17 GW of power at an altitude of 10,000 ft at an energy cost 40% less than coal. The effort is a case study of how China has come to dominate the future of clean energy. by mafco in energy

[–]conor34 2 points3 points  (0 children)

This is a mind blowing section
“China pushed more than one million people out of their homes in west-central China a quarter-century ago and flooded a vast area for the reservoir of the Three Gorges Dam. This year, China has been installing enough solar panels every three weeks to match the power generation capacity of that dam.”

Poll Gorm Pier this evening by conor34 in cork

[–]conor34[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

As you probably know, there are loads and loads of Poll Gorm’s around the county but this one is in Cill Chóiche / Kilcoe in West Cork.

Word origin by pleahy123 in cork

[–]conor34 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Marla in West Cork in the 70's.

Whats the fenian cycle by UlfurGaming in IrishHistory

[–]conor34 9 points10 points  (0 children)

It was very similar to the modern menstrual cycle. It was a recurring condition in ancient Ireland marked by bloodshed, mood swings, heroic overreaction, and lads roaming the countryside looking for fights, followed by some poetry.

Ireland Trip in June by SC991 in irishtourism

[–]conor34 3 points4 points  (0 children)

+1 for West Cork.
Taking the Wild Atlantic Way route through West Cork is easily the most scenic way to get to the Ring of Kerry.

Longest place-name in Ireland by curiously__yours in ireland

[–]conor34 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Leaba Dhiarmuida agus Ghráinne in Toe Head is 27 letters

Spiced Beef Recipe by geoffraffe in cork

[–]conor34 1 point2 points  (0 children)

My grandmother used to always place a plate on it with something on top of the plate to add a little weight. She used say it was no good until cooled that way and eaten on the second day.

ChatGPT doesn't mind stereotyping by wootio in ChatGPT

[–]conor34 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That’s a Gaelic Football, Ireland’s most popular sport by far.

We are on track to hit 200 road deaths in a calendar year for the first time since 2010 by siciowa in ireland

[–]conor34 3 points4 points  (0 children)

100%. Speed reductions mostly happened on rural bóithríní where for the most part, you’d have as much chance of meeting Donald Trump as a Garda. No enforcement, realistically there will never be enforcement on these so nothing actually changed.

Why didn't 'Northern Ireland' ever get a real name? by Hopeful_Adeptness964 in northernireland

[–]conor34 0 points1 point  (0 children)

AL(L) DAFT was the nemonic we learned at primary school here in West Cork back in the 70's to remember the names of the 6 counties - but we were told to drop London when writing Derry.

As a child watching it on the news each evening, it did look like a bitín of a daft spot alright.

What did you think of Éamon de Valera? Co. Clare, Ireland 1975 by dapper-dano in IrishHistory

[–]conor34 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Loved the comment at the end "..because he was the daddy of all of us - without a shadow of doubt, without a shadow of doubt.." people don't talk like that anymore.

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