Cork and Spike Island

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Trip start
July 6, 2016
Cork and Spike Island Traveler
First night in prison
July 6, 2016 in Ireland ⋅ ⛅ 15 °C
Trains from Huddersfield to Manchester then to Liverpool South Park. Reaching John Lennon airport is perfectly doable by public transport.

Flight to Cork then a quick transfer to Cobh to catch a little ferry to Spike Island.

There are abandoned 19th C prison blocks within the walls of the old fort but thankfully our accommodation is fairly new - on top of an old block.Read more
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Digging for treasure
July 7, 2016 in Ireland ⋅ ⛅ 16 °C
A jolly day working alongside students from university college Cork and the USA excavating prisoner graves. My job - wet sieving. My finds were small - coffin nails and bits of coffin.
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More Spike Island
July 10, 2016 in Ireland ⋅ ⛅ 16 °C
Mosaic in Cobh cathedral with swastika symbols.

Caribbean Princess cruise ship in Cobh harbour - taken from the tiny Bryan J ferry to Spike.

Archaeologists working in the prone position.

Two lunchtime successes: yesterday in Cork a health food shop with vegetarian cafe. Today a seafront restaurant which served great chowder and mussels.Read more
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Kilkenny
July 12, 2016 in Ireland ⋅ ☀️ 14 °C
Last evening in Spike Island : taking a collective trip round the moat and to visit one of the naval guns guarding the entrance to Cork Harbour.

Other shots: finding the grave cut for a burial and an evening stroll along the river Nore in Kilkenny.Read more
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Trip end
July 12, 2016

Cork and Spike Island

First night in prison

Digging for treasure

More Spike Island

Kilkenny