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DIFFERENT VIEWS OF GABRIEL HOUSE

May 13, 2023 by infomatique

PHOTOGRAPHED USING A SONY RX0 CAMERA

The Sony RX0 was released in 2017. It is a small, tough waterproof camera, with a 1″ sensor. It has a 24mm f4 equivalent Zeiss Tessar T* wide angle lens.

With its elevated position, Gabriel House looks out over Cork’s cathedral spires and the harbour. A 5-minute walk from the centre, the house is surrounded by landscaped gardens, offering en suite rooms and free WiFi.

Most rooms at Gabriel House Guesthouse boast stunning views of the garden and countryside. Rooms all feature TVs. All guests have access to filtered water and fresh ice available from reception.

Dating from the early 1900s, Gabriel House features 10-feet-high ceilings, a characteristic staircase and many original features. Guests can relax in the garden and patio to the rear of the property.

Guests can pick out freshly laid eggs for breakfast each morning from the house’s own resident hens. A traditional Irish breakfast is served daily and made from local ingredients, while breads, biscuits scones are freshly home-baked every day.

O’MAHONEY’S AVENUE IN CORK CITY

May 13, 2023 by infomatique

FEATURES AN ESB ELECTRICITY SUB-STATION

I used an iPhone 12 Pro Max and because of the strong sunlight coupled with my lack of skill some of the images exhibit lens flare.

O’Mahoney’s Avenue provides an excellent view of St Luke’s Church which is the most imposing building in the area.

The avenue features a detached single-bay single-storey substation, built c.1950. Flat roof with moulded cornice. Rendered walls with decorative plaque and raised render surround to entrance. Triple timber matchboards doors with louvred vents. Circular opening with fixed louvres. This substation is representative of the design employed by the ESB in the mid twentieth century, and is a well-articulated building, with a high level of design and detailing. Notable features include the moulded cornice and the eye-catching plaque.

DUTCH PATROL VESSEL P840 NAMED HOLLAND AT HOGAN QUAY IN CORK

May 12, 2023 by infomatique

I USED A SIGMA QUATTRO DP1

I photographed this ship three times during my visit to cork and every time I used a different camera, For this session I used an old Sigma Quattro DP1.

The Holland-class ocean-going patrol vessels are a class of four ocean-going patrol vessels constructed for the Royal Netherlands Navy. They are designed to fulfill patrol and intervention tasks against lightly armed opponents, such as pirates and smugglers, but have much higher level electronic and radar surveillance capabilities which are used for military stabilisation and security roles, short of outright war. Without sonar or long range weapons, they utilise the surveillance capabilities of the Thales integrated mast, which integrates communication systems and two 4-faced phased arrays for air and surface search.

The ships are able to monitor to 250 km (160 mi) range air, missile and UAV targets, and to 70 km (43 mi) range surface targets,using a Thales Integrated Sensor and Communication Systems (ISCS), comprising a SeaMaster 400 air warning radar, a Watcher 100 active phased-array surface detection and tracking radar (claimed to be able to detect small objects such as mines and periscopes on the sea surface at 40 km (25 mi) range). It has link 11 & 16 data links a mine detection sonar and an infra-red Gatekeeper/electro-optical (EO) warning system.

The sensor systems are housed in an integrated mast, also provided by Thales, called the I-Mast 400. Thales also built the satellite communications system for the ships.

SUMMERHILL NORTH NEAR GABRIEL HOUSE WHERE I STAYED

May 12, 2023 by infomatique

12 MAY 2023

During my visit to Cork City I had a room at Gabriel House and on Friday (12 May) before checking out I decided to experiment with my Apple iPhone 12 Pro Max and photograph the immediate area.

If my memory serves me well I have stayed at the Gabriel Guesthouse almost every year since 2010 but I have stayed in the Metropole Hotel about three times but during two visits I could not sleep because of noise from the street (some of the noise was due to construction work on MacCurtain Street). I also stayed at a B&B near the railway station but it closed due to Covid restrictions and never reopened. I expect to stay at Gabriel House again in August.

Most rooms at Gabriel House Guesthouse boast stunning views of the garden and countryside. Rooms all feature TVs. All guests have access to filtered water and fresh ice available from reception.

Dating from the early 1900s, Gabriel House features 10-feet-high ceilings, a characteristic staircase and many original features. Guests can relax in the garden and patio to the rear of the property.

CHURCHYARD LANE IN DOUGLAS CORK

May 12, 2023 by infomatique

MAY 2023

This year, because of the cost of accommodation coupled with the lack of suitable accommodations, my plan to visit and photograph the cities and larger towns in Ireland had to be limited. Because I had booked two years in advance I have managed to spend four days in Cork city and I might visit again in August as I have already booked a room for a week in August.

I am going to provide much information about Douglas over the next few weeks so I will start with demographics.

In the 2011 census, the percentage of Irish nationals living in Douglas was 88.8%. UK nationals accounted for 1.7%; Polish nationals 3.2%; Lithuanians 0.6%; other EU nationals 2.1%; other nationals 2.9%; and 0.7% did not state their nationality.

In the 2016 census, 78.6% of residents of the Douglas electoral division identified as Catholic, 8% were members of other religions, 12% had no religion and less than 1% did not state a religion. In the same census, 86.2% of electoral division residents identified as white Irish, 8.3% were other whites, 1% were black, 1.7% Asian or Asian Irish, 1.4% were of other ethnicities, and 1% did not state an ethnicity.