ON A WET WINDY DAY IN AUGUST 2021
It has been reported today (1 August 2023) that last July was the wettest month ever in Ireland (not the wettest July but the wettest month) which makes me wonder about the conditions this year in Cork. Every time I visit Cork it rains so I decided, just as the travel restrictions had been relaxed, that my best option was to visit in August rather than May or June – of course I had no options because of travel restrictions that applied back in 2021.
On the second day of my visit I decided to visit the village of Douglas and got a bus which broke down and after a long wait I decided to walk but it began to rain and it became so heavy that I had no option but to get a bus back to the city centre. After waiting more than an hour I decided travel by foot to the city centre. This was back in August 2021 and because of travel restrictions the bus service was unreliable. When I visited in May of 2023 there was a bus every ten or fifteen minutes.
Douglas is a suburb, with a village core, in Cork city, Ireland. Douglas is also the name of the townland, Roman Catholic parish, Church of Ireland parish and civil parish in which it is contained.
Originally a separate village, the growth of both the village and the city has meant Douglas has become incorporated into the city over time. The 2017 Mackinnon Report proposed that Douglas and surrounding residential areas be moved to within an extended Cork City Council boundary, ending the division of Douglas between the city and county administrative areas. Douglas, along with Rochestown, Grange and Frankfield, formally moved into the city council area on 31 May 2019, following the 2019 local elections.
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