South West Cork

The scenic drive into beautiful Clonakilty
The reasons why people love South West Cork
Perchance once doesn't live in the Emerald Isle otherwise known as Ireland the Republic of. Perchance one does. Now it is a beautiful place and never more so than in summer. However in amongst all this beauty some gems stand out. Some people know about this and others don't. So here is a guide to beautiful Clonakilty. It starts at the very beginning with the drive down from Cork and entering the outskirts of Clonakilty, known to locals simply as Clon. From the very first sight of this, one ...

The model railway village in Clonakilty
The parents enjoy it as much as the kids another Clonakilty masterpiece
It's funny sometimes what life is all about. Just for a moment pretend that you are a child. Just for a moment assume that child had never really seen a train before apart from maybe on some distant line. Perhaps it would give that child an enormous amount of pleasure to visit some place like this? Even if the child had, I still think nothing would be nicer than spending some time at a place such as this. Perhaps I'm prejudiced, you see I grew up in a country in Africa and always went to boa...

The Irish housing boom in Clonakilty
An astonishing proliferation of houses in this South West Cork town
Nice and quaint and beautiful Clonakilty also witnessed the astonishing saga of the short lived Irish housing boom. Aye but those were great times lads, building, building, building and more building. No one questioned where this would lead to or whether it was sustainable. No sireeee, just build lads build. Who can really blame them and the wages were good to top it all off. It's not the first time I have seen this happen, albeit in a different country. All I knew was the first time my Aunt...