The dial reads ‘000’, the cogs have long since stopped turning. More and more cars line the roads, queuing to enter cities and commercial estates. The drive of modern development is relentless.
While the thirst for fuel knows no bounds, many places are simply left behind and the decline is only too real.
That’s modernity for you.
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Brilliant shots but where is this? 😄
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It’s in Ireland, County Cork
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I guess that lol but where in Cork? It looks like a place around Fermoy that I would visit as a child.
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Not too far off, I think it’s Lisgoold North not far from Ballincurrig – basically between Fermoy and Midleton. Is that your stomping ground of old? MM 🍀
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Oh wow, lots of family around Fermoy, Kilworth, Mallow and Conna etc. Cork is my mother’s side of the family. 🍀
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I want top go back to Ballincurrig to capture an old slate roof before it does just give way…..beautiful…
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I certainly relive my memories through your photos so thank you. Hopefully I can get back next year to see family 🍀
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These are great Mick!!!
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I liked them but was not sure they would garner much support from a wider audience. That doesn’t stop me from throwing it out there mind. 🍀
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The moody sky fits with the sadness of abandonment…
We have a “ghost village” in Quebec that was abandoned when a mill was closed. It is now open to tourists but walking through it is eerie. Everyone just picked up and left!
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totally, without the brooding skies I would not have got the image that I sought. As it is the sky may even be a bit too bright….Of course in the West of Ireland there are plenty of ghost villages, but little remains but a few crumbling buildings.
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Une belle trouvaille ♥
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Merci Madam, MM 🍀
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Super leaded… hmmm…
I don’t think there are any super leaded petrol any more. Are there?
Sad, nostalgic pictures. But still, in an odd way, beautiful. Maybe because it is nostalgic and one can imagine how it once were?
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Great pics MM. I always find it sad when places cease doing what they have always done and get shoved aside by modernisation .. 🐸
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I agree, though they can provide excellent opportunities for photographers. Near here there was a slate roof in all sorts of disrepair that I have my eye on for capturing another time – weather was so bad, wet and windy that I had to give up….
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I know what you mean MM. There is something about a dilapidated building that can be quite magical ..🐸
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As usual great, if a tad sad, photos.
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Mick have a great week!
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Ana, hope all is good with yourself, am in the process of completing a number of exams, hence I have been a bit quieter on here. Have fun, MM 🍀
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Wishing you good luck, Mick!!!!
🙂
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