We took the bus down to Kinsale the other day. It’s a picturesque port town near the mouth of the River Bandon, accessible via a 45 minute bus ride from downtown Cork. It probably caters a little more to the tourist trade than either Cobh or Midleton, despite not having a major specific draw like the distillery or the Heritage Center. Even so, enough of the restaurants and coffee shops were open, to make a full day of it. And it turned out to be a pretty nice day for taking pictures, so I did a lot of that.
We started with coffee and pastries at The Poet’s Corner bookshop and cafe. And, seriously, their scones were the best I’ve had on this visit. And I’ve had more than my share the past 5 weeks.
I’m going to divide the pictures up into waterfront, and town, and mostly post them without comment.
We had fantastic skies most of the day.
Like most Irish towns, Kinsale has old churches and castles, not to mention some old pubs. Not all of them were opened on our visit, though.
Houses and house names in Kinsale seemed to me to exhibit more of a sense of humor than some of the others I’ve seen.
And just an amazing little street that we happened to turn up on our walk.
I’m hoping we’ll get another opportunity to go back and spend some more time in Kinsale before the month is out.
Cork Spring 