Blackrock Castle

So now they're all kind of renovated and become part of the park, so they're accessible.

So there's kind of a really a heritage trail that is established from the, you know, from Blackrock Castle to, via the park to the city center-

Mm-hmm

... which is fantastic.

So you already deliver something that is already quite, it has a very developed green infrastructure.

So that's Marina Park as a story of vision, of patience, and of reading what was already there.

A 2012 competition, three phases, 15 years, an iconic red building from the old showgrounds, a heritage trail running back to Blackrock Castle, a 300-year-old promise that the people of Cork might one day get their riverside walk finally being kept.

But none of that quite answers the question we started with.

and caught up with Vicky and TJ

as well as they were passing Blackrock Castle and they were more than happy to do so.

Again, it's an amazing route, lads.

Again, I know we go on about a lot and for people outside Cork and we've often spoke about this before, there's some great running spots around the country and Phoenix Park, Killarney National Park, you can name one in every county, I suppose, if not more than one.

and welcome to the latest episode of Ordinary Extraordinary in this lovely setting in Blackrock Castle in Cork in Ireland.

I'm your host, Karen O'Sullivan, and today I have the lovely Michelle Gupta with me here.

Thank you, Karen.

People getting excited.

ready cultural activities and my feeling is the culture night should be every night I think you should be trying to do as much as possible especially with the rich atmosphere and sort of background and variety of cultural activities we have around the country but there's some really great stuff tonight especially free no booking required ones which are key for me because it always comes around and I always end up being too late to book some really cool things but like the Mansion House is open tonight to people for tours free tours that would be a brilliant tour just around the corner from us here the Blackrock Castle Observatory in Cork is opening its doors there'll be astronomy presentations various other bits and pieces there's the international storytelling festival in listole going on right now and the kerry writers museum have events around that at the wood key amphitheater just around the corner from us as well has loads of music dance and performance in the heart of the city

yeah

i've never been there i was thinking of maybe having a nose and meeting house square and temple bar also has some great stuff around now as well And I just think we often forget about just how, not how important the culture is.

for Culture Night with the Flightman Choir, among others.

Down at Blackrock Castle Observatory, they have a Culture Night at the castle from 6 until 11, with stargazing and art exhibition and loads more.

Up at the Kerryman's in Downs Cross, one of the friendliest pubs in all of Ireland, let alone all of Cork.

The Kerryman's Bar, they have what they call a post-galavant drink and a draw.