Astronaut Shane Kimbrough captured from ISS Cork, Ireland.
March 17th is a highly significant holiday in Ireland, Saint Patrick’s Day. It commemorates the death date of Saint Patrick, the saint who spread Christianity in Ireland, and is celebrated as a Catholic holiday and a public holiday. On Saint Patrick’s Day, people often wear shamrocks on their clothing and attend Mass. The tradition of celebrating this day in Ireland has been passed down for centuries, and it officially became a holiday since 1903, gradually growing as a festival day after Ireland’s independence from Britain.
Cork, from corcach, meaning “marsh” is the second largest city in Ireland. The city centre is an island positioned between two channels of the River Lee which meet downstream at the eastern end of the city centre, where the quays and docks along the river lead outwards towards Lough Mahon and Cork Harbour, one of the largest natural harbors in the world. Originally a monastic settlement, Cork was expanded by Viking invaders around 915. Its charter was granted by Prince John in 1185. Cork city was once fully walled, and the remnants of the old medieval town centre can be found around South and North Main streets. The city’s cognomen of “the rebel city” originates in its support for the Yorkist cause in the Wars of the Roses. Corkonians sometimes refer to the city as “the real capital”, a reference to its opposition to the Anglo-Irish Treaty in the Irish Civil War.
The local scenery on the ground is as follows.
Reference: Shane Kimbrough’s Tweet
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