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From the heights of Sunday's Well looking westwards towards Wilton.

Christmas light catcher on my window.

(and yes, they do need cleaning!)

Happy Christmas to all my flickr friends - you know who you are. I wish for you the joy and peace of the season - health and happiness to you all.

We attended a book launch at University College Cork one night recently, and walking across the quad I was once again struck by the dignified presence of this old building.

University College Cork (UCC) (Irish: Coláiste na hOllscoile Corcaigh) is a constituent university of the National University of Ireland. The university is located in Cork.

The university was founded as a college in 1845 as Queen's College, Cork. It became University College, Cork, under the Irish Universities Act of 1908.

The university was named Irish University of the Year by the Sunday Times in 2003, 2005, and 2011. In 2011 the QS World University Rankings ranked the university 181 in the world, placing it amongst the top 2% of universities worldwide. The university also received a 5-star rating in the QS University Rankings 2011