Entrance to what is now the Rockgrove Industrial Estate. |
Took advantage of Sunday's sunshine to retrace some steps in the Rockgrove -Factory Hill area. Started at the entrance to the Rockgrove Industrial Estate, formerly the Rockgrove Camp and owned by the Department of Defence in the 50s and 60s when I was growing up in the area. We would walk, those of us who worked and played in town, from the hill above (Caherlag and Rougrane), down to get the train at Little Island. There was a disused sentry hut (now vanished) behind the gate posts (right) where we would change our footwear, before walking the short distance to the station. That road is now blocked off. More details of those "good old days" here
Fr Matthew Tower Aug 83 C6, a photo by CorkBilly on Flickr.
Fr Matthew Tower Apr 2012. |
For many years now, it has been restored, is gated and has a house attached at the western side (both photos are of the eastern side).
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