Cork City’s history through a lens

James Joyce once posed a conundrum: how to get from one end of Dublin to the other without passing a pub. Most people who took up the challenge failed happily.

Michael Lenihan has posed another one: how to get from one end of Cork to the other without passing some place or object of historical interest.

Not so much a pub crawl as a sober walk through the lanes and lives of his native city. His latest book, Timeless Cork, is the third in a series of photo essays that celebrates the city and its people, taking us on an illustrated journey through the history of the city.