Journal
Field notes, location guides, and long-form pieces on Irish landscape and photography.
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Guide
The Colombian Navy tall ship ARC Gloria was open to the public on Sir John Rogerson's Quay over the weekend of 3–5 October 2026 — her first Dublin visit since 1998. I went on board on her last evening in the city.
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Tripods rock in the wind, filters streak like rain on windows, and the Atlantic still offers a lot — if you can keep the spray off the lens.
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A weekend plan for the Galway International Oyster Festival, built from the published 2026 programme and from walking Galway with a camera.
Read MoreMedieval Dublin · The Liberties
Stand at the foot of Cook Street and look up. Rising above you is a stretch of grey limestone wall, worn, mossy at the joints, and almost impossibly old. Cut into its centre is a rounded arch, framing a stairway that...
Read MoreThe Great Irish Famine · County Mayo
At the end of March 1849, hundreds of starving men, women, and children made a forced overnight journey through one of the most beautiful and unforgiving valleys in the west of Ireland. Most arrived to nothing. Many did...
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There's a special feeling to standing on the edge of the wide ocean as cold winds whip off the crashing waves and you try to steady the camera, decide if it's worth using a tripod and keep everything clean and free from...
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I've often written about green lanes here on panoramicireland.com and really love finding new green lanes or green roads in the Irish countryside.
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2025 is drawing to a close as I write this and the first days of 2026 may see snow here in Ireland.
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The Irish countryside is usually a quiet place where little changes from year to year, but throughout history there have been many tumultuous events.
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Storm Bram may have passed through Ireland, bringing significant disruption and damage, but new wind warnings are now in effect for Galway, Mayo, and Kerry on Ireland's west coast.
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A lot of photographers who visit Ireland and book a Panoramic Ireland photography tour to spend time with me in Dublin, Galway, or Antrim are surprised by how good the weather can be on this small Atlantic island.
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Some people may think that Ireland and other northerly European countries are dark and dank in autumn and winter but this time of year, as well as having lots of colour in the woodlands, fields and hedgerows of the...
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2025 is drawing to a close as I write this and the first days of 2026 may see snow here in Ireland.
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On October 2nd, 2025, primary schools across Ireland will celebrate nature's silent guardians—our trees. National Tree Day, an initiative spearheaded by the Tree Council of Ireland, encourages primary schools to plant...
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The colour of autumn in Ireland is not to be missed, while the country doesn't have as much woodland and forest cover as other European countries there are plenty of hedges and other wooded locations in the Emerald Isle.
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