It's an exciting time here in Ireland, Saint Patrick's Day has just finished, the Irish rugby team won the Six Nations and remains at number one in the world. It is also the equinox, so we now move into the six months of the year when daylight is longer than darkness. And while there isn't much in the way of…
High in the Irish mountains, three rocks sit overlooking an empty mountain landscape of peaks, ridges and valleys offering a good spot for a break to take in the view. Okay, Ireland has no real height when compared with many other countries, but still for this island it's a high point with majestic views. Perfect, you could imagine, for the…
The Olympia Theatre needs little introduction to Dubliners having been in existence for 100 years this year, with its famous canopy standing over the footpath on Dame Street. In 1879 it opened as Dan Lowrey's Star of Erin Music Hall on the site of Connell's Monster Saloon. Undergoing several name changes it was rebuilt and reopened as the Empire Palace…
Wednesday, 11 January 2023 19:13

Winter Walk in the Woods

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While researching new locations for photography workshops recently, I found this very scenic woodland for the first time. Not a famous location, and all the better for it. This woodland is quiet and has a mixture of native and non-native broadleaf trees. Unfortunately it is increasingly being surrounded by large conifer plantations that often result in the decline of these…
Happy Christmas from Ireland. As is most typical, we haven't seen snow at Christmas this year, to quote a famous Pet Shop Boys song "It Doesn't Often Snow at Christmas." Despite the cold weather of recent weeks, Ireland is quite mild - as is often the case, winter usually comes in January and February, deep into the season. We have…
One of the most prominent, and fantastic views in Waterford City is that from Merchant's Quay on the south side of the River Suir looking towards the lofty Ard Rí Hotel on the Airmount side of Waterford. Opened in the 1960s the 160 bed former hotel was bought by Jurys in the 1990s who then sold it to the McEniff…
Beautiful golden light in the Mourne Mountains, County Down, as the recent cold weather comes to an end. Ireland has in recent weeks seen days with low temperatures, as low as -9C - winter is well and truly here. But now, in a quick change, we have reached 11C - a change in some places of 12 degrees in 24…
Tickets for Ireland's biggest music festival, Electric Picnic 2023, will go on sale this week on Friday 9th of December. Some of the headline acts for EP23 have been announced and include Billie Eilish, Lewis Capaldi and Niall Horan. Find more information on tickets here.
It was high summer. the start of August and after photographing a river woodland I stopped to photograph this scene. In front of me, on this hot day in the Irish countryside, a long scene of distant heather-clad mountains with green lower slopes and a vast field of golden barley. A big sky filled with clouds allowed a little blue…
Thursday, 27 October 2022 21:16

Horseshoe House, Galway

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If you are travelling through the streets of Galway you may well spot this unusual house with its horseshoe-shaped windows. The quirky building was owned by horse-mad local man Michael Cunniss who spoke with Ireland's national broadcaster RTE in 1982. A man before his time, Michael complained to the RTE reporter about the "...smelly old cars going along the road..."…
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