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Monday, 20 March 2023 18:54
A Path Through the Woods in Spring, Ireland
Written by Darren McLoughlin
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…
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Monday, 27 February 2023 14:33
Three Bears' View aka Goldilocks's Rocks - Scenery in the Irish Mountains
Written by Darren McLoughlin
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…
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Saturday, 11 February 2023 20:42
Dublin's Olympia Theatre - Planning Permission with Conditions
Written by Darren McLoughlin
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…
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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…
Sunday, 25 December 2022 01:37
It Doesn't Often Snow at Christmas, This Year is No Different - Happy Christmas from Ireland
Written by Darren McLoughlin
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…
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Friday, 23 December 2022 01:03
Prominent Waterford Hotel, Ard Rí, Plans for Redevelopment
Written by Darren McLoughlin
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…
Tuesday, 20 December 2022 00:21
Cold Weather Colour in the Mourne Mountains, County Down
Written by Darren McLoughlin
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…
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Wednesday, 07 December 2022 23:58
Final Electric Picnic Tickets On Sale Friday December 9th 2022 for EP23
Written by Darren McLoughlin
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.
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Tuesday, 01 November 2022 22:27
Across the Field of Barley, Ireland - Reminiscent of Jeremiah Hoad
Written by Darren McLoughlin
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…
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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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Wednesday, 19 October 2022 23:41
City Quay, Dublin - Planning Permission Refused
Written by Darren McLoughlin
What would have been Dublin's tallest building, to be built on the former City Arts Centre, seen here above on the left - the red brick building, has been refused planning permission by Dublin City Council. In the image above the proposed building would continue out the top of the scene. Dublin City Council found that the proposed building would…
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Green roads are a favourite place for Panoramic Ireland and what better time than late summer or autumn to visit these scenic conduits through the Irish countryside. Here red hawthorn berries, blackberries, ash trees, ivy and many other points of interest fill the scene in a rich scene from Ireland's west. What better place to visit on a cloudy day…
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Thursday, 08 September 2022 12:00
Another Fine Picnic is Over, Sunny Electric Picnic 2022
Written by Darren McLoughlin
A mostly bright and sunny Electric Picnic, held in the grounds of Stradbally Hall in Ireland's County Laois in September annually, is now over until next year. I made the return to photograph at the largest festival in Ireland, this year the Picnic was back after missing 2020 and 2021. Seen here, enthusiastic fans watching Irish band The Coronas on…
Tuesday, 16 August 2022 23:13
Bumblebee Bombus Lapidarius - Red Tailed Bumblee on Thistle, Ireland
Written by Darren McLoughlin
Such a colourful scene as Cirsium vulgare, the common thistle, provides pollen for the brightly coloured red-tailed bumblebee or Bombus lapidarius in the Irish countryside. The red-tailed bumblebee is a common bee in Ireland although according to a 2006 NPWS report it was listed as near threatened. I could have sat and watched, and indeed photographed, these bees all day…
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