Journal
Travel guides, history, and practical notes on photographing Ireland.
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Guide
The Irish name for a round tower Cloigtheach literally means bell house and they indeed functioned as bell towers, it's a logical construction with the high tower being visible from miles around, as a way-point guide...
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Autumn is of course well known as a colourful time of year and without doubt Ireland has many colourful places in September, October and November - the three months traditionally associated with autumn here at this...
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Fraoch mór is the Irish name for heather, Calluna vulgaris and it can be found over large parts of the Irish landscape.
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After a day when the weather was supposed to have been better, the evening's stormy sky changed to bright golden sunshine at sunset.
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Looking up into those elegant vaulted ceilings and bookshelves that fill two floors of the Long Room Library, that's as much as I could do on today's return to the iconic book repository. The busy tourist site was full...
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