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Field notes, location guides, and photography stories from across Ireland.
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Ireland is Full of Church Ruins but Amongst the Most Scenic and Romantic is Dunlewey, County Donegal
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Sitting on the edge of a small lake at the foot of Errigal , Donegal's highest mountain at 751m, this church dates to the middle of the 19th century and has been unused for over 50 years.
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A Frosty Start
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Recent cold weather has brought clear conditions with bright blue skies and frosty mornings.
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Dunluce Castle, Causeway Coast
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I won't bore you with all of the details as I have written previously about Dunluce Castle on County Antrim's Causeway Coast here:...
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Partial Lunar Eclipse, Full Moon September 18th 2024 03:44 over Ireland
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There will be a total lunar eclipse visible from Ireland in March 2025.
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Golden Hour Dawn Swim in March at the Forty Foot, Dublin, Ireland
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There is a special serenity to the morning, an ephemeral liminality as the short-lived golden light moves into bright daylight.
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Fulmar Flypast, Fulmaris glacialis in Flight
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Young fulmars spend five years fully at sea, coming back to land to choose a colony after that but even then they won't breed for another few years. They can live for over forty years.
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Cloud over Dublin's Convention Centre and Samuel Beckett Bridge
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Early morning, after the bright pink awesomeness of the first sunlight, more subtle scenes appear in the brightening sky.
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Fantastic Fulmar in Flight, Fulmarus glacialis in Ireland
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Each year the fulmar will return to the same ledge on the same cliff and will often mate for life. It lives for over 40 years and is a pelagic feeder of any type of fish.
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Earth Day 2018
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It's been a busy few weeks here for me in Ireland, and with Earth Day I wanted to post an image that shows some of the beauty of the world around us.
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Game of Thrones - Antrim Tour
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Game of Thrones is one of the most popular tv shows ever made. Produced by HBO and based on books written by G.R.R. Martin, the epic fantasy tales have been primarily filmed in Northern Ireland, with the counties of...
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The Waterfall at End of Autumn
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2018 was a remarkably dry year in Ireland with little rainfall during the summer so often waterfalls would have little to no flow making them less appealing in a photographic image.
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Greylag Geese on the Green Irish Shore
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The greylag goose Anser anser is not a common sight in Ireland yet in some of the wetlands around the country it is possible to see these majestic birds like here with several young enjoying a dinner of grass.
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Crepuscular Rays in Dublin
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Another evening in Dublin and another amazing sunset as crepuscular rays from the low sun spread out from behind dramatic clouds suspended over the River Liffey as it flows through the centre.
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Google's Doodle of the Day for Saint Patrick's Day 2020 is the Cliffs of Moher
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Saint Patrick's Day parades have been cancelled all over Ireland, and all over the world due to, well you undoubtedly know it's the coronavirus / COVID-19.
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