Journal
Field notes, location guides, and photography stories from across Ireland.
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Guide
Ardmore Cathedral is one of Ireland's oldest Christian settlements having been founded in the 5th century by the pre-Patrician Saint Declan. In other words, this was a religious settlement before the arrival of...
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Green landscape and mountains of Ireland after rain.
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As I write this Storm Fionn is hitting Ireland and bringing with it snow, heavy winds and high seas.
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As the sun sets, three horses walk along a ridge in an Irish field with clouds catching the end of day colour in the open sky.
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It's hard at times to get a good location for sunset photography on the east coast of Ireland.
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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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I'm currently working on my favourite images from the year 2017. This year has seen a lot of variety in my photographic subjects, from images of fine dining to music festivals, landscapes and animals. A little of...
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Recently while leading another photo tour to my own part of Ireland, County Antrim, we stopped off at the Dark Hedges.
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During a recent photography workshop on Ireland's coast (see here for more information) we stopped to find a small cave at low tide.
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It's always a delight to photograph in the snow given its true ephemeral nature on Ireland's warm and green landscape.
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Yes—but rarely. Snow in Ireland typically falls only a few days each year, usually between January and February, and is often light and short-lived.
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Dublin Castle sits at the heart of the city, an important site first for the Vikings who settled in Dublin and then for the Anglo-Normans when they arrived into Ireland in the late 12th century.
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One of the world's best known publications, The New York Times, has recently visited Cork - a city in Ireland's southwest whose inhabitants often refer to as The Real Capital.
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Sometimes the weather isn't what we expect in landscape photography, and weather is a big factor in determining the look of an image. So landscape photographers are not just typical moaners about the weather, it's key...
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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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