Does It Snow in Ireland?
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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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Field notes, location guides, and photography stories from across Ireland.
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Dublin Castle, the Heart of the City
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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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New York Times and Panoramic Ireland Come to Cork
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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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Blue Hour on the Irish Sea Coast
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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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Taghadoe Round Tower, County Kildare
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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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Baily Lighthouse, Dublin
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The lighthouse on Dublin's Howth Head has guarded ships entering and leaving Dublin Bay, Dublin Port and Dun Laoghaire, as well as those moving through the Irish Sea, for over 200 years.
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The River in Autumn
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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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Dublin's Ha'penny Bridge
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The ferryman was paid out of the toll levied on anyone crossing the bridge, costing half of one pence or a ha'penny.
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Nice to see you again, Heather
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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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A Traveller in my Own Land
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I have been travelling extensively recently, far and wide but also in my own country - Ireland.
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Bright Golden sunset Light after Grey Day
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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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Competition! Win a Kilkenny Photo Tour
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To be in with a chance of winning a private photography tour of Kilkenny (3.5hrs) in the city just visit our Instagram page and follow us, comment on this post and let us know who you would like to share this experience...
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Long Room Library - Dublin, Ireland - a Return
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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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Basalt Columns and Sun Rays at the Giant's Causeway, UNESCO World Heritage Site
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Northern Ireland's Giant's Causeway is a place that I have photographed often.
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Sunny Summer Solstice, Ireland 2017
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It isn't always hot in Ireland, in fact the first two weeks of June 2017 saw colder than usual temperatures and, in places, double the rainfall average for the whole month.
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