Bloomsday 2013
Guide
Today, June 16th is Bloomsday. This particular date in the Irish calendar commemorates and celebrates the novel Ulysses and the life of James Joyce himself, one of Ireland's most famous writers.
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After Sunset at the Coast, Ireland
Photo Tours
Grass clings to the rocky outcropping just offshore like it has done for countless millennia.
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Happy New Year 2014! A walk in Dublin.
Guide
Christmas 2013 and New Year 2014 have been characterised by storms here in Ireland. With low pressure storms affecting Ireland and western Europe. And while New Year's Eve was quite mild in comparison, the early hours...
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Stormy Evening Sky over Dublin's River Liffey, Samuel Beckett Bridge and Convention Centre
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Evening in Dublin as the stormy post-sunset light slowly turns to night via storm clouds spreading across the sky over the Irish capital's River Liffey and its modern structures - The Samuel Beckett Bridge, Convention...
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Aasleagh Falls on Ireland's Wild Atlantic Way
Guide
The best thing about spending time in the west of Ireland is being so close to some of the best landscapes in the world. Either side of running a few photo tours in Northern Ireland and Dublin I took a few days to get...
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Ross Castle, Killarney at Night
Photo Tours
One of the southwest of Ireland's most iconic buildings, Ross Castle is a tower house or fortified dwelling dating from the late 1400s and is typical of the architecture of the period - wealthy and powerful families...
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An Irish Laneway
Guide
During a recent trip through the countryside of my native Northern Ireland I stopped and walked along this lane.
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Sunset in Ireland's Midlands
Photo Tours
In Ireland it would be easy to assume that the best sunsets are to be found on the west coast with the sun setting over the Atlantic.
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Ballinrobe, Co. Mayo Town with American History
Guide
I was in Ballinrobe recently, a small market town in south Co. Mayo that had a population of 3,682 in 2011.
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Blue, blue, electric blue in County Kerry
Photo Tours
The late night landscapes of County Kerry last week were the same colour as David Bowie's room - blue, blue, electric blue.
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Ballymoe or Town of 1000 Beards
Guide
Ballymoe is a typical rural Irish village, a sleepy backwater, lying in the east of County Galway in the province of Connacht. It has developed around the traditional crossing point over the River Suck that forms the...
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Sunshine in Freefall, Sunset Ireland
Photo Tours
You never know what to expect as an outdoor photographer here in Ireland.
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A Christmas Day Swim in the Irish Sea
Guide
On Christmas Day 2014, I took a swim for the first time at this famous location.
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Cherry Blossom in Dublin
Photo Tours
Spring is here and the colour that we see throughout the countryside is quite amazing.
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Connemara Pony
Guide
Connemara pony galloping across green fields in front of mountains, sea and sky in the west of Ireland.
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