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Welcome to 2024, Sunset in the West of Ireland

2 January 2024Photo Tours BlogDarren McLoughlin

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It's no secret that the West of Ireland is one of Panoramic Ireland's favourite places.

Therapy? Bring Troublegum to the Olympia Theatre, Dublin Halloween 2024

3 November 2024Guide to IrelandDarren McLoughlin

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Playing their iconic Troublegum album in full the band brought their usual energy to the scenic, and famous, interior of the Olympia to start their European tour on the 30th anniversary of its release.

Snow in the Mountains, Ireland January 2021

31 January 2021MiscellaneousDarren McLoughlin

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Ireland under a little snow in January 2021, the island gets much less snow than Britain typically but enough to make the countryside white for a short time.

Ballinastoe Woods Boardwalk, County Wicklow — Photography, Walks and Woodland Atmosphere

24 October 2023Photo Tours BlogDarren McLoughlin

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Ballinastoe Woods Boardwalk, County Wicklow — Photography, Walks and Woodland Atmosphere

Herring Gull, Larus Argentatus Gliding Over the Stormy Atlantic in Ireland - Faoileán scadán

30 September 2024Guide to IrelandDarren McLoughlin

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In Northern Ireland, herring gulls experienced a population increase during the 1950s-1970s, in the Seabird Colony Register census from 1985-1988 there were 17,561 pairs of herring gulls in NI while in a follow-up...

Last Post of 2020, Here's to 2021 Being Better - Happy New Year from Ireland

31 December 2020MiscellaneousDarren McLoughlin

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I would normally do a review of the year at this time but, well you know how it is. Actually I did photograph some interesting scenes this year but not nearly as many as usual.

Colour of Autumn in Ireland

18 October 2023Photo Tours BlogDarren McLoughlin

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Panoramic Ireland: Colour of Autumn in Ireland. A scenic and colourful time in the Irish countryside, autumn brings a burst of non-green for the photographer.

Autumn Equinox, September 22nd 2024 Sunset Over Ireland

22 September 2024Guide to IrelandDarren McLoughlin

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But it's fair to say that it's as close to the point of shorter days than nights in the northern hemisphere and lengthening in the southern hempisphere that we have, especially as the Sun is rising due east and setting...

Summer Sunshine in Ireland, August 2020 - Cancer Checkup Ahead of Storm Ellen

18 August 2020MiscellaneousDarren McLoughlin

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I was in both parts, rain and sun. I've had my first CT scan of 2020 and bloods taken for tumour marker tests - again the first of this year as COVID-19 interrupted cancer checkup services.

Green Moss, Red Leaves in October - An Irish Woodland Stream

11 October 2023Photo Tours BlogDarren McLoughlin

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I'm sure there is some statistical analysis that can be done to predict whether a leaf will fall from its petiole, 20 metres to the ground, to land and become part of the photographer's image or be swiftly carried along...

Partial Lunar Eclipse, Full Moon September 18th 2024 03:44 over Ireland

18 September 2024Guide to IrelandDarren McLoughlin

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There will be a total lunar eclipse visible from Ireland in March 2025.

Triangle Field and Sheep, Ireland

9 April 2020MiscellaneousDarren McLoughlin

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It's a scene of green with flashes of colour, of an expectation of better things to come - leafy trees, sheared sheep and longer days of summer.

Reds and Rocks in Donegal, Ireland

16 September 2023Photo Tours BlogDarren McLoughlin

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A case in point, here in the northwest, in County Donegal this landscape of granite mountains covered in a soft, boggy carpet with just delicate highlights and shadows across the empty scene.