Journal
Field notes, location guides, and photography stories from across Ireland.
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Miscellaneous
Panoramic Ireland - Dublin Streetscapes: Saint Stephen's Green Shopping Centre to lose unique ironwork and glass features in redevelopment.
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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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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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A little early morning sunshine with the Moon visible in the blue sky.
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Blue hour after sunset in the west of Ireland. Wild birds settle in for the night during cold, calm and clear conditions in January 2024, Panoramic Ireland.
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This is a door that I have photographed often, having featured in my first book Portrait of Armagh .
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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.
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Autumn is here, the leaves are changing colour, the weather is changing from warm and summery to blustery and showery, the evenings are closing in and it's looking great!
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82,300 people packed out Croke Park in Dublin for the final between Armagh and Galway but millions watched from home and in pubs across Ireland. Even the BBC broadcast the match live in Britain through its iPlayer.
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The year included some particularly beautiful scenes and January was no exception with colourful seascape sunsets, Dublin at night and ferns in golden sunshine.
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Since at least 36AD when Chinese astronomers first noted the annual light show that is the Perseid meteor shower, people have been watching the spectacular night sky in August each year.
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Arriving into Dublin by plane is a scenic experience. Lambay Island, Rogerstown and Malahide estuaries and Howth Head all visible looking south over the Irish Sea.
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I have enjoyed using Google Plus over the years, with almost 200,000 followers on my famous Ireland collection and hundreds of +1s and comments per post, Google Plus became a place where it was possible to reach and...
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On a recent landscape photography workshop in Ireland's west we encountered a beautifully bright and colourful sunset at the coast of County Mayo.
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Ash trees can live for up to 400 years but in recent times with the arrival of an asian fungal infection, the trees have been suffering from a disease called ash dieback.
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