Irishman and International travel photographer in search of the best bits of Ireland. Leading photography tours and experiences in Ireland.
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All under a dramatic sky to add character to the end of the short day.
So, while it does snow in Ireland in winter and spring, it looks a lot like this for the darker months of the year.
Ireland in March can be warm, cold, and everything in between and I often get asked if March is a good time of year to visit. Yes is always the answer.
Colour begins to arrive in the hedges and certain trees, but snow can blanket the countryside turning green to white.
Here, below, are some of my favourite images from the month of March in Ireland over the years.
Indeed, my last post of 2024 was of one of the final sunrises of the year - weather and aerial perspective suited here.
In 2024, the solstice will be the morning of the 21st of December at 09:20 when the Sun is directly overhead the Tropic of Capricorn and hence at it's lowest latitude relative to Earth. From here on the days get longer.
So for 2024 the livestream from inside Newgrange will be on Saturday December 21st from 08:40 (Irish Time, obviously) and will have voiceover by Dr Clare Tuffy and Dr Frank Prendergast. It's available to watch in these places:
If you're in Ireland for the winter solstice or beyond, Panoramic Ireland (that's me) create photography tours in Ireland for photographers and anyone interested in seeing more of the beauty of Ireland including our wonderful landscape and heritage.
This is a an area, off the usual track, with views all around and stopping places to admire the stupendous views.
Captured here on a sunny day with blue sky and white cloud in spring.
It's interesting that intangible cultural practices include customs, traditions, crafts, games and practices that are part of people's lives and identities both individually and wider communities, and are passed on from generation to generation.
Yet surely a stone wall is tangible, a physical structure which is of course touchable, viewable and part of the wider community.
Anyway, the ancient Irish, and modern, landscapes are filled with traditional Irish culture and adding Ireland to this list will undoubtedly help in the realisation that stone walls are more than just a scenic addition to the Irish landscape, they are an integral part of Ireland.
But more importantly, Panoramic Ireland is continuing to photograph Irish landscapes such as stone walls.
Here, a snow-dusted landscape scene with a bright pink-orange sky behind, indicating according to time honoured tradition, the old phrase (red sky at night, shepherd's delight) that a good day tomorrow will follow, even if only tomorrow - ahead of Storm Bert set to hit Ireland this weekend.
Panoramic Ireland's tours and workshops run all year round, when it's snowing like here in November or when it's roasting hot in July.
Imagine my surprise when a ship should enter view out on the Atlantic, I recognised her shape and sure enough, after a quick Google search I found that Swan Hellenic's SH Vega was indeed in Skye at that time.
I had been on board the small polar class cruise ship last year when she made her first visit to Dublin and Ireland. At that time I said "I hope to see her again soon." And here, now in Skye photographing in the most scenic of scenes.
The view along the ridge was spectacular, I can only imagine how this scene looked from one of the 76 staterooms on board the ship; seeing the Quiraing slowly lighting up with the clearing sky and shadows across the rocky ridge.
We might get a chance to venture into the wild mountains covered in white.