The Burren

Co. Clare's Burren is a unique landscape situated on Ireland's west coast. Its name derives from the Irish for 'rocky place'.

Flightfest 2013

Just over a year since the Tall Ships were on the Liffey in Dublin, the capital of Ireland today played host to another unusual festival.

With the weather being fine yesterday and blustery conditions forecast for today, the day of Flightfest in Dublin it was quite a relief to see good weather for most of the afternoon.

An evening at the coast, there's something about the smell of the sea, the bracing winds and walking over pebbles and rocks.

Dublin's parks are getting more colourful by the day, the cold weather has arrived and it does feel like the summer is really over.

A good place to visit on a Photo Tour, Workshop or Photo Walk. Make that an essential place to visit on a photo tour of Dublin.

Backroads in Ireland

It can hardly be called a large country, Ireland. It's possible to drive from the Irish Sea to the Atlantic in around three hours but the backroads of Ireland are some of the most scenic it is possible to encounter.

Irish Forests - A countryside resource

Walking in Ireland is a pleasure but can sometimes be a disappointment especially given the better levels of access to the countryside that other countries enjoy.  

In Ireland, access to the countryside is poor compared to the levels afforded in Scotland, England, France and other countries.

National Potato Day

As sceptical as you might be about National Potato Day I think it is a good thing. Why not encourage the growers of our national foodstuff to continue producing this essential source of carbohydrates? 

Threatened by blight and the usual potato problems, there are also the cheaper imports to contend with, and I don't mean those lovely new Cyprus potatoes, there are far fewer fields turned over to growing spuds as there were when I was young.

Getting close to the action is sometimes necessary to get a better perspective when photographing, in any circumstances whether it be landscapes or street photos. In this case it involved getting wet feet, and a wet filter on the front of my lens.

The GPO or General Post Office (Ard Oifig an Phoist) is an iconic building in Dublin, and a place that almost all visitors have heard of and all Dubliners reference as a meeting place. The last of the great Georgian buildings of Dublin it became the central headquarters for the postal service now An Post from 1818. Interestingly it was designed by the architect Francis Johnston who came from Armagh, the other Georgian city of Ireland.