Archive for the 'Urban' Category


The birds of Schull

Friday, May 9th, 2008 by Donncha
birds of schull

Two wander into the on the slip that serves the Berre Ferry in .

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T.J. Newman, Schull

Wednesday, May 7th, 2008 by Donncha
tj newman

We had lunch in T.J. Newman’s in the town of last month. Lovely thick bread in the sandwiches I got. Kept us going for ages and tasty too! Adam loved looking at all the paintings upstairs!

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Hungry Cat

Friday, May 2nd, 2008 by Donncha
Hungry Cat

A , scrawny came up to us while walking around in Co. last weekend. The poor thing was crying for food and affection. This was the first time Adam saw a real and he was delighted but we had to leave the poor thing to fend for itself.

I discovered that the Irish name of the town called is “”, a much nicer name IMO. In English that would be “Mary’s School”, or more likely, “St. Mary’s School”. West is so beautiful but the basterdisation of Irish names is shocking. I even saw a sign for a town called “Snámh” which had been translated as “Snave”. “Snámh” is the verb, “to swim” in English. Perhaps the town was created by an English landlord and named “Snave” first and then named “Snámh” by the Irish?

PS. Congrats to fellow Mallow Camera Club member, David Lavery, who left his comfortable 9-5 day job to become a wedding photographer in Mallow, Co. a year ago today! Not many would take the jump, so I hope he’ll get that blog rolling and write about his experiences. I know I’d like to hear about them!

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The stag in the English Market

Wednesday, April 30th, 2008 by Donncha
the stag in the English Market

I remember seeing a shot Alkos took of this or on a wall near the in . I must dig up a link to it. Anyway, that shot was on my mind when I took this photo and I really like how it turned out!

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Boats and fishing tackle

Tuesday, April 29th, 2008 by Donncha
boats and fishing tackle

and (I presume?) lie on the quay in . This area is a must see for photographers. There are so many things to see you could spend hours there just snapping away!

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Mevans of Bantry

Tuesday, April 29th, 2008 by Donncha
Mevans of Bantry

A small grocery on the main square in . It had all sorts of old fashioned goods for sale.

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Sheila

Thursday, April 24th, 2008 by Donncha
Sheila

This , , has been tied up in Cobh for I don’t know how long. This photo was taken in 2006 but the last time I was in Cobh around this area I remember seeing it. I wonder what’s the story with it?

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Cobh boats and cathedral

Wednesday, April 23rd, 2008 by Donncha
Cobh boats and cathedral

tied to the quay in Cobh, Co. . is visible in the background. I could have removed that wire but it was a pain to get the details of the Cathedral in.

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Blue Doors

Tuesday, April 22nd, 2008 by Donncha
Blue Doors

in , Co. .

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Great ball of flame

Sunday, April 20th, 2008 by Donncha
Great ball of flame

over a few days ago. There was a thin layer of on the horizon that nicely blocked out much of the light of the allowing me to capture this early .

It’s amazing to think that the light we see takes 8 minutes to travel the immense distance between the and Earth. What’s even more remarkable is the thousands of years a photon can spend zinging back and forth inside the before emerging as heat and light.

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