It’s odd sometimes when you’re traveling through the towns of Ireland and you come across the remnants of the Celtic Tiger, usually newly built and empty office buildings. This is one such building, near the waterfront in the town of Kilrush in County Clare. It faces on to a broad street but all the other [...]
2009Wed26Aug
Glass Clouds
Filed in Black and White, Canon 40D, Ireland, Photography, Photos, Sigma 10-20, Urban
Rain falls on a river in a town in County Clare while we were stuck in a traffic jam. I used to know what town this was taken in but now it’s a mystery. It did have a very distinctive walled off area right in the middle of the river though. Anyone recognise it?
2009Wed15Jul
Rock Landscape
Filed in Black and White, Ireland, Photography, Photos, Sigma 10-20, UrbanJust beyond the pier at Kilkee Beach lie these rocks and pools of sea water.
A sand crab, moments before it was destroyed by the gleeful swipe of a 2 year old’s foot.
A castle in the hills to the South of Doolin in County Clare.
The Arann Islands, as seen from O’Briens Tower on the Cliffs of Moher.
One of the boats at Kilkee Beach, County Clare.
One of the rooms in Bunratty Castle, County Clare. It’s a long exposure shot, what you don’t see here are all the visitors milling about!
O’Brien’s Tower overlooks the Cliffs of Moher in County Clare. The tower was built in 1835 according to the Wikipedia page on the building. The tower was built on the Cliffs of Moher in 1835 by local landlord Sir Cornellius O’Brien as an observation tower for the hundreds of Victorian tourists that frequented the cliffs [...]
2009Wed17Jun
Emergency at Kilkee Beach
Filed in Ireland, People, Photography, Photos, Sigma 10-20, UrbanThe lifeboat at Kilkee is stored at the top of this ramp going down to the water at the beach. At low tide it’s quite a distance and the wide angle makes a great job of getting it all in! Those two dots on the beach are my family!
