Posts tagged with County Clare
26 August 2009 - Glass Clouds
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 buildings are more traditional ones. This glass fronted edifice looked very empty on the day we walked past.
8 August 2009 - Rain on the River
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?
15 July 2009 - Rock Landscape
Just beyond the pier at Kilkee Beach lie these rocks and pools of sea water.
14 July 2009 - Sand Crab
A sand crab, moments before it was destroyed by the gleeful swipe of a 2 year old’s foot.
26 June 2009 - Castle on the hill
A castle in the hills to the South of Doolin in County Clare.
25 June 2009 - The lonely Arann Islands
The Arann Islands, as seen from O’Briens Tower on the Cliffs of Moher.
22 June 2009 - Sean Og
One of the boats at Kilkee Beach, County Clare.
21 June 2009 - Bunratty Castle Interior
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!
18 June 2009 - O’Brien’s Tower
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.
17 June 2009 - Emergency at Kilkee BeachThe 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 during the time. On a clear day the view can extend as far as Loop Head at the southern tip of Clare and beyond to the mountains of Kerry. Looking north from O’Briens Tower, on clear days, you can see the Twelve Bens in Connemara (also known as the Twelve Pins) beyond Galway Bay, and typically the Aran Islands to the west.
The 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! 