In Photos dot Org » gravestone http://inphotos.org no photoshopped images here Thu, 24 May 2012 18:47:42 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 Sacred to the Memory http://inphotos.org/2009/05/06/sacred-to-the-memory/ http://inphotos.org/2009/05/06/sacred-to-the-memory/#comments Wed, 06 May 2009 08:11:18 +0000 Donncha O Caoimh http://inphotos.org/?p=3903 Sacred to the Memory

Death is a sad but inevitable part of life. A gravestone marks the earthly remains of the departed with a brief message recording their passing with, if space permits, a note from the grieving family. All that to sum up the life and times of a person. Seems very inadequate.

In the future of course many of us will leave a digital trail behind us: words, photos, videos, art. Has anyone created a service that finds that trail and packages it neatly on a CD or DVD? Search Google for “Donncha O Caoimh” and you’ll find out a lot about me but it really only scratches the surface.
Better than a few lines on a gravestone however.

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Another shot of the Mulroy Bay II as it lay in shallow waters in Baltimore Bay.

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Mulroy Bay II, one of two trawlers abandoned in the waters near Baltimore town in Co Cork, Ireland. Shot from Tullagh Cemetery.

PS. Calvin took a few nights shots of the Mulroy Bay II a few days ago when local artist Sheelagh Broderick and others lit up the vessel with high powered lanterns.

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]]> http://inphotos.org/2008/09/16/mulroy-bay-ii/feed/ 6 Currykippane Cemetery http://inphotos.org/2006/10/31/currykippane-cemetery/ http://inphotos.org/2006/10/31/currykippane-cemetery/#comments Tue, 31 Oct 2006 09:45:12 +0000 Donncha O Caoimh http://inphotos.org/currykippane-cemetery/
Currykippane Cemetery

It’s Halloween, that time of year that the souls of the dead rise up, goblins and monsters are abroad and witches fly about. I’ve already had my barm brack and even got the ring, but tonight is when kids go “trick or treating” looking for treats and avoiding tricks!

I made this image a few weeks ago early one morning in Currykippane Cemetery near Kerrypike. It was the first time I was in the area and I couldn’t resist shooting a few images. In the background is the beautiful Lee Valley. There are a few other nice vantage points up on those hills so I’ll have to go up there some other morning.

November is known as Samhain in Irish, but in Celtic tradition it’s also the end of the Summer and is accompanied by a festival. In modern times this is continued by the tradition of Halloween and All Souls’ Day. This and a lot more are covered on the Wikipedia page on Samhain.

It’s a spooky time of the year!

Hehe. What The Duck today is brilliant, although you may not get the joke in the last frame if you haven’t got a Canon DSLR. ;)

We had an interesting night – no kids called to the house but we went for a walk with Oscar down the road and bumped into several neighbours and spent almost an hour out in the cold talking to different people!

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