The roofed gates of Abbeystrowry Cemetery near Skibereen in County Cork.
2009Wed06May
Sacred to the Memory
Filed in Black and White, Cork, Ireland, Photography, Photos, Sigma 10-20, UrbanDeath 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 [...]
Timoleague Abbey, in the town of the same name in Co Cork is an impressive building from the road. I must have driven (or been driven by my parents) past there hundreds of times over the years from childhood on but I don’t think I explored the Abbey ruins until about 3 or 4 years [...]
2008Fri31Oct
Glengariff Cemetery
Filed in Canon 10-22, Canon 20D, Cork, Ireland, Landscape, Photography, Photos, UrbanIt’s Halloween again and ghosts and zombies are about. Would you spend a night in a cemetery, tonight? What sorts of noises do you hear if you live next to one? oooer! I’m going out tonight for dinner with a friend, I wonder if they’ll be serving Halloween Brack?
2008Mon15Sep
Tullagh Cemetery at Sunset
Filed in Canon 40D, Cork, Ireland, Landscape, Nature, Night, Photography, Photos, Sigma 18-200, Sky, Sun, UrbanTullagh Cemetery in Baltimore, Co Cork, Ireland is just a field away from the excellent Casey’s Hotel where we spent the last week. I went down there one evening to shoot a couple of half capsized trawlers in the bay when I turned around and saw some of the headstones silhouetted against the setting sun. [...]
2007Tue17Apr
Co. Cork Cemetery
Filed in Architecture, Canon 20D, Co. Cork, Cork, Ireland, Landscape, Nature, Photos, Sigma 10-20, Sky, TreesCo. Cork Cemetery A graveyard in Co. Cork attracted my attention last summer while walking with Oscar down a small road. I didn’t go in but I got a few nice shots from over the cemetery gate. This is a the result of sandwiching two versions of this image together. One is overexposed and the [...]
2006Tue31Oct
Currykippane Cemetery
Filed in Co. Cork, Cork, Ireland, Landscape, Photos, Sigma 10-20, Sky, Sun, TreesCurrykippane 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 [...]
