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Coastal Adventure in West Cork

Just a few months shy of ten years ago, we’d visited Sherkin Island and as we were leaving I spotted a man on a RIB talking to two others on their dingy. It was a lovely warm August day, just before school was about to start again.

In the background is the famous Baltimore Beacon, built in 1849 as a navigation guide.


Apertureƒ/8
CameraCanon EOS 6D
Focal length105mm
ISO100
Shutter speed1/500s

A Coastal Haven in West Cork

The Baltimore Beacon on one side and Sherkin Island on the other, while we travelled to that island on a day trip, the same day as this photo of the Wallis Buoy.


Apertureƒ/8
CameraCanon EOS 6D
Focal length24mm
ISO100
Shutter speed1/640s

Ruins and Beacons

The Baltimore Beacon can be spotted between the ruins of a Franciscan Friary on Sherkin Island. The Beacon is around 900m behind the ruins, sitting on a cliff overlooking the sea.

The Friary, known locally as The Abbey, was founded in 1460, and it continued to act as a religious building until 1650, when it was confiscated by Cromwellian soldiers.

ref:

  1. https://westcorkislands.com/franciscan-friary-sherkin-island/
  2. https://heritageireland.ie/unguided-sites/sherkin-franciscan-friary/

Apertureƒ/11
CameraCanon EOS 6D
Focal length105mm
ISO100
Shutter speed1/80s

The Sherkin Island Abbey

Known locally as “The Abbey”, this ruin was a Franciscan friary that operated from the 1400s to 1796 when the last friar died. In the background you can see the Baltimore Beacon.

Aperture ƒ/8
Camera Canon EOS 6D
Focal length 40mm
ISO 250
Shutter speed 1/250s
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