Older visitors will recognise this poster if they were around Cork in 2005 when the city was “European Capital of Culture”. This poster was draped over the city library, and I was very lucky to capture a tour bus as it drove past on a fine June day, exactly 17 years ago today.
If you’ve been to Blarney recently you won’t have seen this house. It was cleared several years ago and is now an open stretch of grass, and new wooden buildings used by the staff of Blarney Castle. February 2015.
The bus stops on St. Patrick’s Quay are being moved to various locations around the city disrupting the future travel arrangements of people who use them. You used to be able to get a bus from west Cork to the city, walk to the next bus stop and hop on a bus to Dublin but…
We’ve seen a lot of the Ukraine flag in the last few months following the invasion of that country by Russia. Before that I didn’t realise the wall facing the Centra in Dingle had the same colours. Looking the worse for wear and not the right shades of course.
Outside Minihans Chemist on Oliver Plunkett Street.
At the tip of the Dingle Peninsula as the sun sets on an April evening.
Most of the kids and some of the adults who took part in the Blarney Fun Run today. Blistering heat didn’t stop this group enjoying themselves and I saw lots of happy smiles as kids crossed the finish line. Surrounded by everyone else is Michael, the Little Blue Hero. He was guest of honour and…
Minard Castle on the Dingle Peninsula overlooks a rocky beach.
Walking along Opera Lane, Cork. July 2017.
The Baltimore Beacon stands atop the cliffs overlooking the Atlantic Ocean as our boat to Cape Clear sails past.
Walking through the grounds of Blarney Castle late one November evening when the sun is setting. The shadows grow long and black fills the spaces between orange light.
An Fear Marbh, or Inis Tuaiscerat (Inishtooskert in English) is an Island off the Dingle Peninsula, Co Kerry. I’ve photographed it many times but it’s a picturesque area so I’ll photograph it many more times I’m sure!