A selection of the crocuses growing in the grounds of Blarney Castle right now. [gallery type="rectangular" link="file" ids="16101,16102,16106,16105,16104,16103,16100"]

Pictured in 2007

[caption id="attachment_15818" align="aligncenter" width="533"] Kilkenny City[/caption] [caption id="attachment_15819" align="aligncenter" width="533"] St. Pancras, London[/caption] [caption id="attachment_15820" align="aligncenter" width="533"] Brandon Creek, Kerry[/caption] [caption id="attachment_15821" align="aligncenter" width="533"] Somewhere in Kerry[/caption] [caption id="attachment_15822" align="aligncenter" width="533"] Bunratty Castle[/caption] I needed to look up a photo to find out where it was taken but when I typed 8375, the number of…

Bird Sanctuary, Blarney, Co Cork. 2004.

Selected images from today’s photowalk around Cork. [gallery type="rectangular" link="file" ids="16020,16021,16022,16023,16024,16025,16026,16027,16028,16029,16030,16031,16032,16033,16034,16015,16014,16013,16012,16010,16009,16008,16007"]

One of the downsides of being able to change lens is the ever present danger of dust getting into the camera and coating the sensitive sensor. Every time the lens is taken off there’s a chance that dust will swirl into the cavity of the camera, attracted by the charged sensor on the back wall…

Tug of war at Donoughmore Vintage Festival, 2005.

Two photos from Donoughmore Vintage Festival, Cork 2005.

Cork, 2005.

Preparing for prayers in Daunt Square, Cork a few weeks ago. A cold Saturday morning!

The photos above were shot eleven years apart. The first was shot in 2004 while the second was shot only a few weeks ago in early February, 2015. You may recognise the man. He sells newspapers in the St. Augustine’s Church, on the corner of Washington Street and Grand Parade. I presented him with a…