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Cork Ireland Photos

Sherkin Island Horse

Sherkin Island Horse

Just a horse in a field on Sherkin Island, on a beautiful sunny August day in 2015.

Aperture ƒ/8
Camera Canon EOS 6D
Focal length 24mm
ISO 400
Shutter speed 1/320s
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Cork Ireland Photography Photos

Looking Over at Sherkin Island

Next to the Baltimore Beacon in Co Cork. March 2015.

Aperture ƒ/8
Camera Canon EOS 6D
Focal length 105mm
ISO 100
Shutter speed 1/800s
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Cork Ireland Photography Photos

Oscar on Sherkin Island

He was very old by this time. I have photos of him in a buggy as he couldn’t walk the distance from the ferry to the beach.

Oscar on Cow Strand, Sherkin Island. August 2013.

Aperture ƒ/10
Camera Canon EOS 6D
Focal length 24mm
ISO 100
Shutter speed 1/200s
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Cork Ireland Photography Photos

A Day Out on Sherkin Island

Sherkin Island is a small island just off the coast of Ireland. It’s reached by a ten minute ferry ride from the village of Baltimore in West Cork and on a sunny day there’s hardly a better place to be!

Aperture ƒ/8
Camera Canon EOS 6D
Focal length 28mm
ISO 100
Shutter speed 1/800s
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Cork Ireland Photography Photos

From Sherkin to the Mainland

On the boat to Sherkin Island. August 2013.

Aperture ƒ/11
Camera Canon EOS 6D
Focal length 35mm
ISO 100
Shutter speed 1/250s
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Cork Ireland Photography Photos

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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Black and White Cork Ireland Photography Photos

Respite from the Sun

A blazing hot sun drove one visitor to Sherkin Island to find shelter in the shade of the abandoned friary on the island.

Aperture ƒ/8
Camera Canon EOS 6D
Focal length 24mm
ISO 1250
Shutter speed 1/320s