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The Winding Stair across the Liffey. By day a charming bookshop, by night a quirky up-market restaurant. Always pretty, but especially so on a calm winter eveni...
If Dublin is 53 degrees north and the earth has 23 degrees of axial tilt then the sun must be 14 degrees above the horizon at it's highest at this time of year....
A Pint of Hope seems a very Irish thing for Christmas Eve.
Once more into the Garda National Immigration Bureau a.k.a G.N.I.B. that dreaded Irish institution which rates 2 whole stars on Google Maps. We're doing it in s...
Open and Closed an old mine shaft entrance at Allihies on the Beara Peninsula is very much open to the weather, but I wouldn't recommend going past the warning ...
Chandelier in Castletown House for joinindaily today because "It hangs from the ceiling". The docent was very amused when I lay on my back on the floor to take ...
It's getting narrow down between these buses at the The National Transport Museum of Ireland in Howth. One of two little-known museums in Howth (the other is "Y...
The Temple for joinindaily theme "Garden Ornaments" This seems to be a fairly generic ornament in large gardens in Ireland - certainly I've seen essentially the...
Looking West for joinindaily theme "A Beautiful Photo!"
Low TideDriving on the WildAtlanticWay around West Cork we were really taken with this dramatically golden seaweed that covered the rocks between low-water and ...
Grianan Of AileachNot far off the road between Letterkenny and (London)Derry is this ancient fort, dating back to around 1700BC, commanding an enormous landscap...
Tory IslandThe north coast of Tory Island is where the Atlantic weather is really eating away at the landscape, in the most picturesque way possible - and not o...
Fore Abbey We drove out to Fore Abbey today, which is somewhat beyond our normal weekend peregrinations, but Heather was pleased with a stop at the wool shop in...
St. Fin Barre's Cathedral, Cork City.The Cathedral was designed by the renowned Victorian architect William Burges. The construction of the Cathedral began in 1...
The English MarketThe English Market in Cork is a great place to visit for all of your foody kinds of needs. Or just to get out of the rain on a wet Irish day!...
KnockfolaApparently that's what this bay is called, and facing out into the Atlantic as it does I guess it must be dramatic when the weather gets angry. The da...
Tory TorpedoApart from the torpedo, this is a representative photo of the landscape of Tory Island. Well, OK: apart from the torpedo, and the fact that there a...
Doe CastleOn our way over to the Inishowen Peninsula we took a quick look at Castle Doe. It's operated by the Office of Public Works, and you can freely roam a...
Lough CorribAnother shot of Lough Corrib from easter, though this time I almost got my feet into it - and I almost got eaten alive by some rather aggressive mid...
Trying out this new "Collections" thing today, so here's a photo of an outbuilding at Farmleigh.Not sure what the building is - some kind of workshop-out-the-ba...
The Casino at MarinoJust off the Malahide Rd, so we popped in on the way past to see if it was open yet. It was, and is apparently well-worth a visit, but the ...
Spring in RathfarnamWe ran out of rice last night, necessitating a visit to Asia Market out in Ballymount, and afterwards we decided to go and see the Rathfarn...
FamineA very striking sculpture on Custom House Quay in Dublin , dedicated to the people who were forced to emigrate during the 19th century Irish Famine.Design...
The UsherNearly tempted me into the theatre on my way home this evening, but I was swayed only long enough to capture his image. Dublin sculpture Ireland
Get out and vote, Ireland
Blossom in St. Stephen's GreenIt was my 1st anniversary at work yesterday, so a group of us who all started the same day went out to dinner to celebrate. I bik...
St. Anne's ParkEnough with the dribs and drabs! Here are all[1] of my photos of St. Anne's Park from the last week or so...Enjoy :-)1. Well, perhaps not all - ...
FollyThere are many follies in St. Annes Park, though unfortunately they are generally thoroughly defaced with graffiti. The worst offending parts in this case ...
The GNIB queue ( Ireland immigration) about an hour before the doors open. At least it's not raining.
Under the BarkA tree in St Anne's Park which had the bark stripped when it was blown over in a storm. StAnnesPark wood Dublin Ireland
St Anne's Park ClocktowerWhat a gorgeous spring day, so we had to get out for at least a little while. Heather and I went for a walk round St. Anne's Park, and...
Final photos: Eamon smiles, Xiron comes second, Gymy wins. A great SWDub and I might sleep in a little in the morning. I hope you've enjoyed my photos - I enj...
And finally... The Pitch! SWDub StartupWeekend Dublin Ireland
It's that time of year again:"As previously advised, the GNIB office is experiencing extremely lengthy queues with many people queueing from 7am in order to be ...
Aughnanure CastleThe approach from the carpark alongside this stream is historically representative of the way this castle was frequently approached. Fully nav...
CorcógOn saturday we went into Galway city for the morning and walked around, but to be honest it didn't seem that interesting so after lunch we drove up to Oug...
ClonmacnoiseWe spent a lot of the time driving to Clonmacnoise today trying to work out how one might say that. Is it clon-mac-noysh? Clon-mac-noyce? Or perhap...
The BurrenAnother shot from friday's tour of Clare, this one is in the opposite direction from the one of the churchyard I posted the other day, looking across ...
Glengowla MineYesterday we went underground into a cave and today we went underground again, in a very different landscape... Glengowla Mine was active from 18...
Aillwee CaveFor +Ben Walton, just to show that we did visit a cave... We're probably a mite jaded by various previous cave visits - Waitomo, Jenolan and Naraco...
Dunguaire CastleDriving south yesterday, the first castle we encountered was Dunguaire Castle, which is a delightful tower on a promontory in the bay at Kinvarr...
TrinitiesMy first time on the western side of Ireland today, as we visited The Burren - "Eire's Rock" I joked to the family, thereby doing my job properly and r...
Women Techmakers 2015Last night I went along to Women Techmakers to take some "official" photos. A fantastic event organised by +GDG Dublin, and especially by ...
Balrothery Old ChurchVertical panorama of the tower on the mediaeval church at Balrothery. A bit tricky to take this photo as the churchyard does not extend fa...
SpringtimeWe went out for some fresh air today, on a gorgeous spring day. First to Balrothery where we looked around the outside of the Old Church. I snapped ...
Eclipse through CloudDublin turned on magnificently cloudy skies for the eclipse this morning, and here was me thinking that blew any photographic opportunities...
As green as green can be...I guess St. Patrick's day emphasises the green to remind the people of Ireland how green everything will be again in a month or two. ...
On second thoughts, let's not do the cliff walk today...Heather glanced at the weather on her phone today and noticed that it said "chance of snow", then looked...
Fractal NatureWe went for a walk in the woods today - Massy Woods - and right at the start of the nature trail was this wonderful tree. It seems kind of odd to...
SkerriesWe nipped up to Skerries yesterday to see the Skerries Mills. Thankfully we were just in the nick of time to avoid seeing everything festooned with foil...
I think I need a better cellphone. When I look at that earlier snap with the Nexus four it drives me bonkers with all of the image artifacts.Here's something t...
More photos from Tuesday's walk along the Old Towpath in Slane. Did I pick the right "best" one to post a couple of days back?I'll get onto today's photos from...
Waterfall on Lower RoadAfter visiting Lucan this morning for an enjoyable breakfast with +Paul O'Malley, +Ben Walton & others I spotted this curious little wate...
Pre-dawn on SundayThere were a few more photos I took last Sunday before dawn that I thought came out nicely. Very delicate colours and inevitably somewhat dar...
Solstice SunriseI flew home yesterday, and was up early at this morning so we could head out to Portmarnock beach for some mulled wine, christmas pies, bagpipes...
UFOI look at this and wonder what was crushed when it landed. A few blocks of Victorian terraces? The hopes of a generation? My son tells me that the DART st...
Early morning across the LiffeyCrossing the LIffey this morning on the DART, on my way to another day of Startup Weekend Dublin. swdub liffey Ireland Dubl...
More photos from the walk along Grand Canal with +Olivier Ansaldi and +Bartosz Oler yesterday. The autumn colours were fantastic, especially in the brief water...
Martello TowerThis morning's forecast said the weather would be fine, all day - a little cloud, maybe, so we thought it might be a good time to walk the coast a...
Rainbow at HowthI was showing +Biella Coleman around Howth and just as we arrived at the village the rain cleared and the sun came out, and of course a rainbow....
Copper CoastWhen we got up on Saturday there was almost some watery sunlight, and as we drove along the coast towards Tramore there were some great views of the...
CrowEnough of the photos from Hong Kong from last December: here's a crow instead!We went for a walk today from Portmarnock to Malahide, and back and this chap ...
Lanistown CastleIn focus here, rather than blurred background for another shot. This is apparently a £10 castle, so-called because these tower houses were buil...
Moon and StarWandering along the Howth pier last weekend I liked this shot looking back across the marina towards the road and the hill. No tripod, but there w...
The Pathway DownBack in January I photographed this same path at low tide, on a very grey day, but for Mum's last weekend in Ireland we returned and everything ...
Glendalough In MotionOK, sometimes this "auto awesome" thing does work out :-) glendalough ireland autoawesome waterfall river
The Four CourtsDriving down the side of the Liffey this afternoon the traffic was crawling along, so we stopped to let off a little frustration and did a circui...
The Upper LakeOne last shot of Glendalough before I go looking at other photos. This time after a strenuous walk up the hillside, with some magnificent views. ...
The Round Tower at GlendaloughIt's hard to get this right without resorting to multi-shot HDR, and I look at my tripod and end up leaving it in the car, because...
Waiting for the WindI have no idea what plant this is but in the moments before a windy day comes to spread these seeds it is beautiful. Zoom in for the full d...
Winter Morning on the LiffeyTesting linking this up so people on twitter can see it. I figure since I have the old account there I might as well fire my stuff ...
Leaving the SceneThis whipped by on my screensaver today, reminding me how much I like the photo which I took in January when we visited Dublin for a "preview v...
Anemometer 3"What's that building for, daddy?""It records the temperature."Pay attention people! Your children are the future!Of course, nowadays it actually d...
Four FishermenMany great opportunities for me to point my camera at things today in Dun Laoghaire. When I got to the end of the east pier, I looked across and ...
Joe from DonegalToday was absoutely one out of the box. We went to the People's Park in Dun Laoghaire to meet up with a bunch of other folk and after wandering...
Small CascadeA little experimentation here, with a stack of 13 fairly short exposures to try and get that silky feel to the water.When taking the photo I held t...
Beaulieu House & GardensAn album of photos from our visit to Beaulieu House at the weekend. beaulieu drogheda ireland +Beaulieu House, Garden & Car Museum
A few more photos from our Sunday afternoon in Drogheda. I love the way the foliage so quickly takes over derelict factory buildings in Ireland. I see similar...
DroghedaAt the mouth of the Boyne River, Drogheda is apparently one of the oldest walled towns in Ireland. Not many signs of the walls left, though there's a f...
StormtrooperI saw a lot of stormtroopers in Dublin today. They seemed to be very friendly, so perhaps they are on a recruitment drive, or perhaps it's just tha...
Ardgillan Castle LibrarySome library porn from Ardgillan Castle for +Robin Sheat. Spot the secret doors (there are two :-) ireland ardgillancastle library ...
Ardgillan CastleThe classic shot of Ardgillan Castle from across the south lawn. Well, I guess in the really classic shot there would have been less humidity a...
Forty FootMum's visiting from New Zealand at the moment so we took her to Powerscourt House & Gardens today. It's a fair hike from where we are, so we made it ...
Trim CastleAfter a nice sleep-in this morning we decided to visit Trim Castle. Ten minutes after we went through the gate it was sideways rain and we had to sh...
Howth Cliff WalkIt seemed that every man and his dog was out on the Howth Cliff Walk for the Bank Holiday on Monday. The heather was in bloom too, adding some ...
PrideI apologize in advance to all of my friends who will attend, but I won't be able to get to the parade tomorrow. So here's the Dublin Convention Centre gett...
Unconscious BiasWith all of the training material I am reading at the moment referring to unconscious bias, there was a strange moment at the weekend when I dis...
Grand Canal DockWe'll be leaving the apartment (near) here sometime in the coming week so I thought I'd better head out with the camera on one of these long sum...
Then Strive to LiveI was quite amused by this in the Glasnevin Cemetery yesterday. I wonder if it was a little too successful and someone had to just go and ta...
Monument RestoredI guess it's important to know that the headstone has been modified from it's earlier decrepitude, but you'd think it could be done more subtly...
Monkeys Playing PoolBecause: why not, I guess :-)These (and many other variations) are on pillars around the windows of the National Library of Ireland in Kilda...
No dublinbikes at Grand Canal Dock I don't think I've seen that before! Gorgeous day though (for the moment at least:-) so I guess people are out enjoying the s...
The Wondeful Barn in LeixlipAfter yesterday's north-south excursions looking for somewhere to live, today we went to Phoenix Park and walked around for an hour ...
Leaving PortThat's what I'll be doing this Sunday (this photo is from last Sunday) though I won't be on a cruise-liner, of course! I'll be flying to Zurich on ...
After a frantic start to the morning, including forgetting the passports, we managed to be the last car onto the ferry. I think it's probably good that we have ...
Yay! Spring!A little fern wakes up and stretches it's fronds... Ireland Fern Spring
The LiffeyHere's a shot of the Liffey right up near it's source in the Wicklow Mountains, on the road up to Sally Gap. In fact Google Maps seems to think that ...
Samuel Beckett BridgeAn alternative view of Samuel Beckett bridge, looking through it to the convention centre.Last week's picture is more the classic view, but...
Liffey At NightAfter my first day at Google, and after a quiet dinner at the apartment I wandered out with my tripod to take a few night shots of Dublin. Today...
Powerscourt GardensFrom our visit yesterday in perfect spring weather! This is the full set now. powerscourt ireland flowers fountains
More Powerscourt Gardens photos from yesterday's visit. powerscourt ireland
VioletsWe took the "new" car for a spin today out to Powerscourt, an estate with extensive gardens in County Wicklow. It was a perfect spring day for wandering...
Lots more of the photos I took in Dublin & environs during our recent visit.Enough of posting these one at a time! dublin ireland
The LiffeyWe're leaving this morning after a great week here in Dublin. Here's a shot I took from the Millennium Bridge yesterday when we were walking over to ...
Cheap Children!We weren't tempted to pop in and get any more though - we're generally happy with the current pair. dublin dunlaoghaire ireland ccby d800...
Early Morning Walk on the Howth PeninsulaAfter dawn at Bull Island we drove on to Howth, turned right and went to the end of the road where we got out and walke...