Knocknashee Whorl

Knocknashee is a small mountain (technically a 'Marilyn') about 300m in height, in the Ox Mountains range in County Sligo. From the top, you can see most of Sligo laid out in front of you; in this instance, the drone facing approximately north-west, takes in one of the cairns on top as walkers make their way around the summit. Whatever spirit of the eternal that the pre-historic constructors of the cairn were trying to evoke, I sense I capture only a slender hint of it in my photographs.

Church by the Water

Gougane Barra is, for want of a better word, a place in Ballingeary, West Cork. The building you see in the shot is St Finbarr's Oratory, the "Barra" after whom the place is named. It is a very peaceful setting in the right weather, popular with pilgrims and wedding parties, and is surrounded by a tree-laden national park. The lake around the oratory is actually formed from the River Lee, one of the main rivers of Cork City.

West Pier Twilight

Twilight at the West Pier, Dun Laoghaire. The air was completely still, so the reflections of the lights are almost perfectly straight in the water, and the dark mass of Howth looms behind, illuminated by the stars above.

Joy in the Mournes

The Mourne Mountains are one of the island of Ireland's crown jewels. Consisting of a range of ninety-three (!) mountains, they are linked not only by close physical proximity, but also a man-made series of walls utterly unlike anything else in Ireland. They provide spectacular views across Ireland, the Irish sea, and occasionally across into Scotland, if the weather permits. Here, the haze was just a little too strong to see all the way across, but the sweep down across forests, farmland, and down to the bay is enough for me. This view is from Sliabh Binnian, across Annalong, and down to the Isle of Man.

Frozen Valentine

Lough Bray Lower and Lough Bray Upper at twilight in snow.

Down The Drain

The ominously-named Silent Valley reservoir in Northern Ireland stores water for County Down and Belfast, a considerable proportion of the population of Northern Ireland. Obviously the water levels in a reservoir can rise and fall, and in theory this dark overflow pipe helps to regulate them -- but for some reason I wouldn't like to be water falling down it.

Remains of Ballydavid Signal Tower

On Ballydavid Head, the remains of a Napoleonic signal tower survey the sweep of north-west Kerry.

Inch Beach Spread

Walkers on the beach in Co. Kerry see the full spread of creation.

Sugarloaf Sunset

Sunset falling across the Sugarloaf Mountain, Wicklow. In the distance you can see the lights coming on in Dublin city.

Sugarloaf Sunset 2

The sun falls behind the Wicklow Mountains, from the top of the Sugarloaf Mountains.

Wexford Coastal View

A view along Wexford's coast, close to Fethard-on-Sea. In the distance you can see the Martello Tower on Baginbun Head.

Gate Lodge Grounds View

The old gate lodge of Lough Eske Castle, recently sold, has a fabulous view over Lough Eske itself. One evening I managed to catch enough of the dying light over a still lake to almost make up for my trespassing.

Owencarrow Viaduct

A ruined train viaduct of an abandoned train line in Co. Donegal, this isolated and beautiful site was the location of a major accident with a number of fatalities in the 1920s when high winds literally blew the train off into the valley below.

Grianán of Aileach

A ring-fort perched on the edge of Donegal, with the Bluestack Mountains in the distance. Dating is hard, but it is somewhere around 3700-4000 years old.

Killiney Obelisk

The obelisk on Killiney Hill at sunset.

Grand Canal Sunset

Grand Canal DART station at sunset; the dock itself is covered in algae during a drought.

Howth Scratchings

A July sunset blends an almost perfectly still tidal outflow into Howth, Dun Laoghaire, and a wider horizon.

Mediterranean Taney

The Luas bridge at Taney Cross, Dublin, during a particularly beautiful sunset.

Parallel Lives

The parallel curves of the West Pier at Dun Laoghaire, framing Howth in the background.

The Gathering Storm

The eerie red light of an oncoming snow storm, Phoenix Park, Dublin, Ireland.

The Road Less Travelled

Two roads diverged in a forest. Fairy Castle, Ticknock, Co. Dublin.