Three Rock Vista

A vista down to Dublin Bay from Three Rock mountain. We like to think you can see Wales in the distance.

Breathtaking Kerry

Facing towards Brandon from the Dingle Peninsula at Cruach Mhartain.

Brandon Outcrop

Alex contemplates the world from a rocky outcrop on Brandon, Dingle.

Bird Gate

A gate into private grounds in Birr Castle Gardens.

Round River

The round tower at Glendalough, behind the Poulanass River.

Windy North Bull

The wind in the beach grass at North Bull Island, Dublin, Ireland.

South Bull Sunset

A dredger and the moon share the frame with the Poolbeg lighthouse at the end of the South Bull Wall, one of my favourite places in Dublin. A very happy walk with friends in the freezing cold of November 2002.

Dead Tree

Life, of a kind, asserts itself in Mount Jerome Cemetary, Harold's Cross, Dublin.

Wish I Had

The unofficial wishing pool at the Dublin Botanical Gardens. At the time of taking this photo, the Euro coinage was relatively new, and there were old Irish coins lurking there too.

Ruined Howth

Years and years ago, there used to be an abandoned house close to a graveyard in Howth that you can gain entry to and photograph. It's apartments now, I believe, but I was particularly pleased with the colours in this one.

Sunset in Connemara

A gloriously red sunset in Lettermore, Connemara, Ireland.

Eask View

View from Eask Tower, Dingle, Co. Kerry, Ireland. The spread of northern Kerry beneath one...

Something There Is That Does Not Love A Greenhouse

Nature will always find a way. Greenhouse and plant, Rathgar, Dublin, Ireland.

Berries and Seeds

Ripened berries disgorge their contents. The sheer organicness of it is almost overwhelming. Rathgar, Dublin, Ireland.

Full Bloom in Riasc

A view of the Grand Canal from Baggot Street at the height of summer, with the workers from Mespil Road out eating their lunches in the sunshine. The boat's name in Irish, Riasc, means 'marsh' or 'bogland', but might creatively be translated as 'solidish thing amid water', and at some stage was a floating cafe.

Luas Swans

Neon light swirls on water as swans glide under the Luas bridge at Charlemont.

Dark Swans

Swans under the Luas bridge at Charlemont.

Dirty Old Town

On a misty day, drainage of the Grand Canal at Harold's Cross, Dublin, reveals a cacophony of moody dark shapes.

Swilly Storm

At the edge of Lough Swilly in Donegal, a storm boils off shore preparatory to dumping its cargo generally over Ireland.