Close to the Maretimo area of Blackrock, a number of buildings and special facilities were built for the property owners that the Dublin to Kingstown railway went through. This compensation was reportedly necessary to allow the railway to go ahead. In any event, the harbour directly beside the line, reachable at low tide, used to have a metal cross serving some nautical purpose which has now sadly broken off. Here we see it during a very blue sunset.
Most people see the Cliffs of Moher, Co. Clare, from the notoriously dangerous cliff-side walk, or via the film The Princess Bride, where they are used as the establishing shot for the Cliffs of Insanity. On this occasion, I took a boat trip out to view the cliffs from a more unusual angle, flat and ahead. The sea was lively and the boat was pitching back and forth, and the sky was overcast, so it was extremely lucky I was able to get anything usable at all. Here we see the cliffs themselves, people clustered along the walk, the top of the cliffhouse peeping above the summit, and the waves crashing in against the seastacks. A bird flies across to complete the scene.
The tower on the Cliffs of Moher from a boat below.
