The Port Lairge was a Waterford "mud boat": a steam dredger that served the Harbour Commission from 1907 or 1912 (dates vary) until retirement in 1987. Here she is shown listing gently in a deathly still April evening.
Normally I prefer precision in my photographs, but something about this shot across Dublin's southside from Killiney Hill at sunset reminds me strongly of a painting. Perhaps pointillist? Visible are the old lead mines stack, some construction cranes (never far away in Dublin), the M50, and Wicklow's rolling hills.
The Sugarloaf mountain to the right; the Calary Lake Quarry to the left. Permission has been granted to infill this and turn it into grasslands, though it is being opposed. I like the balance between the lake and the mountain-top here.
