Sugarloaf Spread

Looking across Dublin Bay at sunset, from the Sugarloaf in Wicklow.

Fog at Sunset

The Wicklow mountains surrounded with fog at sunset. Climbers at the bottom make their way back to the carpark.

Ascending Mount Brandon

A milepost illuminated by the setting sun on the way up Mount Brandon, County Kerry.

Sunset over West Kerry

Sunset over West Kerry from Mount Brandon.

The Illuminati

A shaft of sunlight on the very far end of West Kerry picks out two hikers holding hands as they descend Mount Brandon.

Sunset at the Maharees

The Maharees (or Magharees; sources seem to disagree) are a series of small islands off the coast of North County Kerry. Here we are just in front of Doonagaun Island, with Illaunoon to the right, and the Brandon mountains, around which a cloud inversion has just wrapped as the sun attempts to penetrate that mist.

Bishop's End

The power of the sea, as it smashes against Bishop's Island, County Clare, close to sunset.

Carrigaholt Castle

Carrigaholt Castle in County Clare, shortly before sunset. The sea was rough and I took advantage of a nearby sea wall to catch a wave in action as the sun sank behind the castle - dating from the 15th century or so - which is apparently closer to a fortified manor house than a castle.

Keeper Hill

The road up to Keeper Hill, Tipperary, with the sun low in the sky close to sunset.

Cromwell's Barracks

In this shot, framed against the famed Twelve Bens of Connemara, the mid-1600s ruined barracks of Cromwell is perched on the edge of Inishbofin island. It was used to house captured Catholic clergy before deportation elsewhere.

Ross Beach Sunset

Sunset over Ross Beach at Ballinakill Bay.

Kylemore Abbey Reflected

Kylemore Abbey, Connemara, reflected in the water below.

Islands Viewpoint

The strangely named "Islands Viewpoint" close to Cleggan, Connemara, from which it is possible to see a few dark shapes if you squint a bit. The reverse view from offshore back to the viewing point was much more compelling.

Shindilla View

The delightfully named Lough Shindlla, just outside Maam Cross in Connemara, Co. Galway. Taken during Ireland's July 2021 heatwave, Galway was perhaps the driest I've ever seen it, but this didn't prevent a wonderful view of the lake and the Maumturk mountains beyond.

Eeragh Lighthouse

The Glacio-Karst limestone landscape of Inis Mór extends out from the camera towards Rock Island and Eeragh Lighthouse.

Poll na bPéist

A naturally formed rectangular pool on the south coast of Inis Mór, of the Aran Islands achipelago off the coast of Galway, Ireland. Here you see it surrounded by the glacio-karstal landscape of the rest of the island.

Sunset from Diamond Hill

The sun lowers itself gently behind Letter Hill, Co. Galway, as seen from Diamond Hill of the Connemara National Park.

Tara Sunset

The Hill of Tara, ancient seat of Ireland's oldest High Kings, illuminating by the shrinking yet boiling firey light of sunset.

Bective Panoramic Sunset

Bective Abbey is a Cistercian abbey founded in 1147 in Co. Meath, Ireland, though the ruins are basically from the 1400s.

Bective Sunset

Bective Abbey at sunset, with tree.

Deserted Village

The famous deserted village on Slievemore mountain at Achill Island. These are the remnants of ~100 cottages abandoned in the early 20th century, for reasons not entirely clear, but probably to do with a combination of lifestyle pattern change, echoes of the Famine, and so on. Settlements in this area go back at least to the 12th century. In the distance, the sea at Minaun mountain is visible.

Keem Beach Panorama

Keem Beach, Achill, Co. Mayo. You can see the EIRE 59 sign on the left; a remnant of a series of WW2 signs to identify the island to Axis air forces as being neutral. The white building in the middle is the coastguard, and somewhere to the left is Captain Boycott's house - he who gave his name to the verb.

Moyard Bog and Mountains

A view across peat bog around Moyard, County Galway, towards the Twelve Pins mountains and Connemara National Park.

Ross Beach and Ballynakill Harbour

Ross Beach, on the right of this image, is in Connemara, west County Galway. Letterfrack, a tourism magnet, is visible towards the distant horizon. The Twelve Bens (mountains of which there are not, in fact, 12) are visible in the background that the boats are arcing out of, with Diamond Hill on the right being perhaps the most prominent one.