Donkey near Clonmany.
Thatched cottage near Clonmany.
Thatched cottage at Doagh famine village.
Approaching Mamore.
Grotto at Mamore.
Mamore Gap.
Donkey near Clonmany.
Thatched cottage near Clonmany.
Thatched cottage at Doagh famine village.
Banba's Crown, Malin Head.
Malin Head.
Nice photos Danny
Went to Fota last week.
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This was taken by someone I know earlier this evening, but I thought it a pretty striking photo.
Our Lady's Day bonfire in the Bogside, Derry.
Edit: Some more here.
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Since I have to take a break from the football (Hamburg trip was a bit too mad for the wifey!), I now spend the weekend hiking for my penance!
Basel-land, Luzern and Black Forest
Typical Irishman on tour. Living in a central European paradise and you still can't help but check out the local cattle.
Two spectacular panoramic shots of David Best's (Burning Man) 'Temple' built on Derry's Waterside over the past few days with the Cityside and Inishowen's Scalp ridge in the background:
(Taken by Charles McQuillan.)
(Taken by Johnny Delaney.)
The artwork is to be burnt down on Saturday night.
Sure it wouldn't be Derry if it wasn't burned down..
https://kesslereffect.bandcamp.com/album/kepler - New music. It's not that bad.
Say what you want about Ireland and how utterly ugly and soulless every town and city is compared to other European countries, but, if you know the right places to go, Ireland has scenery that could rival any country. You just have to leave urbanity behind.
I was watching an interesting BBC series called 'Imagining Ulster' the other night about the history of the Ulster(-Scots) identity and William Crawley, presenting and narrating, mentioned that Britain had secretly offered to agree to a united Ireland in principle during the Second World War if Ireland joined up with the Allies. De Valera rejected the offer, however, as there was no guarantee included and the reality of unity would still have to have been agreed by the "representatives of the government of Éire and the government of Northern Ireland". I was doing a bit more reading around this and came across a photo slightly similar to my own above in post #543 (indeed, there are plenty around the net) of Banba's Crown here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irish_n...g_World_War_II
I'd often wondered what the large 'EIRE' marking at Malin Head was all about (I wasn't able to get close to it, but it looks to be made out of stones?) and having seen someone latterly add 'UP DONEGAL' in smaller lettering beneath it, I'd assumed it was just some sort of pride "graffiti", but it turns out it was actually a marking to alert passing military aircraft to neutral Ireland during the war.
Some further 'Temple' views:
That's a highest-quality screen-shot from this video:
(Taken by Jonny Delaney.)
I took this from the cliffs by Sliabh Liag in Donegal yesterday:
Killybegs trawler ventures out into a calm North Atlantic.
Cliffs at Sliabh Liag.
Cliffs at Sliabh Liag.
Ballymastocker Bay from Knockalla Mountain, Fanad.
Many a summer day spent at Knockalla beach as a youngster. What a beautiful spot it is.
https://kesslereffect.bandcamp.com/album/kepler - New music. It's not that bad.
Guess where in Ireland:
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