The Poisoned Glen, Co Donegal, Ireland. In Irish mythology poisoned by Balor of the evil eye.
Woodlawn House Follies
Woodlawn Tower House folly and fake entrance
Gothic style wall and arch folly
Woodlawn fake entrance and Round Tower folly
Round Tower folly built circa 1900. Woodlawn, Ballinasloe, Co Galway, Ireland
Gate lodge built circa 1850 in the style of a Tower House
Cliffs of Moher
Cliffs of Moher, Co Clare, Ireland
At their lowest point the cliffs are 120 metres rising to over 200 metres at their highest
O’Brien’s Tower at the Cliffs of Moher
Cliffs of Moher – Wild Atlantic Way sign
Cahercommaun Stone Fort
Cahercommaun Stone Fort, The Burren, Co Clare, Ireland
Three ringed stone fort perched on a cliff edge. Built circa 800AD
The outer walls are quite ruinous
Caherconnell Stone Fort
Caherconnell Stone Fort, The Burren, Co Clare, Ireland
The cashel was built in the 10th Century.
The new entrance dates to the 15th – 16th century
Wall detail.
Caherconnell Stone Fort is located in the karst rugged limestone landscape of the Burren like Cahermore Stone Fort.
The Burren Landscape
The Burren, Co Clare, Ireland
Burren – The Wild Atlantic Way
Typical Burren wall
Karst landscape of the Burren
The Burren in colour. Four images on film circa 1990
The Burren Landscape 2023
Thatched House
House in the process of being rethatched
Kinvarra, Co Galway, Ireland
Cahermore Stone Fort
Cahermore Stone Fort aka Ballyallaban ringfort, The Burren, Co Clare, Ireland
Fortified farmstead with walls up to 9 feet thick and high, built in the medieval period.
Cahermore Stone Fort is located in the karst rugged limestone landscape of the Burren like Caherconnell Stone Fort.
Three Crosses
Three Crosses, old graveyard, Bishop’s Quarter, the Burren, Co Clare, Ireland
Two Crosses
Cross and shadow, old Kiltartan graveyard, Gort, Co Galway, Ireland
One Cross
Cross, old Kiltartan graveyard, Gort, Co Galway, Ireland
Carrickfergus contre-jour
Carrickfergus, Co Antrim, Northern Ireland
Carrickfergus sunshine captured on Kodak HIE Infrared film circa 1980
Glenade Lake and the legend of the Dobhar-chú
Glenade Lake is where one of Ireland’s lake monsters the Dobhar-chú (Water hound) is said to have killed Grace Connolly in 1722. Her husband found her bloody body with the Dobhar-chú and killed the beast. The legend has the creature emitting a high picked shriek that summoned its mate as it died and the mate attacked the husband who fled on horseback. The Dobhar-chú gave chase and eventually the man was forced to confront the creature. There was a fierce fight ending with the slaying of the beast.
Glenade Lake where the Dobhar-chú (Dobharchú) is said to live in the deep waters
The graves of Grace and her husband can be found close to Glenade Lake in Conwal graveyard, Co Leitrim.
On Grace Connolly’s worn grave slab is a carving of a hound like creature with its head twisted back and a hand thrusting a dagger into the neck of the Dobhar-chú.
Grace Connolly’s grave slab
Her husband’s grave slab has a carving of him with dagger in hand on a horse.
The grave of Grace Connolly’s husband
Conwal graveyard
St Patrick’s Well and Shaver’s Well
St Patrick’s Well (Tobar Phadraig) and Shaver’s Well (Tobar An Bherrtha)
The sign for St Patrick’s Well and Shaver’s Well, Bunduff, Co Leitrim, Ireland
St Patrick’s Holy Well
Shaver’s Holy Well is a short distance away by the sea
Clogher Hillfort
Clogher Hillfort, Co Tyrone, Northern Ireland
The hillfort viewed viewed from the north
Inside Clogher Hillfort
Ardclinis Old Church
Ardclinis Old Church and Graveyard with Fairy Tree
Ardclinis Old Church, Co Antrim, Northern Ireland
Ardclinis Fairy Tree (Rag Tree)
Rags are tied to trees in the belief that as the cloth rots an ailment or problem will disappear or a wish will be forfilled.
Children’s toys and other personal things are also to be found on the tree.
The path to the hidden village
The path to the hidden village of Galboly in the Glens of Antrim
Galboly, Co Antrim, Northern Ireland
Galboly, ruin of the hidden village
The ruin of the hidden village of Galboly overlooking the coast in the Glens of Antrim
Galboly, Co Antrim, Northern Ireland
The hidden village in winter
The hidden village in summer
Cranny Falls
Cranny Waterfall, Carnlough, Co Antrim, Northern Ireland
Fishing Boats at Gortahork
Fishing Boats, Gortahork, Co Donegal, Ireland
Queen Maeve
Queen Maeve – Trawler, Carnlough Harbour, Co Antrim, Northern Ireland
Kilkeel Fishing Supplies
Kilkeel Fishing Supplies – mural, Kilkeel, Co Down, Northern Ireland
Mount Errigal
Mount Errigal, Co Donegal, Ireland
Portstewart strand
Portstewart strand, Co Antrim, Northern Ireland
Carlingford
The Tholsel (Town Gate), Carlingford, Co. Louth, Ireland
The Tholsel was also used as the town gaol in the 18th century
King John’s Castle
The Mint
Taaffe’s Castle / Merchant House
The streets of Carlingford
Downhill Demesne & Mussenden Temple
Downhill Demesne, Co Derry, Northern Ireland
The path from Downhill house to the Mussenden Temple
Mussenden Temple was built in 1785 inspired by the Temple of Vesta in Tivoli
The temple is located on the cliff edge overlooking Downhill Strand and the Atlantic Ocean
Rosses Point
Waiting on shore – statue, Rosses Point, Co Sligo, Ireland
Rosses Point – Buoy
Rosses Point – River Pilot Watch House
Deirbhle’s Twist
Deirbhle’s (Dervla’s) Twist, Belmullet Peninsula, Co Mayo, Ireland
A modern spiral of stones designed and built by Michael Bulfin as part of the North Mayo Sculpture Trail (Tír Sáile)
Old Smithy – Castlebellingham
Old forge circa 1880 with horseshoe shaped doorway – detailed with recess and nail holes
Old forge/smithy – used as garage, Castlebellingham, Co Louth, Ireland
All photographs late 1980’s – Kodak HIE Infrared film
Dún Briste sea stack
Dún Briste sea stack at Downpatrick Head, Co Mayo, Ireland
Athcarne Castle
The ruin of Athcarne Castle, Co Meath, Ireland. Built by William Bathe in 1590
Athcarne Cross
The White Cross (Athcarne Cross) erected in circa 1675 by Dame Cecilia Bathe as a memorial to herself and her husband Sir Luke Bathe who rented Athcarne Castle – it having been seized by Cromwell from the Bathe family.
The east face of the cross depicted the Crucifixion of Jesus with his arms held high above the head along the shaft of the cross and feet on a skull and crossbones.
The west face with the Madonna and Child, with weathered carving of the arms of the Bathe and Dowdall families
Belfast Palm House
Palm House, Botanic Gardens, Belfast, Co Antrim, Northern Ireland
The Palm House was completed in 1840
Belfast Palm House door
Cushendun Beach Sleepers
Cushendun, Co Antrim, Northern Ireland
Railway sleepers used as a beach defense
Curfew Tower
Curfew Tower, Cushendall, Co Antrim, Northern Ireland
Built around 1820 and used as a gaol
The Ballroom of Romance
The Rainbow Ballrom of Romance, Glenfarne, Co Leitrim, Ireland
The (not so rainbow) Ballrom of Romance
Balrath Cornmill
Old cornmill, Balrath, Co Meath, Ireland
Old Butane Canisters
Old Butane gas canisters on boat, Carrickfergus, Co. Antrim, Northern Ireland
Tyres on old boat
Old boat detail, Carrickfergus, Co. Antrim, Northern Ireland
Rust
Boat detail, Carrickfergus, Co Antrim, Northern Ireland