Inishturk Island
5 photos
Pictures from one of the most remote places in Europe. Inishturk is an island 15 Kilometers off the West coast of Ireland. It has a resident population of 48. Next stop America!
Carrie
41 photos
Carboot sale
108 photos
The thing is you never know what you might see, so just take a peek for yourself!
Street photography
5138 photos
While I love photography in general I have a particular affection for street photography. Catching people as you see them, and as they are, is part of it, but imagining who they are, and what they...
Black and white
2076 photos
This is a selection of some of my black and white images.
Square format
156 photos
. everything here should be in square format, hopefully!
Ballinasloe Horse Fair
833 photos
Ballinasloe horse fair goes on for a week in early October each year. It has been going on since the year of dot it seems. Both sides bought their horses there for the Napoleonic wars. It is a...
Wedding John and Sara
64 photos
Beards or badly in need of a shave!
282 photos
.... and facial hair generally
Abstract
32 photos
Make of these what you will. Tell me if you wish.
Dublin
321 photos
All the pictures in this album were taken in Dublin.
Reflections
71 photos
Kilkenny
7 photos
Cork
103 photos
Photographers
116 photos
EXPLORE
179 photos
All of the pictures in this set have made Flickr Explore, a fact which delights me greatly. I hope that anyone looking at the set enjoys them too!
New Year's Day Swim for Achill Lifeboat
25 photos
A fun event held at Dugort 's Golden Strand on Achill Island, off the west coast of Ireland, in aid of the Achill Lifeboat
Landscapes
138 photos
Faces
4433 photos
Pablo Picasso asked: "Are we to paint what's on the face, what's inside the face, or what's behind it?" I believe the same question applies equally to photographers, and painters...
Faces of Castlebar
841 photos
Expressions
2956 photos
For me one of the great joys of street photography is to catch the different expressions of people on the street, either to the camera, or to someone or something off camera.
Sometimes too you can...
Greece
39 photos
Most of the pictures here were taken in Chania, the second city of Crete in Greece
France
57 photos
Images from France, or with a French connection!
Galway
1420 photos
Italy
44 photos
Northern Ireland
61 photos
Street photographs, for the most part. All were taken out and about in Northern Ireland.
Scotland
79 photos
The pictures here are, for the most part, candid street shots. I hope you enjoy looking at them as much as I enjoyed taking them - despite the poor light and cold weather!
Norway
9 photos
Pictures taken in the Nortdland area of Norway, mostly in the vicinity of the city of Bodo, which is inside the Arctic Circle. The fact that they were taken during late Spring accounts for the fact...
Orange Parade: Rossnowlagh
40 photos
The 12th July is the day on which the traditional Orange parades are held in Northern Ireland. On the Saturday before the 12th there is an Orange parade held in Rossnowlagh, in County Donegal. It is...
Clare
132 photos
Inishbofin
20 photos
Inishbofin is a beautiful island, located about eight miles out in the Atlantic Ocean off the West coast of Ireland. There is a regular ferry service from Cleggan in County Galway, which is near...
Mohill Horse Fair
36 photos
All of the pictures here were taken at Mohill Horse Fair, in County Leitrim in the North West of Ireland
Macro on Monday
136 photos
Most people, having looked at my photostream here on Flickr, regard me as a street photographer. However, I do lots of other stuff too! Just to prove it I have devised a 'Macro on Monday' set and...
Maam Cross
169 photos
Taken at the Autumn horse and pony sale held each year at Maam Cross, in Connemara. A wonderful place to see interesting people, and, of course, horses and ponies too!
Spancilhill horse fair
84 photos
Spancilhill, near Ennis in County Clare is one of the older Irish horse fairs that still survive. it is always held on 24th June and thankfully continues to attract crowds of people, as the song says...
Geesala: racing on the strand
57 photos
Each year, during the month of August, the local community in Geesala, which is near Belmullet in County Mayo, hold a festival. The highlights include horse and dog racing on Doolough strand - a...
Templebar
31 photos
Templebar is an area in the centre of Dublin where people go sometimes to celebrate something or other, or just to go where the crowd goes! It is particularly popular for hen parties and stag nights,...
Walkers
605 photos
Most - but not all - of these pictures of walkers were taken at the Castlebar International 4 Days Walks which attract walkers from all over the world to Castlebar at the end of June, beginning of...
Mayo
2540 photos
Flowers and trees
266 photos
Mam Ean
27 photos
Mam Ean (The Pass of the Birds) is, like Croagh Patrick in nearby County Mayo associated with St. Patrick, Ireland’s patron saint. It is located in County Galway, in the Maumturks (Na Beanna...
New York
191 photos
Yawl racing in Achill
18 photos
The Achill Yawl is a traditional wooden sailing boat with a solid hull and a single mast. In recent years, partly due to the success of Cruinniú Bádóirí Acla (The Achill Yawl Festival), there has...
100 Strangers
31 photos
The Races of Castlebar
29 photos
A history lesson in a few pictures!
Tallow horse fair
21 photos
The horse fair in Tallow, County Waterford is held in early September each year. It attracts the usual mix of people typical of the big Irish horse fairs such as that in Cahirmee (Buttevent) across...
Italy
26 photos
The pictures in this set were taken in Italy - most of them in Tuscany.
Germany (Deutschland)
22 photos
The pictures in this set were all taken in the course of a very brief trip to Weisbaden, a very beautiful spa town near Frankfurt.
Spain
59 photos
The pictures in this set were all taken during a brief trip to Madrid and Toledo in October 2010
Boats
77 photos
Musicians
181 photos
Most of the pictures in this set are of street musicians. I find buskers particularly interesting because very often their passion for and involvement in their music reflects itself in interesting...
Flat caps, strange hats and weird and wonderful...
1705 photos
I did not set out originally to have a set such as this. However, over time I realised that I had amassed quite a collection of people with flat caps, strange hats and weird and wonderful headgear,...
Cahirmee horse fair
59 photos
These were all taken at Cahirmee horse fair in Buttevant, County Cork.
One of the oldest horse fairs anywhere in the world, its origions date back for hundreds of years. Tradition has it that...
Croagh Patrick
33 photos
Beach party in Toledo
9 photos
Pink Ribbon 2012
9 photos
Occupy Wall Street
13 photos
The pictures in this set were taken at the Occupy Wall Street protests in New York
Special Olympics 2012
8 photos
These pictures were taken at the Kayaking Special Olympics event held at Lough Lannagh, Castlebar. The very special athletes involved in the event were from Mayo, Donegal and Spiddal in County Galway
Halloween in Temple Bar
22 photos
Saint Patricks Day
94 photos
Pictured at the Saint Patrick's Day parade in Castlebar
Pink Ribbon
56 photos
The pictures here are from the Mayo Pink Ribbon 100K cycle and fundraiser, held to support research into breast cancer
Special Olympics Kayaking in Castlebar
15 photos
All of the pictures are from the Special Olympics Kayaking event held at Lough Lannagh, Castlebar, County Mayo. The competitors are all special Olympians. The organisers, for me, are medal winners...
Holy Ireland
90 photos
Coman & Niamhs Wedding
43 photos
This is Clontarf Castle, where the wedding reception was held
Kellys
13 photos
Kerry
34 photos
Mayo Womens' Mini Marathon
20 photos
Killarney CEOs
21 photos
Easter Egg Tree
6 photos
Teenager Feile
20 photos
For review
218 photos