Doing my bit for The Gathering 2013... Part 2

I'm posting a few more photographs I've taken from around Ireland over the last few years. They are scenes from summer and winter, urban and rural. We do get a lot of rain, and more than our fair share recently, but, 'rain, hail, or shine,' we have a lovely country and that is the good news. Ceád fáilte rómhaibh go leir...

Glendalough, Co. Wicklow.

Sunrise over the Irish Sea from Howth Head.

The Bailey Lighthouse in Howth

Lough Hyne, Baltimore, West Cork

Clonmacnoise Monsatic site, on the River Shannon

Long Island, near Schull, West Cork

The Deer on the 'Fifteen Acres' in the Phoenix Park, Dublin.

Suburban Dublin

An Aer Lingus Airbus A330 Short Finals into Runway 16, Dublin Airport.

A Basking Shark visits Baltimore Bay, West Cork

The Powerscourt Waterfall, Enniskerry, Co. Wicklow

Near Baltimore, Co. Cork

The Powerscourt Gardens, Co. Wicklow with the Great Sugarloaf in the background

Roaringwater Bay, Co. Cork

Howya!

Looking out SW into the Atlantic Ocean with the Fastnet Rock in the distance. Next Stop, New York.

Think this is Sherkin Island, West Cork

The Wellington Monument in the Phoenix Park, Dublin on Christmas Day 2010

 

A wintry suburban scene looking towards the Dublin Mountains

The Pigeon House chimneys at Dublin Bay

The Velvet Strand, Portmarnock, Dublin. Sir. Charles Kingsford-Smith landed here on his round the world flight in the 1920's. The Airport in Sydney is named after him.

Portmarnock Golf Club

The ribbon of light. Sun is just about to rise out over the Irish Sea from Howth Head.

Sunrise over the Irish Sea.

Just as the sun comes up, you can see the hills at Holyhead and Anglesea in North Wales, only 60 miles from Howth....