Look down on Dunquin Pier
I remember the day I took this photo, in August 2020. When I arrived, a group of young women were taking selfies at this spot and from my perspective, they looked like they were standing on the edge of a cliff. It’s still dangerous, but it was a calm evening and there was plenty of space if you’re an invincible teenager, unafraid of your mortality.
Kayaking Adventures in Dingle Harbour
Two people kayaking at the mouth of Dingle Harbour in Co. Kerry while I was on a boat looking for Fungi, the Dingle Dolphin, back in 2017.
We saw Fungi that day. He broke the water a few times.
https://inphotos.org/2025/03/17/kayaking-adventures-in-dingle-harbour/
Wild Atlantic Waves
Waves crash onto the beach and rocks of Couminole Beach, Co Kerry near full tide. A dangerous beach for swimming at the best of times, it would be foolhardy to go swimming there in conditions like this!
Nature’s Art: Fungi Patterns
I spotted this fascinating looking fungus growing out a dead tree trunk last weekend. I’d no idea what kind of fungi they were until an AI identified them as a Polypore.
This is a good sign, for that small forest I found them in, just outside Kenmare:
"Polypores have been used as indicator species of healthy natural forests or old-growth forests in Europe."
The Edge of the Lake
Another one from that walk in Kenmare a few days ago. I spotted this couple walking by with their dog, and then they stopped a distance away with the dog exploring the shallows. I love silhouettes, so this photo came to be.
A bench by the Lake
A small bench is nestled among the trees in Kenmare, on the shores of Kenmare Bay. What caught my eye immediately were the three trees surrounding it. They frame the bench in a pleasing way, the bare branches providing a skeletal, natural, surrounding to the man made bench.
A Kenmare Robin
I spotted this little fella down in Kenmare, County Kerry the other day. A Robin, bold as brass, perched right there on a dead branch, posing like he owned the place.
He stayed there for a few minutes surveying the area, and let me get a little closer for a photo.
Kerry’s Quiet Corner
The bench here at the end of a spit of land near Kenmare, Co Kerry has a plaque that says:
HE NEVER LOOKS FOR PRAISES
HE WAS NEVER ONE TO BOAST
HE JUST GOES ON QUIETLY WORKING
FOR THOSE HE LOVES THE MOST
OUR DAD
The pillar has a plaque that has some writing I forgot to photograph, but the heading says, “Ode to Lem”.
A lovely spot to contemplate the world.
Unexpected Stop on the Slea Head Drive
The Dingle Peninsula is pure magic, isn't it? Beautiful scenery, wild oceans and if you're unlucky, a traffic jam caused by a cow walking up the road.
https://inphotos.org/2025/03/02/unexpected-stop-on-the-slea-head-drive/
The sign Americans dread
It’s a commonly held belief that Americans don’t know how to drive around roundabouts, but when I visited that country last year (in the before times), I saw at least 2 roundabouts and local people had no problems traversing them.
Good luck getting around them in a monstrosity like the Cybertruck, however.
The Anonymous Suit
An anonymous man in a suit at the Dingle Races a few years ago. I'm pretty sure he was sucking a lollipop.
Hay Bales at Dusk
In a field behind Wine Strand on the Dingle Peninsula, I spotted some hay bales. The sun had already set, but the sky wasn't very interesting. The lay of the land cast an interesting shadow and I like photographing bales whenever I see them.
The Three Sisters at Twilight
From Dooneen Pier on a lovely April day in 2022 I saw the Three Sisters off the distance. The sea was fairly calm, and the evening was warm for that time of the year. I think I spent a good hour wandering up and down the pier taking photos, until darkness descended, and I went back to our B&B.
https://inphotos.org/2025/02/05/the-three-sisters-at-twilight/
Above and Below: Penguin Partners
Two Humboldt penguins swim in the tank at Dingle Oceanworld a few years ago.
https://inphotos.org/2025/01/30/above-and-below-penguin-partners/
@thebaywindowgirl @RolloTreadway we had it briefly come back on last night in the house in #Kerry, but it didn't last and it's been off all day again, despite #ESBIreland telling us otherwise.
Any Irish/Munster people know of similar paintings to these in their local businesses?
They are from the early 1980's, pretty distinctive style and signed 'E Cotter'. Mr. Cotter, who I understand was from Cahir seems to have traveled around painting these on spec for businesses.
These two paintings are hanging in the Green Rooster #Tralee and Scally's Supervalu #Clonakilty, surely there are more out there...
Rural Barriers
Barbed wire along the edge of a field on Valentia Island is knotted to make sure the barrier holds.
I remember hearing a podcast about the use of barbed wire in the US, how, in the 19th century, it helped white farmers control herds and easily fence their territories.
A photographer with his phone captured the waves on Cuminole Strand with his phone a few years ago. It was a beautiful August afternoon, a far cry from the wintery weather outside right now!
[22:08] Opinion poll suggests Michael Healy-Rae to top Kerry poll
The results of a TG4/Ipsos B&A constituency poll for the five-seater Kerry constituency suggest Michael Healy-Rae will top the poll receiving a whopping 27% of the first preference vote putting him far ahead of any other candidate.
https://www.rte.ie/news/2024/1126/1483175-tg4-kerry-poll/
#five #Kerry #MichaelHealy_Rae #27% #first
[03:45] Status Orange wind and rain warning as Storm Bert hits
A Status Orange wind and rain warning has been put in place for Cork, Kerry and Galway as Storm Bert makes landfall.
https://www.rte.ie/news/ireland/2024/1122/1482309-storm-bert/
#StatusOrange #Cork #Kerry #Galway #StormBert
