My Sunday Photo : Mooooooo!
25 Oct 2015 6 Comments
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The Old Head of Kinsale Lighthouse
01 Jun 2015 14 Comments
in Travel Tags: Black and White, cliffs, early lighthouses, Ireland, Kinsale, lighthouse, Lusitania, Old Head Golf Links, Old Head of Kinsale, Old Head Signal Tower, operational lighthouse, RMS Lusitania, rocks, scenic walk, The Old Head of Kinsale Lighthouse
Yesterday we were very fortunate to be able to visit The Old Head of Kinsale Lighthouse, fortunate because as this is a fully operational lighthouse, it is only open to the public one weekend a year, to raise funds for the restoration of the nearby Old Head Signal Tower and Lusitania Memorial Garden.
The road leading to the lighthouse is part of the Old Head of Kinsale Golf Links, a private golf club, and is usually not open to the public, for obvious reasons like dangerous cliffs and flying golfballs! This course is built almost on an island, jutting out over two miles into the Atlantic Ocean, with the lighthouse at the end. With the swirling winds and sheer cliffs at each side, you would have to be a very experienced golfer to play here! Have a look at the link above to see the ‘interesting’ cliff top greens.
There has been a lighthouse at the Old Head since 1665. The first was a cottage type building with an open coal fire in a brazier on the roof, which was replaced in 1804 by a lantern with twelve oil lamps and reflectors. Eventually in 1853 the present lighthouse was built, and is fully automated, so there are no lighthouse keepers any more, but that is the case almost everywhere, and such is the price of progress.
It was just off this coast in 1915 that a German U boat torpedoed and sank the RMS Lusitania, with the loss of over 1100 passengers, and the wreckage still lies under the waves close by.
Cee’s Black and White Challenge : Open Topic
11 Dec 2014 6 Comments
in Ireland Tags: Black and White, cee's black and white, Cee's challenge, eagle, guardian, hiking, hills, Ireland, Westport House
This photo was taken on a recent hike in the Kerry mountains, near Kenmare, where the hills seem to go on forever, I think it would take a very fit person, and quite a bit of time, to cover all the mountains.
The eagle is one of a pair on top of Westport House, in County Mayo. He looks very impressive as he guards the house from all intruders from his perch on the roof.
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Cee’s Black & White Challenge : Candid
21 Sep 2014 5 Comments
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Hiding among the many sculptures at Vigeland Park
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Landscapes in Black and White : Sunday Stills
29 Jun 2014 11 Comments
in Ireland, Travel Tags: Ballycotton, Black and White, challenge, Cork, Glengarriff, Ireland, landscapes, scenery, sunday stills, West Cork
Black and White photos can look so striking, and these are a few of mine taken around East and West Cork in Ireland. The countryside is very lush with its ’40 shades of green’ but in black and white it also looks good.
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Black and White
04 May 2014 9 Comments
in Travel Tags: Black and White, Crosshaven, hiking, Ireland, Misty, scenery, Weekend Challenges