Irish Countryside

Colorful Irish Roadside Scenery

Colorful Irish Roadside Scenery

Ravishing red Fuchsias and opulent orange Montbretias  grow wild in the roadside landscape of County Clare, Ireland, though neither are native to the country. Both plants bloom each year during mid-Summer to early Autumn...

Clouds over Shimmering Green Irish Countryside

Clouds over Shimmering Green Irish Countryside

Afternoon clouds blow in from the Atlantic Ocean over the shimmering green patchwork of County Clare’s countryside. County Clare is Ireland’s 7th largest county, geographically, with 3,400 square kilometers (about 1,300 square miles). In...

Autumn Entrance to Muckross House, Killarney

Autumn Entrance to Muckross House, Killarney

Fall colours drape the tree-lined entrance path to Muckross House and Gardens in Killarney, County Kerry, Ireland. This image is a coloured art pencil interpretation of one of my photographs. Muckross House, now a...

Solar Eclipse over County Clare Countryside

Solar Eclipse over County Clare Countryside

The near-total solar eclipse of 2015’s Spring Equinox cast an eerie glow on this farm in the countryside of Ireland’s County Clare between Lissycasey and Ballynacally. The morning’s mercurial Irish weather had threatened to...