Ireland

Dark Sky over County Clare's Shannon River Valley

Dark Sky over County Clare’s Shannon River Valley

A dark sky boils overhead as streaks of sunshine illuminate pastures and meadows of County Clare, Ireland, with the intersection of the Shannon and Fergus Rivers and County Limerick in the background. Roll back...

Turf fire in Irish Cottage

Turf fire in an Irish Cottage

There’s nothing quite like the delicate aroma and soothing warmth of a turf fire during a winter — or summer — cold spell… While I was born in one of the coldest climates of...

Dark Clouds over Killarney Lakes, County Kerry

Dark Clouds over Killarney Lakes, County Kerry

Winter storm clouds and mist hug the Lakes of Killarney, County Kerry, Ireland, from Vol. II of Mystical Moods of Ireland: Enchanted Celtic Skies. This lovely vista is from the viewpoint at Aghadoe Heights,...

Wooded Path at Coole Park

Wooded Path at Coole Park, County Galway

A solitary path winds its way through the mossy woods of Coole Park in County Galway, Ireland. Many literary greats including W. B. Yeats wandered these trails and found soulful inspiration in these natural...

Magical World of W.B. Yeats

Magical and Mystical World of William Butler Yeats

Contortionist trees, luminescent moss and the mirror-like gently flowing waters of County Galway’s Streamstown River once provided other-worldly inspiration to one of Ireland’s national treasures — the Poet William Butler Yeats. “The mystical life...