Irish Countryside

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,...

Battlefield of Dysert O'Dea

Battlefield of Dysert O’Dea in County Clare

Hundreds of years ago, on May 10, 1318, this gentle stream in the County Clare countryside may have been flowing red with the blood of soldiers of the Gaelic Irish chieftain Connor O’Dea and...

Irish Cottage in Spring near Kilrush in County Clare, Ireland.

Irish Cottage in Spring at County Clare

Natural hedges of Gorse, the brilliant yellow flowering bush, surround this abandoned Irish cottage in the County Clare countryside near Kilrush. You can see this same cottage during late Autumn, with gray skies and...

Castle in Irish Countryside

Castle in the Irish Countryside

The Medieval Dysert O’Dea Castle is framed by the Spring leaves of chestnut trees in this view from a pasture East of the 15th Century tower house in the Irish countryside of County Clare....