Sun streaming through low Irish Mist
Sun streams through trees enveloped by a low Irish Mist on this frosty morning in County Clare, Ireland. Weather forecasters are predicting an unseasonably cold period over the coming weeks, so we may be...
Irish Countryside
Morning Rainbow over County Clare, Ireland
A light rain shower during today’s rising sun joined forces to paint this morning rainbow in the skies over County Clare, Ireland.
Fairy Thimbles – Poisonous, but a Life Saver
These bright purple flowers — Foxglove — are known locally as “Fairy Thimbles,” a biennial native of Ireland and found blooming all over the countryside from June to August. Ironically, this plant is poisonous,...
Autumn Leaves in the Irish Countryside
This verse, by Irish Poet William Allingham, aptly describes the seasonal transformation from Fall to Winter, as autumn leaves prepare to “fall and melt” into the Irish countryside. Allingham, born in Ballyshannon, County Donegal,...
Autumn tree in a rock-walled Irish meadow in County Clare, Ireland
An autumn tree sheds its leaves in a Irish meadow divided by dry-stacked stone walls in the hills above Lissycasey, County Clare, Ireland. Are the larger trees in this photo “fairy trees”? It’s a...
