Irish Countryside

New Year's 2015 video

Happy 2015 – Looking Back at 2014!

Turn up the volume, relax and enjoy this short video looking back at of some of my most popular images of the Irish countryside posted during 2014! Much gratitude for all your kind support...

Morning Sun Low Irish Mist County Clare Ireland

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...

Fairy Thimbles Irish wildflower

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

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,...