Category Archives: Events

Dylans first day

Its really hard to believe that our youngest son Dylan just went off to his first day of school. Its a bit of a milestone for us and even though i took the day of work, it will be strange … Continue reading

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Tallafest 2015

The family spent the Friday night in Grandads house up in Dublin, as I had an early start on Saturday morning, well not exactly early, but it would have been if I had to drive up to Dublin that morning. … Continue reading

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A Welcome Suprise

So I was browsing through my blog stats last night, trying to figure out which type of sites you guys like better, when I stumbled across a new referral link. As you all know I have a curious disposition and … Continue reading

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Nominations Have Begun

Yes its that time of the Year, and the Nominations for this years Blog Awards Ireland have been open since last week. This is the Seventh year running and there should be a great buzz leading up to the finals. … Continue reading

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Sneak Peak – Ciara’s First Communion

Just a quick midweek post to share a shot from a special communion shoot I did at the weekend for one of my neices. I was going to keep this until I had all the images done, but unfortunatly my … Continue reading

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A Year Through a Lens – 2015 Epilepsy Ireland Calendar

Back  in August, some might recall I mentioned that the nice folks in the Dublin Photography School were running a Photo-competition for this years charity calender in aid of Epilepsy Ireland. So with a vested interest in helping such a worthy cause, I set … Continue reading

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The Vampire Hunt

As part of the lead-up to Samhain this year and my second time to explore Gothic Dublin and the Bram Stoker Festival, I thought I might post a number of articles I did for thefairytaletraveler.com last year. So to kick things off, … Continue reading

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Re-work Wednesday 38

Please bear with me as I am in the process of psyching myself up for this years BramStokerFestival. And with Halloween just around the corner, you can be sure that you will be seeing more of this content over the next few … Continue reading

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Van Helsing – Monochrome Madness Challenge

This weeks image for the MMC follows the theme of last weeks Re-work and the Bram Stoker Festival which is going into its third year this October. Last year I got to explore the Gothic streets of Dublin thanks to Christa … Continue reading

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Competition Time –

I was just speaking with the nice folks over at Dublin Photography School, well they are running their annual calendar photography competition in support of Epilepsy Ireland. As a close family member suffers with epilepsy, this is a charity that I can … Continue reading

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