Tag Archives: Carlow

Capturing History Challenge – Week 7

Still holding at five great sites for you this week, we first make the long trip to the southern hemisphere an to New Zeland. And to the town of Napier wich was destroyed in an earthquake in 1931. Then its … Continue reading

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Capturing History Challenge – Week 6

Still on a high from yesterdays news, we have a much scaled down edition of the Capturing History Challenge for you this week. Sadly only three submissions came in this week, so I have bumped up the numbers with a … Continue reading

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Dolmain Chnoc an Bhrúnaigh – Monochrome Madness Challenge

For this weeks Monochrome Challenge over on Leanne Cole’s Blog, I  picked an image which as it happens, was origionaly posted on this very day one year ago. As It happened, I had taken a road trip down to Carlow … Continue reading

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A Festival of Bridges

I have been lucky to do a number of collaborations with various talented people over the last couple of years and I really do enjoy it. But once in a while a totaly unique project comes along. This time I … Continue reading

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Ducketts Grove – Monochrome Madness Challenge

Getting back on track for this weeks challenge with some more ruin-hunting shots, I thought I would go back to January and re-visit the stunning ruins at Ducketts Grove in Co. Carlow. These shots were all edited in mono, but … Continue reading

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Carlow Castle

Some of you might remember my visit to St. Mullins recently, well on the way I passed through Carlow town and spotted a part of this Castle rising up above the towns rooftops in the distance. And so my curiosity … Continue reading

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A Big Thank You

So last week I was in a bit of a pickle regarding choosing images for a certain charity calender competition. All I can saw is WOW and thank you so much to everyone who voted and left comments and suggestions. … Continue reading

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Black Castle

I have been spending a lot of time this year exploring county Carlow and this is just another reason why. Black Castle was one of those surprise finds which I regularly come across. I was actually heading down south to … Continue reading

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Teampall na Bó

It’s been a hectic few days, after taking the week of work for some badly needed R&R I think I will be going back to work on Monday for a rest. I spent the last few days with the family, … Continue reading

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St Mullins Holy Well

Just north from the Ecclesiastic site of St. Mullins there is a rather interesting Holy well which is associated with the saint whom founded the nearby monastery. Situated on rising ground it is surrounded  by an enclosure of masonry about … Continue reading

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