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St Andrews harbour is home to a fleet of around a dozen small fishing vessels, landing high quality shellfish from around the nearby shores, which are sold locally, nationally and exported. A small, but growing, number of pleasure craft are also based within the sheltered waters of the Inner basin. Quoted from the St Andrews Harbour Trust website.
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This image was captured after sunset during the magical time of twilight (The Blue Hour) down on the shores of Lough Leane within the Killarney National Park which is located within County Kerry down the southwest of Ireland.
Here, the remnants of a tree that fell victim to the weather is seen partially submerged within the lake.
Culross... is a village and former royal burgh, and parish, in Fife, Scotland. According to the 2006 estimate, the village has a population of 395. Originally, Culross served as a port city on the Firth of Forth and is believed to have been founded by Saint Serf during the 6th century. Quoted from Wikipedia
Logie's Lane, St Andrews
The statue alone cost an extraordinary £5,000, but it is worth it for the memory of the cat which truly belonged to the town of St Andrews. Quoted from 'The history of Hamish McHamish, the cat that belonged to St Andrews' on 'The Tab' website.
'An Fear Marbh' or the Dead Man.
Inis Tuaisceart (Inishtooskert or North Island) is the most northerly of the Blasket Islands off the coast of County Kerry, Ireland. Also known as 'The Sleeping Giant'. Viewed from Clogher Head.
Dunfermline Abbey is a Church of Scotland Parish Church in Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland. The church occupies the site of the ancient chancel and transepts of a large medieval Benedictine abbey, which was sacked in 1560 during the Scottish Reformation and permitted to fall into disrepair. Part of the old abbey church continued in use at that time and some parts of the abbey infrastructure still remain. Dunfermline Abbey is one of Scotland's most important cultural sites. Quoted from Wikipedia
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This image was captured as the sun was setting off the coastline near Clogher Strand which is located within the Dingle Peninsula on the south west of Ireland in County Kerry.
The quality of light was absolutely exceptional for brief period of around 10 minutes that evening before a rain system blew in from the Atlantic.
The weather in Castlegregory is normally pretty variable - sometimes it rains; usually it's just cloudy and overcast; and sometimes the sun comes out.
Last week it was all three, but mainly the first two. On the last couple of days, the sun did shine but there were always a few dark clouds on the horizon.
This was taken on Stradbally beach on one of those better days.
Another shot from Stradbally beach on the Dingle peninsula - one of the longest, least-visited and most beautiful strands in Ireland.
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This image was captured at shortly after dawn on a cold winters morning down at the Upper Lakes in near the town of Killarney which is located down the south of Ireland in County Kerry.
There was some lovely mist/fog rolling down off the hills and around the lake on that particular morning which really added a sense of atmosphere to the scene.
Culross... is a village and former royal burgh, and parish, in Fife, Scotland. According to the 2006 estimate, the village has a population of 395. Originally, Culross served as a port city on the Firth of Forth and is believed to have been founded by Saint Serf during the 6th century. Quoted from Wikipedia
Crail... is a former royal burgh, parish and community council area (Royal Burgh of Crail and District) in the East Neuk of Fife, Scotland. The civil parish has a population of 1,812 (in 2011). The name Crail was recorded in 1148 as Cherel and in 1153 as Karel. The first element is the Pictish *cair (c.f. Welsh caer) meaning "fort", though this word seems to have been borrowed into Gaelic. The second element may be either Gaelic ail, "rocks", or more problematically Pictish *al; no certain instance of this word exists in P-Celtic. However, if the generic element were Pictish, then this is likely of the specific. Quoted from Wikipedia
The East Neuk or East Neuk of Fife is an area of the coast of Fife, Scotland. "Neuk" is the Scots word for nook or corner, and the East Neuk is generally accepted to comprise the fishing villages of the most northerly part of the Firth of Forth and the land and villages slightly inland therefrom. In effect, this means that part to the south of a line drawn parallel to the coast from just north of Earlsferry to just north of Crail, approximately 100 square kilometres (39 sq mi) in area. As such it would include Elie and Earlsferry, Colinsburgh, St Monans, Pittenweem, Arncroach, Carnbee, Anstruther, Cellardyke, Kilrenny, Crail and Kingsbarns and the immediate hinterland, as far as the upland area known as the Riggin o Fife. Quoted from Wikipedia
Milky Way. Taken early this morning near Ventry, Co Kerry. It's rare to see skies so dark in Ireland.
The bright 'star' on the left is Jupiter.
The rainfall in St Andrews is significant, with precipitation even during the driest month. Quoted from the 'Climate Data' website
Companion shot to this one, taken a month ago in west Kerry.
That's Jupiter in the centre, just above the lookout tower, and the slightly fainter Saturn to its right.
St Andrews Castle is a ruin located in the coastal Royal Burgh of St Andrews in Fife, Scotland. The castle sits on a rocky promontory overlooking a small beach called Castle Sands and the adjoining North Sea. There has been a castle standing at the site since the times of Bishop Roger (1189-1202), son of the Earl of Leicester. It housed the burgh’s wealthy and powerful bishops while St Andrews served as the ecclesiastical centre of Scotland during the years before the Protestant Reformation. In their Latin charters, the Archbishops of St Andrews wrote of the castle as their palace, signing, "apud Palatium nostrum." Quoted from Wikipedia
A bartizan (an alteration of bratticing), also called a guerite or échauguette, or spelled bartisan, is an overhanging, wall-mounted turret projecting from the walls of late medieval and early-modern fortifications from the early 14th century up to the 18th century. Most frequently found at corners, they protected a warder and enabled him to see his surroundings. Bartizans generally are furnished with oillets or arrow slits. The turret was usually supported by stepped masonry corbels and could be round, polygonal or square. Quoted from Wikipedia
The view to the south west from Clogher Head, Dingle peninsula which is about as far west as you can get in Ireland.
To the right is Inis Tuaisceart (Inishtooskert or North Island), the most northerly of the Blasket Islands. Also known as 'An Fear Marbh' (the Dead Man) or 'The Sleeping Giant'.
The East Neuk or East Neuk of Fife is an area of the coast of Fife, Scotland. "Neuk" is the Scots word for nook or corner, and the East Neuk is generally accepted to comprise the fishing villages of the most northerly part of the Firth of Forth and the land and villages slightly inland therefrom. In effect, this means that part to the south of a line drawn parallel to the coast from just north of Earlsferry to just north of Crail, approximately 100 square kilometres (39 sq mi) in area. As such it would include Elie and Earlsferry, Colinsburgh, St Monans, Pittenweem, Arncroach, Carnbee, Anstruther, Cellardyke, Kilrenny, Crail and Kingsbarns and the immediate hinterland, as far as the upland area known as the Riggin o Fife. Quoted from Wikipedia
Crail... is a former royal burgh, parish and community council area (Royal Burgh of Crail and District) in the East Neuk of Fife, Scotland. The civil parish has a population of 1,812 (in 2011). The name Crail was recorded in 1148 as Cherel and in 1153 as Karel. The first element is the Pictish *cair (c.f. Welsh caer) meaning "fort", though this word seems to have been borrowed into Gaelic. The second element may be either Gaelic ail, "rocks", or more problematically Pictish *al; no certain instance of this word exists in P-Celtic. However, if the generic element were Pictish, then this is likely of the specific. Quoted from Wikipedia
My sister and I only ever met Danny Sheehy - Domhnall Mac Síthigh - once.
It was on a boat trip to, and around, the Blasket Islands - the furthest west you can get in Europe before hitting Newfoundland (apologies to those in Iceland and Greenland...).
This particular shot is of Inishtooskert - or An Fear Marbh (The Dead Man) as it's better known - just north of the Blasket Islands. This is a view that most people have never seen - the Fear Marbh with a dagger through his neck. The island to the left is An Tiaraht.
On that trip to the Blaskets and to An Fear Marbh, my sister and I found out that Danny knew my father’s family. For me, that felt pretty weird but Danny knew everybody in North Kerry. He regaled Helen with stories of his time in the area doing, well, pretty well everything that a poet, sailor, boatbuilder, traveller, fisherman could possibly do and know.
A lovely man - taken from us too early.
Danny - this photograph is for you.
Dunfermline City Chambers is a municipal facility at the corner of Bridge Street and Kirkgate in Dunfermline, Fife. The building, which serves as home to the local area committee of Fife Council, is a Category A listed building. Quoted from Wikipedia
Milky Way, as seen from Ventry, Co Kerry at the end of July - you know, the week when it was so hot you had to stay indoors and it was still warm at midnight? That's when this was taken.
I've been travelling to west Kerry for decades but this was the first year that I visited Dunquin pier on the Wild Atlantic Way (a brilliant piece of marketing by the way).
It was a bit of a dull day but still managed to get a half-decent shot of the road down to the pier, with the Blasket Islands in the distance.
St Andrews Castle is a ruin located in the coastal Royal Burgh of St Andrews in Fife, Scotland. The castle sits on a rocky promontory overlooking a small beach called Castle Sands and the adjoining North Sea. There has been a castle standing at the site since the times of Bishop Roger (1189-1202), son of the Earl of Leicester. It housed the burgh’s wealthy and powerful bishops while St Andrews served as the ecclesiastical centre of Scotland during the years before the Protestant Reformation. Quoted from Wikipedia
A view of the Skelligs from Bray Head, Valentia Island, last weekend.
Skellig Michael, on the right, housed a Christian monastic settlement that was invaded by Vikings in 823 and by Stormtroopers in 2015 and 2017. Sometimes known as Ahch-Wo, it is the birthplace of the Jedi Order and served as the home of Jedi Master Luke Skywalker when he was driven into exile by Kylo Ren.
"The Skellig Islands (Irish: Na Scealaga), historically "the Skellocks", are two small, steep, and rocky islands lying about 13 km west of the Iveragh Peninsula in County Kerry, Ireland. The larger of the two is Skellig Michael (also known as Great Skellig), famous for an early Christian monastery that is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Together with Little Skellig, they make up a 364-hectare Important Bird Area."
The Swilcan Bridge, or Swilken Bridge, is a famous small stone bridge in St Andrews Links golf course, Scotland. The bridge spans the Swilcan Burn between the first and eighteenth fairways on the Old Course, and has itself become an important cultural icon in the sport of golf. The bridge itself is extremely small; at its farthest extent it measures about 30 feet long, eight feet wide and six feet tall, in the style of a simple Roman arch. Originally built at least 700 years ago to help shepherds get livestock across, it has the modern photographic advantage of great backdrops on three sides: the course’s grand Royal and Ancient Clubhouse and Hamilton Hall on one, often a packed grandstand of enthusiasts on another, and rolling hills facing toward the North Sea, on the last. Quoted from Wikipedia
The Milky Way. Taken early one morning in July near Ventry, Co Kerry. It's rare to see skies so dark in Ireland.
The bright 'star' on the left is Jupiter.
LANDLADY Claire Nicoll believes her mum will be having a hoolie in heaven after The Keys Bar was crowned Sunday Mail Pub of the Year 2014. Quoted from the 'Daily Record'