Purple Mountain County Kerry – Project 52 #43 Back on the road again following Mayo GAA brought us to Killarney for the first league match of 2015. We arrived in Killarney around lunchtime on Saturday, which gave me time to get a few sites of interest in. We...
First foggy day in Swinford in 2015. Project 52 #42 Hard to believe that on only the third day into 2015, the weather resembled a day in late July. Not a cloud to be seen in the vibrant blue sky. Not quite “t-shirt” weather, but very nearly! Within minutes...
Coolegrane Lights – project 52 #41 At our last Camera Club meeting for 2014, we decided to head out on a photo-walk to catch some of the Christmas spirit. We had originally planned to do a night shoot around town, photographing all the Christmas displays on all...
Christmas has officially begun here in Swinford – project 52 #40 The Christmas lights were officially switched on here in Swinford this evening. Santa took some time out from his busy schedule to perform the switching on of the Christmas lights. Photo : f/5,...
Project 52 #39 Swinford secondary school are putting on the musical “Back to the 80’s”. It will be on show in the secondary school from Thursday the 4th December until Saturday the 6th. A few weeks ago I attended the Irish Blog Awards which was held...
The Minister for sport Michael Ring officially opened the new MUGA Playground in Swinford recently – Project 52 #38 The Minister for sport Michael Ring was in Swinford recently where he officially opened the new MUGA Playground facility. The new MUGA playground...
Duffy’s Old Photography Exhibition Swinford. Project 52 #37 Photo : f/6.3, 1/60 sec, ISO-100 @ 32mm. Duffy’s old photography exhibition was in Swinford during the week of the Síamsa Sráide festival this year. I have seen this exhibition a few times over...
Timelapse – Project 52 #36 Tried my hand at some “Timelapse” photography recently, taking a series of photos from the same position over a period of time. This flower is a poppy I think, I got numerous plants form a tidy towns colleague a few months...
Autumn sunset – project 52 #35 It looks like the summer is back again, we have had some brilliant days here in the west, with more to come for the next few days! Unfortunetly the months are pushing on and the evenings are getting shorter. Photo: f/7.1, 1/30sec,...
Dockers Monument Limerick – Project 52 #34 We were in the Gaelic Grounds in Limerick last Saturday for the All Ireland semi final replay between Mayo and Kerry, which we lost, (photos of the match are in the Mayo Football Photos page). Walking back into Limerick...
Eagles Flying – Project 52 #33 On a recent photo outing with Swinford Camera Club one of the places we visited was Eagles Flying. Eagles Flying is located between Tubbercurry and Ballymote in County Sligo. Situated on 27 hectares, the centre was established as a...
Pride Of Place – Project 52 #32 Swinford community were entered by Mayo County Council into this years Pride of Place competition. The judging for Swinford for the competition took place on the Heritage Day at Síamsa Sráide. Having been on the Pride of Place...
Busy Week – Project 52 #31 This past week has been one mad busy week! On the August bank holiday we have our annual Síamsa Sráide here in Swinford, this year is the 30th anniversary of the festival. A new addition this year to the festival is the Bláith Ná Féile, a...
Humbert Challenge – Project 52 #30 Yesterday Swinford Tri-Sports held their 5th annual Humbert Challenge Triathlon. In previous years the event was a Half Ironman Triathlon consisting of a 1.9 KM swim in Callow lake, a 90 KM bike and a 22 KM run. This years...
Painting with light – Project 52 #29 At one of our recent Swinford camera club meetings we had a hands on workshop, painting with light. One type of photography that is quite difficult to master at first is long exposures at night. The secret to long nighttime...
Dunguaire Castle – project 52 #28 Photo: f/9, 1/500sec, ISO-400, @14 mm. On a recent trip to Galway I managed to fit in a visit to Dunguaire Castle, which is located just outside the village of Kinvara. Dunguire Castle which is a “tower house” was...
General Humbert invades Swinford, project 52 #27. On Saturday 28th of June 2014 General Humbert invaded Swinford and unveiled a plaque to commemorate the last time he was in Swinford in 1798. General Humbert’s army landed in Kilcommon Co. Mayo on the 22nd of...
Project 52 #26 On Wednesday last 25th June 2014 the New York U14 girls visited Swinford and were hosted by Swinford and Killasser Ladies gaelic football U14’s who played them in a challenge match in the amenity park in Swinford. The New York U14 girls traveled...
I don’t usually bring the camera with me while out on my daily walk, while the D7000 without the flash gun is not too heavy, it does get extremely heavy after 5 miles! This morning however I did bring it with me. When out on my daily walks I do keep an eye out...
I think everyone remembers where they were and what they were doing when 9/11 happened back in 2001. Its hard to believe it has been 13 years since the attacks happened. There has been an awful lot of work done since I was there last in 2009. There are now 2 pools,...
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