Swinford Culture Night 18th September 2015 Swinford Culture night was held last Friday night in the Cultural Center Swinford as part of the national culture night celebrations. This is the 10th year of Culture night and I think the first one held in Swinford. Culture...
Well I finally got to see and photograph the Aurora Borealis over Swinford for the first time in real life last night! I’ve only ever see photos of the Aurora, mostly from Scandinavian countries and Northern America & Canada. Sometimes there has been...
The ISS was back over the Irish skies again last week. I managed to get some decent video footage of it again. The first video is from Tuesday night/Wednesday morning from 11.59. The second is from the next night, Wednesday night from 11.06. On Tuesday night the ISS...
ISS Flyover Swinford 8th April 2015 ISS flyover Swinford 8th April 2015 at 21.05 to 21.09. The ISS orbits the Earth in under 2 hours. It travels at a speed of between 17,300 and 17,500 miles per hour and is a distance of 200 miles from the Earths surface. The...
Here’s some video footage of Swinford Comhaltas at St Patrick’s Day 2015. Swinford Comhaltas played on stage before the St Patrick’s Day Parade commenced in Swinford. Swinford Comhaltas players in the video are, Avril Kneafsey, Sarah Toner, Breege...
What can I say? What a day, the 64th Swinford St Patrick’s day parade 2015 was one of the best parades ever held in Swinford! Well done do all involved and to everyone that took part. 35 floats entered, a record if I’m not mistaken. I would estimate,...
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,...
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...
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...
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...
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...
The official opening of Swinford’s new cultural centre was performed recently by An Taoiseach Enda Kenny. There was a large attendance at the ceremony and credit has to be given to former Councillor Joe Mellett who saw the project through to completion. Photo:...
Trying my hand at some “low key” photography recently. Photo taken from the Brabazon vault at Kilconduff Cemetery Swinford on a fine evening. Just visible on the horizon in the background you can see Croagh Patrick. Photo: f/13, 1/640 sec, ISO-100, @20mm,...
One million trees in one day is a project that was dreamt up a few years ago by a small group of people but is only coming to fruition now. Myself and a few more committee members from Swinford Tidy Towns attended a conference back in November 2012 where we first...
It’s that time of year again and St Patrick’s Day is upon us again! I will be busy later today being involved with Swinford Tidy towns float for the parade. I won’t be marching in the parade as I’ll be photographing all the participants and...
One of the many groups and clubs I’m involved with is Swinford Handball Club. The Mayo GAA Handball Awards night were held last night in the County Lodge Hotel in Aughagower, just outside Westport. I went along both to support our local club and to take a few...
Wishing all my family and friends a very Happy Christmas & Happy New Year, and also to all my followers on the website here and on Twitter. I hope to photograph all the Christmas displays around Swinford over the Christmas period and I’ll post them up here...
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