Kerry Landscapes

Carrigafoyle Castle, Ballylongford

admin — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 01:18:22 +0000

This castle was once the seat of the O’Connors of Kerry. Situated just outside Ballylongford in north Kerry, it is in a beautiful but rarely visited part of Kerry.

John Cleary

Winter Skies

admin — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 01:14:01 +0000

Impressive flights of Brent geese can often be seen around the mudflats of Tralee bay in the months of winter. You will never see this sight in Killarney.

John Cleary

Caragh Lake

admin — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 01:14:18 +0000

Taken from the bridge on a remarkably haze-free day of sunshine a few years ago, it was also one of those days which was really still. A most beautiful day.

John Cleary

The Winding Road to the Gap

admin — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 01:07:03 +0000

Another picture of the Gap with the iconic winding road. Before people visit Ireland it is something like this they envisage. It is wonderful to see so many “beauty spots” in such a small area. Killarney is certainly scenery rich.

John Cleary

Gap of Dunloe Panorama

admin — Sun, 03 Jan 2010 22:01:55 +0000

I used a Fuji Panorama camera with a tripod to capture this image. The lake made for a good focal-point. It is actually not easy to find a location to make effective use of such a wide angle of view. The Gap looked surreal here.

John Cleary

Minard Castle, West Kerry

admin — Sun, 03 Jan 2010 21:50:10 +0000

Among the castles in Kerry which sustained the fire of cannon during the time of Cromwell, this castle is a small bit off the Tralee-Dingle road. The dramatic skies and the grazing sheep behind & before this castle with a story provide a curious counterpoint.

John Cleary

The Cathedral & The Mountain

admin — Sun, 03 Jan 2010 19:53:30 +0000

This picture was taken as one comes into Killarney from Tralee. I remember the moment well because the the mountains had an unusual clarity behind the cathedral. I actually had never noticed the mountains behind the church until that day.

John Cleary

Kerry 2009

admin — Sun, 03 Jan 2010 19:46:30 +0000

This flag was taken the evening the Kerry Team arrived into Killarney after the All-Ireland Final win against Cork. There was a nice little rainbow too that night with a good view from Kilcummin. Juxtaposed the image made perfect sense.

John Cleary

My Four Green Fields

admin — Sun, 03 Jan 2010 03:10:23 +0000

These fields are just outside Annascaul on the way to Dingle. There are many green fields on the way to Dingle but these were the only ones that looked like a quartet.

John Cleary

on the way to dingle

Listowel Castle

admin — Sun, 03 Jan 2010 03:02:10 +0000

Located in the centre of town, it is not easy to take an unobstructed photograph here but where there’s an angle there is another unusual image.

John Cleary