Sprogger McSprog

Posts tagged with "Clare"

Y.O.P. 017

Sunday, 14. December 2008, 03:06:11

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And thats a week of sunset shots posted. Some more random images next.

Book: The Stand / Stephen King
Music: Christmas stuff / lots
Sleep: 7 hrs
Pain: 8, Exhausted

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Y.O.P. 010

Sunday, 7. December 2008, 01:10:06

Year Of Pixels, lighthouse, Cliffs, The Armada Hotel ...

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Extra Shots for the weekend.

The Cliffs just north of Kilkee There is a golf course or at least part of one on top of this crag (If you go in the rough here, you are never coming back!).
Click through for the album and then on zoom for full effect.

The Lighthouse at Loop Head just behind where yesterdays Photo was taken.

And The Armada Hotel at Spanish Point where we stayed. Great food and comfortable rooms, what more do you need

Book: The Stand / Stephen King
Music: Discovery / Electric Light Orchestra
Sleep: 7 hrs
Pain: Foot like ice 8

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Y.O.P. 009

Saturday, 6. December 2008, 02:21:42

Ireland, Y.O.P., Year Of Pixels, Image ...

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Cliffs down near Loop Head in County Clare, Ireland

One from the Spanish Point trip.

Book: The Stand / Stephen King
Music: Loco / Fun Lovin' Criminals
Sleep: 4.5 hrs
Pain: Ouch 8

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Done That

Tuesday, 19. February 2008, 04:40:35

Photos, Ireland, Clare, stormy ...

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Shots from Ballyreen near Blackhead in Co.Clare, Ireland 7/2/08. A beautiful rugged piece of coastline that despite its wildness sets my mind at ease.

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Back In Black

Sunday, 26. August 2007, 21:50:14

The Burren, Cliffs, Sea, panorama ...

More shots from near Black Head.
*Panoramas stitched with autostitch
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The Burren Blossoms

Saturday, 25. August 2007, 01:32:41

The Burren, flowers, Clare, Ireland ...

Harebell (Campanula rotundifolia) Also known as: Bluebell in Scotland

Bloody Cranesbill (Geranium sanguineum)

Bird's-foot Trefoil (Lotus corniculatus)

Sea Aster (Aster tripolium)

Eyebright (Euphrasia)

Mountain Avens (Dryas octopetala )

A species of Thrift (Armeria) Just a small sample of the many species of plants (over 600) to be found in The Burren. Click on any of the images for a larger version.
My own favorite photos from the couple of hours out around black head and the burren are still to come, the cliffs.

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Down Among The Stones

Friday, 24. August 2007, 03:12:17

burren, Clare, Ireland, limestone pavements

This Barony affordeth not a piece of timber sufficient to hang a man, water in any one place to drown a man, or earth enough in any part to bury him.

~ The Journal of Thomas Dineley, 1681

Limestone pavement

Formed during the ice age when a glacier sliced away the soil, leaving these bare slabs of Limestone or clints exposed
Seperated by deep fissures in the rock called grikes
The Burren
This whole area is actualy in a large number of my photographs, it lies to the south of Galway in County Clare, and can be seen looking across Galwy Bay, and forms the backdrop of many shots of the sea that I have taken.
On first viewing the land it seems stark and barren, but this 100 square mile section of Ireland contains so much more than just rock. The plant life brings botanists from all over the world. Mediterranean plants grow next to Alpine and Arctic species. 75% of the species of plants in Ireland grow here in the Burren, I will upload photos of some of the ones I saw in the small area I covered (check back in a day or so).
I could go on about the biologists and the wild butterflies, mammals and birds. The Archiologists and the megalithic tombs, ring forts, Bronze Age cooking sites and holy wells. The geologists and the vast array of caves and underground streams. But I wont.
Let me just say its a place where you dont have to go far to feel compleatly alone in the world. Click for larger images