On a bike called the Shamrocket, in a land of the green, and by the cliffs of insanity, Erica Reed spent an unforgettable summer in Ireland. Prepare to get really jealous… Imagine the sound of waves breaking on sheer cliff walls. Picture the base of the cliffs, dark and sharp against the foaming water. See [...]
Ireland is nothing if not photogenic. Every view seems like a postcard waiting to happen. This is one holiday where your camera will be your key companion. So where are the best places to bring it to ensure you come home with an album that’s postcard perfect? Erica Reed finds out. Beautiful in an almost [...]
Okay, so you’ve just returned from your dream holiday in Ireland. The flight was long, you’ve wrestled the luggage in (including the bag purchased on the last day to hold all the sweaters), tossed your carry-on on the kitchen chair, and flopped down in the living room, contemplating unpacking. “What a trip!” you think, followed [...]
He may not be the talk of the dinner table, but we owe a huge debt of gratitude to the Frenchman Joseph Nicéphore Niépce. He’s the brainy chap who devoted his life’s work to invention and ultimately (well, with a little help from some Italian brainboxes a few years previous) took the world’s first ever [...]
One of Ireland’s leading landscape photographers Chris Hill reveals how he captured the breathtaking image that was to become the cover for his latest book. And don’t you know, it just had to be in the wonderful West of Ireland… In June 2006, myself and my very good friend Colin McCadden set out in a [...]
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