A visit to an old church always demands reverences but here in Youghal, St. Mary’s Collegiate Church held a deep magic that almost brought us to tears. At over 800 years old, the care with which it has been maintained tells everything about its importance as a place of worship, ceremony and social cohesion for […]
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Welcome November. Photo: Robert Rath, ‘Oíche Shamhna’, 1/1600s f/3.5 ISO100 125mm
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Sometime coincidences are just a little too spooky. I was a little bit lost on the the back roads of County Cork when a tiny cemetery and chapel caught my attention. Later I learned it was Kilshannig Cemetery. Despite the rain I pulled off the road as best I could, found a small gate in […]
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Do you find mannequins a little disturbing but can’t help stare at them waiting for a blink, or twitch or some give-away that there’s something more than just paint and plastic? Then I know you’d enjoy Nina Ventura’s mannequin transformations. This image is from her exhibition at last year’s SALA festival at the Adelaide Convention […]
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Tibbot Bourke, the first Viscount of Mayo was a ruthlessly proud man so Irish legends tell. One evening at dinner, Tibbot’s wife Maeve mused how her brother Shane O’Connor was a stronger man than her husband. In his resulting rage Tibbot sought the man accused of being his better and they fought to the death. […]
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