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  1. Wings Up on Cornmarket Street

    A crow lifted off the top of the barrier around the old Paintwell shop on Cornmarket Street, Cork, as I approached to get a closer shot. Its friends had already departed, but this one was cleaning its feathers and only looked up a moment before this photo was taken.

    inphotos.org/2026/09/13/wings-

  2. Wings Up on Cornmarket Street

    A crow lifted off the top of the barrier around the old Paintwell shop on Cornmarket Street, Cork, as I approached to get a closer shot. Its friends had already departed, but this one was cleaning its feathers and only looked up a moment before this photo was taken.

    inphotos.org/2026/09/13/wings-

  3. Wings Up on Cornmarket Street

    A crow lifted off the top of the barrier around the old Paintwell shop on Cornmarket Street, Cork, as I approached to get a closer shot. Its friends had already departed, but this one was cleaning its feathers and only looked up a moment before this photo was taken.

    inphotos.org/2026/09/13/wings-

  4. Wings Up on Cornmarket Street

    A crow lifted off the top of the barrier around the old Paintwell shop on Cornmarket Street, Cork, as I approached to get a closer shot. Its friends had already departed, but this one was cleaning its feathers and only looked up a moment before this photo was taken.

    inphotos.org/2026/09/13/wings-

  5. Wings Up on Cornmarket Street

    A crow lifted off the top of the barrier around the old Paintwell shop on Cornmarket Street, Cork, as I approached to get a closer shot. Its friends had already departed, but this one was cleaning its feathers and only looked up a moment before this photo was taken.

    inphotos.org/2026/09/13/wings-

  6. A Break in the Doorway

    I spotted someone sitting in the doorway of a food truck in Rory Gallagher Place, Cork, and liked the contrasting colours of what I saw.

    inphotos.org/2026/09/12/a-brea

  7. A Break in the Doorway

    I spotted someone sitting in the doorway of a food truck in Rory Gallagher Place, Cork, and liked the contrasting colours of what I saw.

    inphotos.org/2026/09/12/a-brea

  8. A Break in the Doorway

    I spotted someone sitting in the doorway of a food truck in Rory Gallagher Place, Cork, and liked the contrasting colours of what I saw.

    inphotos.org/2026/09/12/a-brea

  9. A Break in the Doorway

    I spotted someone sitting in the doorway of a food truck in Rory Gallagher Place, Cork, and liked the contrasting colours of what I saw.

    inphotos.org/2026/09/12/a-brea

  10. A Break in the Doorway

    I spotted someone sitting in the doorway of a food truck in Rory Gallagher Place, Cork, and liked the contrasting colours of what I saw.

    inphotos.org/2026/09/12/a-brea

  11. Sitting in the Sun at Bantry Market

    The van was parked side on to the sun on a warm February day in Bantry last year. Sun shone for a brief moment and I caught a moment where he looked up from his phone.

    inphotos.org/2026/08/31/sittin

  12. Fixing the fishing line

    Sometimes the fishing line gets tangled and you need to stop what you're doing and fix it.

    inphotos.org/2026/08/18/fixing

  13. Enamel Signs and Jugs

    He didn't seem too bothered about making any sales. Enjoying the day instead.

    inphotos.org/2026/08/16/enamel

  14. Well Fed in Kraków

    Two pigeons on the cobbles with a torn piece of bread roll just behind them, both walking away from it. In most cities bread on the ground is gone in seconds. Well-fed pigeons!...

    inphotos.org/2026/08/15/well-f

    #2024 #Birds #bread #CityLife #cobblestones #Kraków #Krakow #Photo #Photography #pigeons #Poland #SamyangAF24mmF28FE #SonyA7RV #StreetPhotography #TravelPhotography #UrbanWildlife

  15. Well Fed in Kraków

    Two pigeons on the cobbles with a torn piece of bread roll just behind them, both walking away from it. In most cities bread on the ground is gone in seconds. Well-fed pigeons!

    inphotos.org/2026/08/15/well-f

  16. Wheeling Through the Square

    The nun was the only person in Market Square moving with any purpose. Everyone else had the tourist walk, slow and drifting or heads tilted up at the scaffolding on St Mary's. She came over the cobbles in sandals with the bike beside her, key swinging from her belt, and went straight past us on her way.

    inphotos.org/2026/08/13/wheeli

  17. The last of the light in the wheelhouse

    The sun went down beyond the far side of Ballycotton Harbour and everything on the pier turned to an outline. The wheelhouse windows kept some of the light, so the boat is a black shape with orange panes punched through it. You lose the paint and the rust and the name on the bow at this stage of the evening, and what is left is the ironmongery: the aerial, the radar, the railing, an anchor, perhaps.

    inphotos.org/2026/08/05/the-la

  18. Unseen Movement

    The bollard is the only thing in the frame that stayed put in this long exposure of a floating pier in Ballycotton Harbour. Everything else is moving, relative to it.

    inphotos.org/2026/08/02/unseen

  19. Rods Out at Ballycotton

    Seven anglers had the end of Ballycotton pier to themselves, rods out over the water, while the sun went down behind the far shore. I was there for the sunset and happy to photograph the fishermen looking for fish.

    inphotos.org/2026/08/01/rods-o

  20. Drifting past the pier

    Two jellyfish drifted past the end of the pier at Ballycotton, less than a metre under the surface but in the warm light of a setting sun the water grew dark quickly with depth.

    inphotos.org/2026/07/31/drifti

  21. Last Light at Ballycotton

    The three of them had the pier to themselves, rods out over water that had gone completely flat. I was there with Blarney Photography Club, and sunset is always an attraction there. It had already happened somewhere behind the headland, leaving a band of yellow along the horizon and nothing else lit. Not one of them turned to look at it. They watched the water instead, which is important if you have come to catch something.

    inphotos.org/2026/07/30/last-l

  22. Lucky Leprechauns

    The performing leprechauns are back, sitting next to the new raised flower beds that were installed by Cork City Council recently. They love the attention but they are loud.

    inphotos.org/2026/07/18/lucky-

  23. Casting Off the Pier

    Two anglers cast off the end of Ballycotton pier as the sun set. The harbour crane stood black against the sky, and one man's rod bent back mid-cast, blurred by the long exposure. The cloud broke into pink and orange over the headland to the west, with the houses along the shore already lit. It was a warm, still August evening.

    inphotos.org/2026/07/11/castin

  24. The Boats of Ballycotton

    Ballycotton harbour late on a summer evening is one of those places that is rewarding to visit. The working boats had all come in, Atlantic Chief, Excelsior and Prolific were rafted tight against the wall, hulls bobbing in calm waters. The setting sun cast long, side-on shadows and clouds streaked across the sky.

    inphotos.org/2026/07/03/the-bo

  25. Roses for Sale, Bantry Market

    The roses lean out of their black plastic pots like they’re craning for a better view of the customer, and she’s giving them a proper once-over, but what I noticed was the tote bag so floral it could be for sale at the flower stall....

    inphotos.org/2026/06/27/roses-

    #2024 #Bantry #Candid #Cork #CountyCork #FlowerStall #FridayMarket #Ireland #Photo #Photography #roses #SonyA7RV #StreetPhotography #WestCork

  26. Roses for Sale, Bantry Market

    The roses lean out of their black plastic pots like they're craning for a better view of the customer, and she's giving them a proper once-over, but what I noticed was the tote bag so floral it could be for sale at the flower stall.

    inphotos.org/2026/06/27/roses-

  27. The Reflection and the Real

    The poster girl gets the beach, the dunes, the perfect light and a 30% discount; the actual shopper gets a footpath, a purple handbag and a too-warm day in the town.

    inphotos.org/2026/06/26/the-re

  28. The Diego Effect at Bantry Market

    You can tell a dog has just walked past by the geometry of the smiles. Two heads turning at the same angle, the kid in the patterned fleece still oblivious, a smoothie stall behind them advertising Mango Mix and Berry Bliss like it's any other Friday. Diego is a small chihuahua and entirely unaware that he's a one-dog charm offensive. He just trots along beside me at Bantry market and the world rearranges itself around him. I didn't pose this. I didn't even ask. I was a step behind with the […]

    inphotos.org/2026/05/01/the-di

  29. Rain Won’t Stop the Mascletà

    Fist in the air, beer in the other hand, in defiance of the rain that had been hammering down earlier. This is Las Fallas distilled into two men and a moment. I caught them mid-chant on one of the streets near the Plaza del Ayuntamiento. The man on the left had gone full traditional, with woven manta draped over his shoulders, loaded with pompoms and bandana tied tight while his friend had hedged his bets with a clear plastic poncho over the waistcoat. His Amstel was probably warm but he […]

    inphotos.org/2026/04/06/rain-w

  30. The Bookshop Pigeon

    A pigeon had taken up residence in the Dubray Books window on St. Patrick Street, wedged comfortably between Michael Palin and a Lonely Planet guide which is frankly better taste in travel literature than most of us manage. It sat there among the carefully arranged display like it had been hired for the job, unbothered by the Black Friday signage overhead or the passers-by stopping to gawp. One woman paused mid-stride, peered through the glass, and you could see the exact moment the penny […]

    inphotos.org/2026/04/05/the-bo

  31. Northern Lights Over North Cork

    You don’t expect to stand in a field north of Blarney and watch the northern lights, but here we are. Last night the aurora put on a show visible well into southern Ireland. Bands of pink and magenta hung across the sky, bleeding into that unmistakable green glow along the horizon. To the naked eye nothing could be seen, but the camera pulled out colours that made the whole scene look otherworldly.

    A passing car lit up the bare trees on the ridge at just the right moment, backlighting them with a warm glow that played off the green aurora behind. It was one of those happy accidents you couldn’t plan if you tried. Even the electricity poles added something, a reminder that this was a country road in Cork, not the Arctic Circle. These events have become more frequent as we near solar maximum, so keep an eye on the Kp index and have a dark-sky spot in mind, because the next one might be even better.


    Apertureƒ/2.8CameraILCE-7RM5Focal length24mmISO6400Shutter speed3.2s

    #2026 #astrophotography #aurora #auroraBorealis #Blarney #Cork #geomagneticStorm #Ireland #nightSky #northernLights #Photo #Photography #ruralIreland #SamyangAF24mmF28FE #SonyA7RV #stars
  32. Golden Hour on Lough Aderry

    I think this is my first or perhaps second time stopping at Lough Aderry, just outside Castlemartyr in Co. Cork. I’ve passed by there many times but in the evening when the light is good it’s always with the aim of getting home after a possibly long day away.

    This evening I did stop as there was a nice sunset. The sun had dipped below a cloudbank just as we arrived but there was still a glow in the air. I was delighted to see swans swimming and feeding in the cool evening air!


    Apertureƒ/8CameraILCE-7RM5Focal length126mmISO200Shutter speed1/50s

    #2026 #Birds #Cork #goldenHour #Ireland #lake #LoughAderry #muteSwans #Photo #Reflections #SonyA7RV #sunset #swans #wildlife
  33. Silhouette at the Harbour Mouth

    There’s a narrow window just after sunset when the sky goes absolutely wild, when the sun has dropped below the horizon but the light is still bouncing around in the atmosphere, and you get these incredible bands of colour stacking up from warm orange through pink into deep purple and navy.

    The navigation beacon at the end of the pier in Ballycotton hadn’t come on yet so it provided a subject for a silhouette against this gorgeous sky on a lovely August evening last year.


    Apertureƒ/8CameraILCE-7RM5Focal length150mmISO100Shutter speed1/13s

    #2025 #Ballycotton #beacon #BlarneyPhotographyClub #coast #Cork #goldenHour #harbour #Ireland #landscapePhotography #Photo #Photography #silhouette #SonyA7RV #sunset
  34. When the Dragon Roared Through Cork’s Streets

    Right, so let’s talk about the absolute star of Cork’s Dragon of Shandon parade—the massive skeletal dragon that dominated the streets and created that perfect mix of ancient mythology and contemporary street theatre that defines this extraordinary event.

    The parade really is a spectacular event, and the dragon brings up the rear with ominous music and a rider on top. It’s really quite a sight to see!

    Apertureƒ/5.6CameraILCE-7RM5Focal length24mmISO1000Shutter speed1/10s

    #2025 #CastleStreet #communityParade #Cork #CorkCelebration #CorkCulture #CorkEvents #CorkFestivals #CorkHalloween #CorkNightlife #CornmarketStreet #DragonOfShandon #dragonPuppet #giantPuppets #HalloweenParade #Ireland #MannixCork #NorthMainStreetCork #paradeSpectators #Photo #Photography #puppetConstruction #skeletalDragon #SonyA7RV #streetPerformance #StreetPhotography #streetTheatre #theatricalPuppetry

  35. When the Dragon Roared Through Cork’s Streets

    Right, so let’s talk about the absolute star of Cork’s Dragon of Shandon parade—the massive skeletal dragon that dominated the streets and created that perfect mix of ancient mythology and contemporary street theatre that defines this extraordinary event.

    The parade really is a spectacular event, and the dragon brings up the rear with ominous music and a rider on top. It’s really quite a sight to see!

    Apertureƒ/5.6CameraILCE-7RM5Focal length24mmISO1000Shutter speed1/10s

    #2025 #CastleStreet #communityParade #Cork #CorkCelebration #CorkCulture #CorkEvents #CorkFestivals #CorkHalloween #CorkNightlife #CornmarketStreet #DragonOfShandon #dragonPuppet #giantPuppets #HalloweenParade #Ireland #MannixCork #NorthMainStreetCork #paradeSpectators #Photo #Photography #puppetConstruction #skeletalDragon #SonyA7RV #streetPerformance #StreetPhotography #streetTheatre #theatricalPuppetry

  36. When the Dragon Roared Through Cork’s Streets

    Right, so let’s talk about the absolute star of Cork’s Dragon of Shandon parade—the massive skeletal dragon that dominated the streets and created that perfect mix of ancient mythology and contemporary street theatre that defines this extraordinary event.

    The parade really is a spectacular event, and the dragon brings up the rear with ominous music and a rider on top. It’s really quite a sight to see!

    Apertureƒ/5.6CameraILCE-7RM5Focal length24mmISO1000Shutter speed1/10s

    #2025 #CastleStreet #communityParade #Cork #CorkCelebration #CorkCulture #CorkEvents #CorkFestivals #CorkHalloween #CorkNightlife #CornmarketStreet #DragonOfShandon #dragonPuppet #giantPuppets #HalloweenParade #Ireland #MannixCork #NorthMainStreetCork #paradeSpectators #Photo #Photography #puppetConstruction #skeletalDragon #SonyA7RV #streetPerformance #StreetPhotography #streetTheatre #theatricalPuppetry

  37. When the Dragon Roared Through Cork’s Streets

    Right, so let’s talk about the absolute star of Cork’s Dragon of Shandon parade—the massive skeletal dragon that dominated the streets and created that perfect mix of ancient mythology and contemporary street theatre that defines this extraordinary event.

    The parade really is a spectacular event, and the dragon brings up the rear with ominous music and a rider on top. It’s really quite a sight to see!

    Apertureƒ/5.6CameraILCE-7RM5Focal length24mmISO1000Shutter speed1/10s

    #2025 #CastleStreet #communityParade #Cork #CorkCelebration #CorkCulture #CorkEvents #CorkFestivals #CorkHalloween #CorkNightlife #CornmarketStreet #DragonOfShandon #dragonPuppet #giantPuppets #HalloweenParade #Ireland #MannixCork #NorthMainStreetCork #paradeSpectators #Photo #Photography #puppetConstruction #skeletalDragon #SonyA7RV #streetPerformance #StreetPhotography #streetTheatre #theatricalPuppetry

  38. The Marionette Masters of North Main Street

    Who’s pulling the strings?

    Apertureƒ/5.6CameraILCE-7RM5Focal length24mmISO5000Shutter speed1/50s

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    #2025 #communityParade #Cork #CorkCelebration #CorkCulture #CorkEvents #CorkFestivals #CorkHalloween #DragonOfShandon #giantPuppets #HalloweenParade #Ireland #marionettePuppets #NorthMainStreetCork #Photo #Photography #puppetry #SonyA7RV #streetPerformance #StreetPhotography #streetTheatre #theatricalMakeup #theatricalPerformance #VictorianCostumes

  39. The Jellyfish Brigade of the Dragon of Shandon

    It’s not often you’ll see giant jellyfish floating along North Main Street, although with the rains pummeling Cork in the last few days there may well have been floods along there.

    Apertureƒ/5.6CameraILCE-7RM5Focal length24mmISO10000Shutter speed1/50s

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    #2025 #communityParade #Cork #CorkCelebration #CorkCulture #CorkEvents #CorkFestivals #CorkHalloween #DragonOfShandon #HalloweenParade #inclusiveParade #Ireland #jellyfishPuppet #LEDCostumes #maritimeTheme #NorthMainStreetCork #oceanTheme #Photo #Photography #puppetPerformance #puppetTheatre #SonyA7RV #StreetPhotography #streetTheatre #theatricalCostumes #wheelchairAccessible

  40. The Jellyfish Brigade of the Dragon of Shandon

    It’s not often you’ll see giant jellyfish floating along North Main Street, although with the rains pummeling Cork in the last few days there may well have been floods along there.

    Apertureƒ/5.6CameraILCE-7RM5Focal length24mmISO10000Shutter speed1/50s

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    #2025 #communityParade #Cork #CorkCelebration #CorkCulture #CorkEvents #CorkFestivals #CorkHalloween #DragonOfShandon #HalloweenParade #inclusiveParade #Ireland #jellyfishPuppet #LEDCostumes #maritimeTheme #NorthMainStreetCork #oceanTheme #Photo #Photography #puppetPerformance #puppetTheatre #SonyA7RV #StreetPhotography #streetTheatre #theatricalCostumes #wheelchairAccessible

  41. The Jellyfish Brigade of the Dragon of Shandon

    It’s not often you’ll see giant jellyfish floating along North Main Street, although with the rains pummeling Cork in the last few days there may well have been floods along there.

    Apertureƒ/5.6CameraILCE-7RM5Focal length24mmISO10000Shutter speed1/50s

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    #2025 #communityParade #Cork #CorkCelebration #CorkCulture #CorkEvents #CorkFestivals #CorkHalloween #DragonOfShandon #HalloweenParade #inclusiveParade #Ireland #jellyfishPuppet #LEDCostumes #maritimeTheme #NorthMainStreetCork #oceanTheme #Photo #Photography #puppetPerformance #puppetTheatre #SonyA7RV #StreetPhotography #streetTheatre #theatricalCostumes #wheelchairAccessible