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Ireland's Landscape Photography by Alan Egan

I'm a photographer from Ireland, based in Kerry interested in Landscape and Portrait photography.

23/07/2015

The Virgin Rock at Ballybunion beach as seen from behind.

The main stack in the water is named "The Virgin Rock". The coast line around Ballybunion is covered with caves, and sea stacks, and although not as elevated as the Cliffs of Moher, for me it's just as impressive.

These cliffs all the way up to Beale strand are known as "The Cliffs of Dooneen" which the song made famous by Christy Moore was written about.

21/09/2014

I took this shot of Dún Chaoin Pier on a recent day trip to Slea Head on the Di**le Peninsula.

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Dunquin village is at the western tip of the Di**le peninsula, steeped in history and intense beauty and has the ferry that take you to the Blasket Islands. The area around Dunquin is known for it's strong Irish culture and beautiful , raw, untamed landscape.

The Blasket Islands comprise of The Great Blasket Island (An Blascaod Mór), Beginish (Beiginis), Inishnabro (Inis na Bró), Inishvickillane (Inis Mhic Uileáin), Inishtooskert (Inis Tuaisceart), and Tearaght Island (An Tiaracht). Inishtooskert is also known locally as An Fear Marbh (the dead man) or as the sleeping giant, due to its appearance from the mainland as can be seen in the right of this photo.

The Great Blasket Island had a community who left behind an impressive legacy of critically and historically acclaimed literature. No one knows exactly how long the island was inhabited, it is estimated to be in the early 1600's but records since the 1840’s show the average population was 160 islanders occupying 29 houses. The history and literary heritage of the Islands has intrigued visitors since it was abandoned in the 1950's.

07/09/2014

I took this shot of the Blasket Islands on a visit to Di**le and Slea Head last week.

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The Blasket Islands are a group of islands off the west coast of Ireland, forming part of County Kerry. They were inhabited until 1953 by a completely Irish language speaking population, and today are part of the Gaeltacht. The inhabitants were evacuated to the mainland on 17 November 1953. Many of the descendants currently live in Springfield, Massachusetts, and some former residents still live on the Di**le Peninsula within sight of their former home.

03/09/2014

A night shot of Listowel's five arch bridge.

So I went back to the bridge again about two years after getting the other side which can be seen in my albums. The bridge traverses the River Feale at the entrance to Listowel Town, which dates back to 1829. According to local tradition, the bridge replaced a smaller wooden structure, which had been destroyed in floods.

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31/08/2014

I took this photo at the Conor Pass on my way back from Di**le on Friday last. I spent the day going around Slea head taking photos. I'll add some more at a later stage.

The Conor Pass is the highest mountain pass in Ireland, and provides the most dramatic and scenic way of entering or leaving Di**le. This narrow, twisting road runs between the town of Di**le and Kilmore Cross on the north side of the peninsula, where roads fork to Cloghane/Brandon or Castlegregory. The views from the road are breathtaking, as the glaciated landscape of mountains and corrie lakes comes into view. Due to the nature of the road, there are length and weight restrictions, and vehicles such as caravans, camper vans and trucks cannot use the pass. On a clear day there are views as far as the Aran Islands off County Galway.

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15/08/2014

This picture was taken at the bridge entrance to Listowel racecourse at the back of the castle in Listowel Square. The International Space Station (ISS) can also be seen passing over the bridge in this shot.

Everytime I see this bridge it reminds me of the phrase "Throw me down something". When I was younger, members of the travelling community would stand in the water below the bridge shouting this up at passer-bys on their way to the days races. They would throw some change down to be caught by them below. The Listowel race meeting has been taking place since 1858 and draws in crowds of supporters every year, particularly during its September festival.

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10/05/2014

I went back to the Ferry Bridge at night this time to catch this shot of the Full moon with the planet Mars just about visible through the clouds.

The Ferry Bridge is situated on the road from Ballyduff to Ballybunnion, and gets its name from the means of transport it replaced, the Cashen ferry. In the summer of 1834, there was a clash between the rival factions of the Cooleens and Lawlors, when sixteen of the former were killed or drowned while endeavoring to cross the Cashen ferry in their retreat.

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20/04/2014

A night time shot of Tarbert Power station on Tarbert Island, Co.Kerry, Ireland.

The electricity plant was built with four oil-fired turbines and a capacity of 640MW and opened in 1969.
The plant was due to be de-commissioned in 2010, with the loss of 130 jobs. However the plant was purchased by Spanish power company Endesa (Spain) in January 2009 securing the jobs for up to 75% of the staff and the remaining 25% will be redeployed within the ESB.

The new owners planned to convert the plant to gas turbines which should secure the future of the plant for decades to come. I'm not sure if this has been completed yet.

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12/03/2014

I took this photo last night at Glin Pier.

This was taken standing on the concrete pier looking onto the inaccessible old pier which doesn't look like you'd want to be accessing it in the first place :-P

I have no history about the pier so if anyone can update me please do!

Tarbert power station and Moneypoint power station over in Clare can be seen in the back ground.

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23/02/2014

This is a panoramic I took overlooking Killorglin, Glenbeigh, and looking out towards the Di**le Peninsula and down onto South Kerry.

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14/02/2014

I took this shot back in summer of 2012 on the cliffs at Ballybunion, Co. Kerry, Ireland. Maybe Mother Nature was trying to tell me something! ;-)

27/01/2014

This picture was taken overlooking the Devil’s Castle (sea stack) at Bromore Cliffs just a mile north of Ballybunion.

The "Cliffs of Dooneen" is an Irish ballad made famous by Christy Moore. The song was written by Jack McAuliffe from Lixnaw, Kerry about the cliffs around Dooneen Point between Ballybunion and Beale which is where Bromore Cliffs are situated.

You may travel far far from your own native home
Far away o’er the mountains far away o’er the foam
But of all the fine places that I've ever seen,
There's none to compare with The Cliffs of Dooneen

Between 1700-1750 a volcano was reported near the site where the Devil’s Castle stands. It seems to have created some excitement at the time. Apparently a section of the cliffs which had been undercut by the sea fell, resulting in a section of newly exposed cliff catching fire and remaining hot for a number of weeks.
The learned people of the time came to the conclusion that the minerals in the rock came in contact with salt water resulting in a chemical reaction.

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