Ireland Photography Potpourri
This is it. Â Our last post from Ireland. Â You may know by now that we left over a week ago, but two months in a country so vast and beautiful as Ireland definitely deserves a lot of attention.
We took close to 5,000 photos – needless to say we couldn’t have shown you everything. Here are the left-overs of our favorite Ireland photography that we haven’t shared with you yet.
We came across this VW Westfalia near the Cliffs of Heck
At Dunguaire Castle, we saw a crew filming an Irish dancing scene. Â Pretty gorgeous backdrop for this.
We sat bundled in warm clothes and watched this elderly couple head out for a cold swim in the Atlantic along the Ring of Kerry.
A view of the Skellig Islands from the Cliffs of Kerry.
Galway’s piers
An open table at a pub in Galway
We missed the races by one week, the flags were still up.
Cork City
Dalene on the DART near Dublin, venturing out to Howth.
A calm night at the cemetery near our house sit.
Olly, it was sure sad to leave Ireland and say goodbye to him. Â Look at those eyes!
Such gorgeous photos. Thank you for showing me the side of Ireland I missed when I was there…
Thanks Abi!
LOVE the one with Dade looking out the bus window!
I hate photos of me…but this one is okay as I’m a little blurred. 🙂
the islands looked like rocks to me! i recall a scottish fisherman telling me that the difference between a rock and an island is that an island can grow enough grass to support two sheep or one cow!
Haha – that’s awesome! One of those islands actually housed a monastery, which can still be toured today!
your web site has been so helpful for us ,planning to see alot
of what you both have seen,we watched you on Global the other
evening and we to had a career break back in 1986-1987
we had a year off work and travelled from Toronto to the
caribean in our 34,foot sail boat.
Great trip.
So glad we could be of help! And if you ever need any advice, just fire us a note.
That sounds like an epic career break! Would love to do something like that…perhaps learning to sail might be a good place to start… 🙂
What a great collection of photos! Love the orange and green in the first shot with the VW.
Thanks Phil! That one is Pete’s favorite. 🙂
I love your detailed shots, and the colors. And I’m cold just looking at that couple getting into the ocean!
We felt pretty wimpy next to that couple as they went for their dip and we complained about the cold wind!
I think you are officially my favourite travel blog. I don’t read a lot of them, but I always look forward to all your posts and your beautiful photography. Doesn’t hurt that you are Canadian (as am I, an expat in the US)!
So sweet of you to say Carolyn – thank you! 🙂
This might be your last post on Ireland but what a fabulous round up you have given!!!
Just loved them all, cant pick a favorite!
Your blog is beautiful, I enjoyed it…
Namaste from India:)
Such kind words, thank you. It was difficult for us to have a fave as well 🙂 Namaste from Belgium 🙂
I’m really digging the vintage feel of a few of these!
Thanks Christy, it’s what I was aiming for. I’m learning the ropes of photoshop, but have so far to go still….
ooo I love the pub photo, makes me want to go there NOW!
Thanks Erin! Galway was a great city for pub culture 🙂
Amazing photos guys! Can’t wait to read about your next destination =) Was so great to spend time with you in Ireland!
It was and I hope we have the chance to catch up somewhere in Europe 🙂 Enjoy Oktoberfest!
Awesome photos – they show how diverse Ireland really is!
Cheers Laura. It really was quite a diverse country, not entirely what I expected. But one thing for sure, it’s full of green.
This makes me want to go to Ireland so much! Lovely shots!
Thanks Angie! It was a beautiful country. I’ve been reading your posts on Greece lately and your pictures there look lovely as well. Hopefully we’ll be there sometime later this year 🙂
Yay for the Firkin Crane in Cork! And Olly… aww, so precious.
Hope you’ll come back soon. 🙂
I don’t think there is any doubt that we will be back. We had a little HDR fun with that Cork photo. It’s blown out quite a bit, but I liked how the colors turned out, especially the Firkin Crane. Got this shot atop Shanden Bells Tower
I can’t believe you guys were there for two months already! wow! wicked photos! Where is the next home stay trip?
I know, the 2 months absolutely blew by. We had a brief 2 days in Scotland, and are now settled for our 2 week sit in Brussels. Lovn’ this city life for a change.
Beautiful photos here. Really like the view of Skellig.
Beautiful photos. The last ones are always the hardest to watch, but always the prettiest.
Thanks so much! It was tough to leave, for sure.
With over 5000 photos to eventually share it’ll be a treat once you get more of them up – the ones here are diverse and creatively edited.
Thanks Samuel – I think that might be “it” for now, time to move on to our new destinations! 🙂
Awesome! I love the one of the couple getting filmed.
That was one of those great chance moments where we just happened to be in the right place at the right time! That is one of my favorites too.
Makes me want to visit Ireland! What an amazing place! Love your pics.
Thanks Mike! It is quite a scenic place, we had lots of fun with the camera!
Beautiful shots, and a great farewell to Ireland. Hope the rest of the journey treats you as well as Ireland has…
Thanks Theodora! So far, so good… 🙂
Lovely shots of Ireland. The ones with you bundled up and the elderly couple getting ready take a swim touches me as it’s gotten really cool here in the NE. The one with you on the DART captures your move forward and look back.
Thanks for your insightful comment! I still can’t believe that couple was going for a swim, we felt so wimpy in comparison!
AGHHH these are amazing! I’m so jealous! SO JEALOUS. Wow. The girl sitting in front of the water is my favourite.
You have really captured the essence of Ireland here in these photos, and show what it’s like to get out and explore new cities the nomads do, but with the insight of the time allowed by housesitting! Keep up the great posts!
Thanks gals! We were very fortunate with such a great stay in Ireland, 2 months with a car let us see most of the country!
Great photos! I love the one of the dancers!
Hi, stumbled across your blog whilst doing research for a forthcoming trip to Honduras. Enjoyed reading your posts about my country (Ireland), very engaging, rings true, and you’ve pointed out a few places in Ireland I haven’t been to yet that are now on “the list”! Best of luck with your continuing travels.
Fabulous photos guys – looks like you really enjoyed our beautiful country. I love it here- been here almost 5 years now from New York. Consider myself very lucky to live in such an idyllic place.
You know what, I don’t think I appreciated how special Ireland was until we left there to tour more of Europe. Ireland really is amazing.