Interesting places in Dublin:

Dublin City centre / Lár Bhaile Átha Cliath		Poolbeg Combined Cycle Power Station
Dublin Docklands		Christ Church Cathedral
Temple Bar / Barra an Teampaill		International Financial Services Centre (IFSC)
East Wall district		Ha penny Bridge
Trinity College, Dublin		Grand Canal Dock
O Connell Bridge		Royal Dublin Society Showgrounds
Dublin Castle		Finglas (Fionnghlas)
Grand Canal Square		Science Gallery
Phoenix Park / Páirc an Fhionnuisce		Guinness Brewery
Sandymount		Sports Centre
Dubh linn		Grattan Bridge / Droichead Grattan
Temple Bar Music Centre		The Village venue
University College Dublin (UCD)

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The National Museum, National Library and National Gallery are located very close to one another, near Government buildings in Dublin 2. All three are worth a visit, not least because they are free of charge!

• National Museum of Ireland, Kildare Street, Dublin 2, ☎ +353 1 6777444 (marketing@museum.ie, fax: +353 1 6777450), [2]. Tu-Sa 10AM-5PM; Su 2PM-5PM, closed Mon, Christmas Day and Good Friday. Archaeology and History. Free entrance.

• The National Gallery of Ireland, Merrion Square West, Dublin 2 (DART Pearse Station will get you to within five minutes from the Gallery.), ☎ +353 1 6615133 (info@ngi.ie, fax: +353 1 6615372), [3]. M-Sa 9:30AM-5:30PM (till 8:30PM on Tu) and Su 12PM-5:30PM. Closed Good Friday and Dec 24-26.. Free entrance.

• Irish Museum of Modern Art, Military Road, Kilmainham, Dublin 8, ☎ +353 1 6129900 (info@imma.ie, fax: +353 1 612 9999), [4]. Tu-Sa 10AM-5:30PM (opens 10:30AM on Wed), 12PM-5:30PM on Su and Bank Holidays. Closed on Mon.

• The Old Library at Trinity College, College Green, Dublin 2, ☎ +353 1 896 2320 (adiffley@tcd.ie, fax: +353 1 896 2690), [5]. M-Sa 9:30AM to 5PM, Su 10:30AM (12PM Oct-Apr) to 5:30PM. The book of Kells is a highlight €8.00.

• Dublin Castle, Dublin 2, ☎ +353 1 677 7129 (info@dublincastle.ie, fax: +353 679 7831), [6]. Guided Tour Prices €4.50, alternative Tour of Chapel Royal & Undercroft €3.50.

• Chester Beatty Library, Dublin Castle, Dublin 2, ☎ +353 1 407 0750 (info@cbl.ie, fax: +353 1 407 0760), [7]. Sa 11AM-5PM, Su 1PM-5PM, M-F10AM-5PM Mon. (Closed on Mon from Oct to Apr). Contains a wide selection of early books and manuscripts, including sacred texts and manuscripts. European Museum of the Year 2002. Free entry.

• The Bram Stoker Museum, Clontarf Rd, Dublin 3 (Take the DART to Clontarf station, this will leave you beside the museum.), ☎ +353 1 805 7824 (info@thebramstokerdraculaexperience.com), [8]. F 4PM-10PM, Sa,Su 12PM-10PM. A frightening tour through the life of Bram Stoker, the author of Dracula. Very good indeed. Terrifying for all ages a pure Dublin experience. Well known as the site to see in Ireland. €7 for adults, €4 for children and €5 for students and OAP.

• Christ Church Cathedral, Christ Church Place, Dublin 2, ☎ +353 1 677 8099 (email@cccdub.ie), [9]. dating back to the 11th century, is the oldest building in Dublin, though it underwent a massive restoration in the 19th century. Particularly interesting is the crypt, which predates the cathedral. Connected to the cathedral is the exhibition "Dublinia", which contains a great deal of information about Dublin during the middle ages.

• Kilmainham Gaol. Open Apr-Sep every day 9:30AM-5PM, Oct-Mar M-Sa 9:30AM-4PM; Su 10AM-5PM. The prison where the 1916 rebels were executed. It is located slightly outside the city center and can be reached by local bus. Guided tours leave every 30 minutes and are very interesting. It is well worth a visit if you are in any way interested in history. Adults: €5.30, senior and groups: €3.70, children and students: €2.10, family €11.50.

• Phoenix Park, Phoenix Park, Dublin 8, ☎ +353 1 677 0095 (phoenixparkvisitorcentre@duchas.ie, fax: +353 1 672 6454). The largest enclosed urban park in Europe. Includes a polo field and Dublin Zoo. The residences of the President of Ireland and the US Ambassador are situated in the park, but are not open to the public. If you're lucky, you may catch a glimpse of the herd of wild fallow deer that inhabit the park!

• Dublin Zoo, Welington/Zoo road (info@dublinzoo.ie), [10]. M-Sa 9:30AM-4PM in winter and 6PM in summer. Adults: €14.00, student and OAP Student: €11.50, children €9.50, family from €40.00 for 4 to €49.00 for 6.

• National Botanic Gardens, Glasnevin, Dublin 9, ☎ +353 1 804 0300 (botanicgardens@opw.ie, fax: +353 1 836 0080), [11]. Every day Nov-Jan 9AM-4:30PM and Feb-Oct 9AM-6PM.

• Leopardstown racecourse, Leopardstown, Dublin 18 (From Dublin city center, follow the N11 south, turn right into the R113 (Leopardstown Road), the racecourse will be on your left), ☎ +353 1 289 0500 (info@leopardstown.com, fax: +353 1 289 2634), [12]. Located in the southern suburb of Leopardstown/Foxrock, there are regular meetings throughout the year. There is a "Pay as you Play" golf course within the racecourse grounds, as well as bars, restaurants and a nightclub (Club 92) €12-55, with reductions for students and OAPs.

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iPod Shuffle - School Mam
Made by Hotpix UK Tony Smith {Away-back soon}
School Mam - The Stranglers - Play this track here.. ¿Whats this iPod Shuffle set all about? Read about it here Gives herself to teacher although he doesn't know Works herself into a frenzied state and it shows.... *** By Request *** This is a track from 'No more heroes' the second Stranglers album. It was produced by Martin Rushent, and released in 1977. The classic cover featured a photo of a wreath placed on a coffin with the tails of several rats (the Stranglers' 'trademark'). It was one of the first albums I bought, after many plugs on the John Peel show. They are said to be the longest-surviving and most continuously successful band to have originated in the UK punk scene of the mid to late 1970s. Beginning life as the Guildford Stranglers on the 11th September 1974 with pub rock origins. The Stranglers' early sound was driven by Jean-Jacques Burnel's melodic bass, but also gave prominence to Dave Greenfield's keyboards at a time when the instrument was seen as unfashionable. Their early music was also characterised by the growling vocals and sometimes misanthropic lyrics of both Jean-Jacques Burnel and Hugh Cornwell. To hear more (for my money), checkout any or all of the first 3 albums: Rattus Norvegicus (1977), No More Heroes (1977) & Black and White (1978 - I still have a promo grey/white vinyl version in my loft). Do tell 'em I sent you... ------------------------ Trinity College, Dublin (TCD; Irish: Coláiste na Tríonóide, Baile Átha Cliath), formally known as the College of the Holy and Undivided Trinity of Queen Elizabeth near Dublin, was founded in 1592 by letters patent from Queen Elizabeth I as the mother of a university, and is the only constituent college of the University of Dublin. Located in Dublin, Ireland, it is Ireland's oldest university. Trinity was set up in part to consolidate the rule of the Tudor monarchy in Ireland, and it was seen as the university of the Protestant Ascendancy for much of its history; although Roman Catholics and Dissenters had been permitted to enter as early as 1793, certain restrictions on their membership of the college remained until 1873 (professorships, fellowships and scholarships were reserved for Protestants) , and the Catholic Church in Ireland forbade its adherents, without permission from their bishop, from attending until 1970. Women were first admitted to the college as full members in 1904. Its a cool place, make time in your busy life to spend an afternoon there. This is the place to see the Book Of Kells or just to enjoy the green on a sunny afternoon. My thanks to MOB (you know who you are) for the suggested Dublin tour. I met some old friends and old ghosts during my afternoon. This shot uses a 720nm filter and is composed of 4 x colour infrared shots joined in a panorama. Original size 11,400x2,800pixels. Checkout more from my photostream. Keep in touch, add me as a contact www.flickr.com/relationship.gne?id=33062170@N08 so I can follow all your new uploads. (c) TonySmith Hotpix / HotpixUK ( )


Connolly Station‎
Made by mmalaka
Explore Mar 21,2009 #40 The station was opened on 29 November 1844 by the Dublin & Drogheda Railway Company as Dublin Station, but was renamed ten years later as Amiens Street Station after the street on which it is located. Originally the station only served a single mainline to Drogheda, and only in 1853 did through services to Belfast commence. In 1891 the City of Dublin Junction Railway connected the station with Westland Row Station (now Pearse Station) on the city's south side. The C of D Jctn was a separate station known as Amiens St Junction and consisted of the present platforms 5,6 & 7 with a separate street entrance. After the amalgamation of the GNR (I) at the end of the 1950s this station became part of the overall Amiens St and the separate entrance fell into disuse. The C of D Jctn Rly. allowed services to run from Amiens St., through to Westland Row, and onwards to Rosslare and the Southeast. Services to Sligo were transferred to Westland Row (Pearse Stn) operating through the station non-stop in 1937, with the closure of Broadstone Station by CIÉ (see also MGWR). Services to Galway and Mayo also originated/terminated at Westland Row, operating through Connolly Station after 1937, running via Mullingar and Athlone. This was discontinued in the 1970s in favour of running services out of Heuston Station on the better quality Cork line. Passenger running between Mullingar/Athlone ceased completely in 1987. During the 1960s, Sunday trains to Cork, Limerick and Waterford operated from Connolly platforms 5, 6 & 7 (running through the Phoenix Park tunnel) to avoid the cost of opening Heuston (Kingsbridge) for the limited Sunday traffic demand at that time. In 1966, the 50th anniversary of the Easter Rising, the station's name was changed to Connolly Station after Irish revolutionary and socialist James Connolly. At the same time, several other main stations in the Republic were renamed after patriots executed for their roles in the Rising. At the commencement of DART services in 1984, the C of D Jctn Rly entrance was refurbished and reopened for commuter traffic. During the late 1990s, Connolly Station was completely renovated and partially rebuilt. An entirely new station hall was built, the roof over Platforms 1-4 was replaced, and a new bar/cafe and shops were installed. The former DART/Suburban station entrance (C of D Jctn Rly entrance) and the secondary station hall built with the DART (further north on Amiens St) were again closed, but a new entrance on the International Financial Services Centre side was opened. In 2004, the Luas Red Line (to Tallaght) began serving the station. As part of the preparation for this, the ramp which had been a bus terminus was demolished and replaced with a 2-platform tram station connected to the main concourse by escalators and lift.


Philomena (or Phyllis) Lynott with The Thin Lizzy Lightbulb Sign
Made by Hotpix UK Tony Smith {Away-back soon}
I have always been a big Thin Lizzy fan. I saw them 16th Dec 1979 at the Manchester Apollo. Best £4 (25p booking fee from Piccadilly Records) I ever spent, I got lazers too, drawing Happy Xmas on the Apollo Ceiling! It was a sad day in 1986 when Phil was no more. Still he wont have to do X-Factor or Eurovision, he is preserved in aspic. Lynott was born in Hallam Hospital (now Sandwell General Hospital) in West Bromwich (then in Staffordshire), England, and christened at St. Edwards Church in Selly Park, Birmingham. His mother pictured here, Philomena (or Phyllis) Lynott (b. 22 October 1930), is Irish, and his father was Cecil Parris, an Afro-Guyanese Lynott's mother met Parris in Birmingham in 1948, and they saw each other for a few months until Parris was transferred to London. Shortly afterwards, Philomena found she was pregnant, and after Philip was born, she moved with her baby to a home for unmarried mothers in Selly Oak, Birmingham. When Parris learned of Philip's birth, he returned to Birmingham and arranged accommodation for Philomena and Philip in the Blackheath area of the city. Her relationship with Parris lasted two more years although he was still working in London and they did not live together. Philomena subsequently moved to Whalley Range in Manchester, but stayed in touch with Parris, and although she turned down a marriage proposal from him, he agreed to pay towards his son's support. Philomena finally spoke of all her children, Phils siblings in July 2010, nearly twenty-five years after Philip's death. The Irish Mail on Sunday and Irish Daily Mail ran a twelve page interview with her over three days. She revealed that her three children all had different fathers, and that her daughter was white. She had met her now-grown children, but they had never met their brother Philip. He knew he had a sister, but never knew he had a brother.Lynott did not see his father again until the late 1970s. It was said of Phil that when out of Ireland he described himself as Irish. when in Ireland he was from Dublin. When in Dublin he said he was from Crumlin. He has a recently erected statue near Grafton St. He is an artist of which Ireland should be justly proud. Checkout more from my photostream. Keep in touch, add me as a contact www.flickr.com/relationship.gne?id=33062170@N08 so I can follow all your new uploads. (c) TonySmith Hotpix / HotpixUK ( )


National Library Of Ireland, Dublin
Made by Hotpix UK Tony Smith {Away-back soon}
The first national libraries had their origins in the royal collections of the sovereign or some other supreme body of the state. One of the first plans for a national library was that devised by the Welsh mathematician John Dee, who in 1556 presented Mary I of England with a visionary plan for the preservation of old books, manuscripts and records and the founding of a national library but his proposal was not taken up. The beautiful National Library of Ireland was established by the Dublin Science and Art Museum Act, 1877, which provided that the bulk of the collections in the possession of the Royal Dublin Society, should be vested in the then Department of Science and Art for the benefit of the public and of the Society, and for the purposes of the Act. An Agreement of 1881 provided that the Library should operate under the superintendence of a Council of twelve Trustees, eight of whom were appointed by the Society and four by the Government; this Agreement also conferred on the Trustees the duty of appointing the officers of the Library. This arrangement remained in place until the library became an autonomous cultural institution in 2005. After the foundation of the Irish Free State in 1924/5 the Library was transferred to the Department of Education under which it remained until 1986 when it was transferred to the Department of An Taoiseach. In 1927 the Library was granted legal deposit status under the Industrial and Commercial Property (Protection) Act, 1927. In 1992 the Library transferred to the newly established Department of Arts, Culture and the Gaeltacht (now Arts, Sport and Tourism) and on 3 May 2005 became an autonomous cultural institution under the National Cultural Institutions Act, 1997. This is a joiner formed from 6 x 3 separate HDR images joined together. ¿Whats this Library Tribe set all about? Read about it here Checkout more from my photostream. Keep in touch, add me as a contact www.flickr.com/relationship.gne?id=33062170@N08 so I can follow all your new uploads. (c) TonySmith Hotpix / HotpixUK ( )


Oíche Shamhna / Halloween
Made by *CatMacBride
Happy Halloween! Hope you all have a frightfully good day! A photomontage and some drawings all put together for this Tá Oíche Shamhna ag teacht! I love Halloween (Oíche Shamhna) not the commercial tacky trick or treat, buy the most expensive shop bought costume you can find; but the real Oíche Shamhna the night when the veil between this world and the next become paper thin. When children dress as Ghosts (Púca) and Witches (Cailleach) not fairy princesses, to confuse or appease the restless spirits roaming the streets. Walking the streets after dark, smelling of wood smoke from the bonfires lit to keep you safe from harm. Listening to my Mam telling stories about how her Granny met the Banshee (bean sí ) wailing and combing her long hair on the stairs of the tenements in Dublin (on a windy night tales of the Banshee still make the hair on the back of my neck stand on end). Blindfolded, putting hands into saucers containing water, wedding ring, money, muck (earth) or Rosary Beads to tell your future. Eating too many slices of Brack to try and find the wedding ring and the penny wrapped in greaseproof paper. Peeling an apple in a single piece and dropping it to find the initial of my true love (mine always fell in an S). Wanting to sleep with the lights on because you scared yourself to death telling stories of the “Hell Fire Club” on the Dublin mountains, where the Devil himself had appeared (we could see it from our window). Waking the morning after with sore teeth having spent hours the night before trying to bite the apple hanging from a string in the kitchen doorway, knowing you were safe because today was all saints day. The door between this world and the next was closed….. Happy Halloween!


Perfect Seat
Made by chrisps
Large size farm3.static.flickr.com/2652/3796357482_d44ec18f05_o.jpg I was trying to get a good show jumping shot today, to match some of the super ones I took yesterday, ha ha, (that not too many looked at). It seemed to be very difficult to get the right combination of focal length, aperture, blah blah blah. It was a long day today, first at the show and then out to dinner with my beautiful wife. Then it is home to do the post production work. I have over 200 shots and am feeling a bit tired and lazy. I was trying to crop this one based on the rule of thirds and it just wasn't working, the photo was turning out long, tall and far too narrow, it was a great shot, but I just hated that aspect, so I decided to crop it where the lines fell, and it came out like this!!!!!! Then I said to myself, ah come on Chris you can't really put this one up, it might be in bad taste. Then I said, ah well, at least someone might look at this one and it is legitimate to point out the splendid physical attributes of this fine animal and the finely honed body of this athlete. Some of the riders today looked somewhat clumsy and despite the fact that they were competing at the highest level seemed to lack a natural gracefulness, or to have really mastered the art, this girl seemed, from a technical point of view, to have the perfect seat. So make your own minds up. But finally I said, really should I have said anything at all and just posted this and let the photo speak for itself. Postscript, well sometimes you have to trust your instinct, this is now one of my most viewed photos!!!!!!!!!!!!!


What will survive of us is love
Made by Anima Fotografie
An Arundel Tomb Side by side, their faces blurred, The earl and countess lie in stone, Their proper habits vaguely shown As jointed armour, stiffened pleat, And that faint hint of the absurd - The little dogs under their feet. Such plainness of the pre-baroque Hardly involves the eye, until It meets his left-hand gauntlet, still Clasped empty in the other; and One sees, with a sharp tender shock, His hand withdrawn, holding her hand. They would not think to lie so long. Such faithfulness in effigy Was just a detail friends would see: A sculptor's sweet commissioned grace Thrown off in helping to prolong The Latin names around the base. They would no guess how early in Their supine stationary voyage The air would change to soundless damage, Turn the old tenantry away; How soon succeeding eyes begin To look, not read. Rigidly they Persisted, linked, through lengths and breadths Of time. Snow fell, undated. Light Each summer thronged the grass. A bright Litter of birdcalls strewed the same Bone-littered ground. And up the paths The endless altered people came, Washing at their identity. Now, helpless in the hollow of An unarmorial age, a trough Of smoke in slow suspended skeins Above their scrap of history, Only an attitude remains: Time has transfigured them into Untruth. The stone fidelity They hardly meant has come to be Their final blazon, and to prove Our almost-instinct almost true: What will survive of us is love. Philip Larkin Taken seconds after a very similar shot in my stream but duotoned to blue, & taken closer to the statue this time...just playing around, I think I might like this version more...hmmm


Seraph
Made by Anima Fotografie
Seraphim... Divine creatures from the Old Testament, associated with the Cherubim, and later taken to be angels. The root of Seraphim comes either from the Hebrew verb saraph ('to burn') or the Hebrew noun saraph (a fiery, flying serpent). Because the term appears several times with reference to the serpents encountered in the wilderness (Num. 21.8, Deut. 8.15; Isa. 14.29; 30.6), it has often been understood to refer to fiery serpents. From this it has also often been proposed that the seraphim were serpentine in form and in some sense fiery creatures or associated with fire. It is said that whoever lays eyes on a Seraph, he would instantly be incinerated due to the immense brightness of the Seraph. They are described as very tall, with six wings and four heads, one for each of the cardinal directions. One pair of wings are for flying, one for covering their eyes (for even they may not look directly at God), and one for covering their feet (which is almost certainly a euphemism for genitalia). They are in the direct presence of God. In Isaiah's call-vision in the Temple, he sees Seraphim surrounding the throne of God, singing praise to God; the Thrice Holy hymn (ch 6). In this instance they are angelic beings but in the Book of Numbers, seraph-snakes are sent to punish the Israelites. Some of the Seraphim are Metatron, Kemuel, Nathanael, Gabriel, and Lucifer. Singular: Seraph Web Ref - www.pantheon.org/articles/s/seraphim.html Photo - Prospect Cemetery, Glasnevin, Dublin, Ireland.


LOVE COLLAGE : Let's have a LOOK into the SHOE CLOSET : ENJOY THE HEELS & MORE : A LADIES DREAM : GO ON! What's your FAVE? You can leave a note on your FAVE PAIR OF SHOES! ENJOY! :)
Made by UggBoy♥UggGirl [ PHOTO // WORLD // TRAVEL ]
Shoemaking Shoemaking is a traditional handicraft profession, which has now been largely superseded by industrial manufacture of footwear. Shoemakers or cordwainers (cobblers being, historically, those that repair shoes) may produce a range of footwear items, including shoes, boots, sandals, clogs and moccasins. Such items are generally made of leather, wood, rubber, plastic, jute or other plant material, and often consist of multiple parts for better durability of the sole, stitched to a leather upper. Most shoemakers use a last—made traditionally of iron or wood, but now often of plastic—on which to form the shoe. Some lasts are straight, while curved lasts come in pairs: one for left shoes, the other for right shoes. Traditional shoemaker Ethnographic Museum of Western Liguria, Cervo, Italy The shoemaking profession makes a number of appearances in popular culture, such as in stories about shoemaker's elves, and the proverb The shoemaker's children are often shoeless. The patron saint of shoemakers is Saint Crispin. BY en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shoemaking EXPLORE THIS ONE: www.runningwithheels.com/ Thoughts about shoes..... A man cannot make a pair of shoes rightly unless he do it in a devout manner. Thomas Carlyle or...... Americans love our shoes and us Brits love that we can always pick up a bargain when in the US. Lisa Snowdon Some more...... At one point, I had 14 pairs of golf shoes. Tea Leoni


Taxi Dublin
Made by chrisps
D3s ISO 10,000 f/2.8 1/500s 0EV Straight Out of the Camera Metering C/W, Nikkor 70-200 VRII Full Size File Available to Contacts There was a time when Taxi's were a rare site on Dublin streets, at least ones for hire. Now following deregulation, there are too many at most times of the day. This is leading to a lot of double parking and traffic disruption. There is just not enough room on the taxi stands. This leads to frequent heated disputes with the police. The drivers, with little other economic opportunity, due to Ireland's worst ever recession, are having to work 50% longer to earn the same amount of money. One taxi driver told me, he would be lucky to earn €10 per hour gross, that is, before all his expenses. Despite all of this, I still had to walk home on the Friday before Christmas. Unfortunately, the Taxi Regulator has not tackled the problem of clapped out taxis. Many of the cars are well over 10 years old and showing all the signs of being in the game too long. There is also no regulations on the size of the cabs, so fitting a family in can be a squeeze. The drivers that present both themselves and their cars in a smart and hygienic fashion, get paid the same as the ones that turn up dirty and smelly. I now always add an extra tip for the guys that give me a nice clean environment. A car stinking of stale cigarette smoke will leave my driver with no tip at all.


The Ha'penny Bridge Dublin (Liffey Bridge) also (Wellington Bridge)
Made by Keith Dixon
Up to 1816, the year the Ha'penny Bridge was erected, no other bridge existed between Essex (Grattan or Capel Street) Bridge and Carlisle (O'Connell) Bridge. There was a ferry from the Bagnio Slip (at the bottom of Fownes Street) operated by one William Walsh. He owned seven leaky ferries and was under pressure from Dublin Corporation to repair them or replace them. He baulked at that idea, preferring instead to build a bridge. His proposal to Dublin Corporation was adopted and he was allowed in a hundred year lease to charge a halfpenny toll. Designed by John Windsor and costing £3,894.7s.11½d., the bridge was manufactured in Coalbrookdale in Shropshire, the first centre of iron casting in Britain. Now one of the oldest cast-iron bridges in the world it was originally named Wellington Bridge, after the Dublin born duke who had trounced Napoleon. Offically called the Liffey Bridge, it is more commonly known as the Halfpenny or Ha'penny Bridge. The bridge was the only pedestrian bridge on the Liffey until the new Millenium bridge opened in 2000. In 2001, the Ha'penny bridge was closed in 2001 for major repair. It was reopened 2003 with its original paint colour restored and changes made at the ends to allow standing room for pedestrians before crossing the road.


Liffey Sunset a la Nokia - Dublin, Ireland
Made by féileacán
Dublin is a Hiberno-English derivative of 'Dubh Linn' (Irish, dubh -> black, and linn -> pool), does that make Dublin the Blackpool of Ireland - i think not.... Walking to Connolly Dart Station from work - crossing the Sean O'Casey Bridge - beautiful sunset. Bugger! No camera. But wait, i have my camera phone. The N95 camera phone strikes again! There was a photography group on the bridge with tripods and big cameras. Piffle to them (but secretly, i'll be carrying my 5D in my bag from now on)... June 2010 - more than 50,000 views. Thanks guys! Thanks for viewing and making this one of the most popular photos of Dublin! Used here (12.09.08) matadortrips.com/the-best-of-ireland-on-a-budget 16.11.08 - Ireland Winner of the Sonyericsson World View Photo Competition, 'Experts Selection' www.sonyericsson.com/worldview/LocalWinner.aspx?cc=ie&... Explore Oct 4, 2007 #410


Racist Attack on Mother & Baby
Made by Anthony Cronin
(July 2009: original low res print scan replaced with scanned uncropped negative) see rest of this horiffic event in the Racist Attack set. See www.cfye.com for the full story and more detail I was walking down Moore Street Dublin on a Sunday 27/07/08 when I was passed by a family of Romany Gypsies and then I heard behind me a bunch of Irish teenage girls shouting abuse at them and thinking they were very funny. They then picked up old fruit from the stalls and were throwing this at the Romany Gypsies, this escalated as the Gypsies responded verbally. Then further as one teenage girl found old stallholders plastic chair and ran after the Gypsies hitting the woman pictured from behind. The woman tries to protect her baby wrapped in her arm in blankets. Luckily the situation soon diffused after this point. Taken with Nikon F75: 50mm f/1.4D lens: Y44 Filter. Fomapan 200 film: Developed in Xtol Stock @21C for 6'30'' at 5'' Agitation/30'' Scan from 8''X10’’ Print on Ilford MGIV Pearl


Walk on By, Light-Bellied Brent Geese, Dublin Bay, Ireland
Made by chrisps
The geese had flown off, the light was fading, I was tired and cold, and my pass was running out. I walked all the way back to the car and ended up chatting to a man I met. I then noticed the geese were back and the light had improved. Murphy's Law, surely by the time I would take the long walk back, and tried to sneak up on them again, the geese and the light would be gone, but they were not!! As Gary Player the famous golfer once said, when asked what part luck had to play in his success, he replied, the harder I work, the luckier I get. Having said all that, in my tidy mind, I would just like to rearrange those geese a little bit, so I will keep trying, I must work harder, I must work harder, I must work harder..... A winter visitor to Ireland from arctic Canada, photographed on Dublin Bay this afternoon Large View if you wish farm4.static.flickr.com/3363/3269328989_c5d07a0d46_b.jpg


I've been tagged...
Made by tochis
I've been tagged. to reveal 16 features about me. Here they are: 1.As you can see, I love skies. 2.I learnt how to take photos with a small compact camera. 3.I work as a Project Manager in Software Development fields. 4.I studied Japanese for 2 years 5.I found love in Tokyo 6.The best concert I've ever been was U2 in Barcelona (several years ago) 7.Photography is my passion, taking photographs is my joy 8.I don't have any photos from me between 15 and 25 years old, because I think I'm not photogenic at all. 9.One of my personal projects is being in any countries in the world unless once (more than twenty at the moment) 10.I've never been to NYC, even I've tried to go there for three times. 11.I'd like to live abroad for some years. 12.I love bokeh! 13.I prefer London better than Paris (sorry, Parisinita) 14.My fav photographer on Flickr is Luis Montemayor 15.I hate cats! 16.Pyrenees is my hidden place to relax


Procession
Made by Anima Fotografie
Procession moves on, the shouting is over, Praise to the glory of loved ones now gone. Talking aloud as they sit round their tables, Scattering flowers washed down by the rain. Stood by the gate at the foot of the garden, Watching them pass like clouds in the sky, Try to cry out in the heat of the moment, Possessed by a fury that burns from inside. Cry like a child, though these years make me older, With children my time is so wastefully spent, A burden to keep, though their inner communion, Accept like a curse an unlucky deal. Played by the gate at the foot of the garden, My view stretches out from the fence to the wall, No words could explain, no actions determine, Just watching the trees and the leaves as they fall. The Eternal - Ian Curtis/Joy Division Prospect Cemetery, Glasnevin, Dublin. Explore #443 on 8/5/07 www.glasnevin-cemetery.ie/www.glasnevin-cemetery.ie/cem.html


Ha'penny Bridge
Made by Dave G Kelly
Evening sets on one of Dublin's most famous icons. It's is a pedestrian bridge built in 1816 over the River Liffey in Dublin, Ireland. It got it's name from the original toll of one halfpenny which was dropped in 1919. The bridge was originally built from cast iron, which has a great tendency to decay with age. This was especially evident in the side rails, which had begun to rust badly. From 2001 to 2003 the bridge was closed for repair and renovations, and was reopened sporting a new white colour instead of black, and a resupported structure containing as many of the old components of the bridge as possible. The repair work was carried out by Harland and Wolff, makers of the RMS Titanic. If you want to see more of my Dublin - check out the Dublin set on the right. Update: This shot made it onto Flickr Explore/Interesting pages for 12 January 2007 reaching number 267:


Homeless Love & Care
Made by Anthony Cronin
Please View First On Black as it looses so much with a white background Dublin City Centre: As you circle the same patch week in week out you start to recognise the faces, the groups and their own intimate relationships. Humans who have slipped through the cracks but still find despite the hardships, time for love, affection and companionship. This image reminds me not to discount these people, too many times we all walk past and leave these lost souls in our peripheral vision as shapes we must get by or around in our 'busy & valid' lives and not think of them as real people, with real hopes, needs and dreams. Minolta Autocord TLR, Handheld 1/100: Ilford Delta 3200 pushed to 12,800. Development details on FilmDev


Phoenix park
Made by Monosnaps
The tree in mist I took on the Holga last February. The treatment is a little unusual. I was trying to add texture and age to the image. It may be bordering on vandalism but here is what I did. It was printed on a cream based Kentmere Fineprint fibre paper that I did not really like , the image was then sepia toned. I then vandalised the image by creasing it after soaking in warm water. The image was then toned in Tea. After it dried it was flattened and coated with a wax varnish which did not do a lot to the image but it smells nice. I also did the same with a Fotospeed lith print and got a similar result. This paper can really take a lot of ill treatment. The process seems to work on matt papers but not glossy. I used a small digital camera to copy the print, the scanned print contrast is a little higher than the original print.


Armageddon Archangel
Made by Anima Fotografie
Mock the devil Make him sweat He has'nt won the battle yet The new life starts Here. Mike Scott Armageddon (Greek αρμαγεδδων; also spelled Har-Magedon in some modern English translations) is a climactic battle between good and evil mentioned in the Book of Revelation in the Christian New Testament, or more generally, an apocalyptic catastrophe. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armageddon Shot - Statue is approx 3m tall & defiantly stands against the elements atop a 10m pillar at the entrance to the Prospect Cemetery, Glasnevin, Dublin, Ireland. It is about 130 years old. Taken with 100-400 Canon Zoom lens. www.glasnevin-cemetery.ie/www.glasnevin-cemetery.ie/cem.html