Éireann85: My Irish Image LairShop
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Éireann85: The LairShop I Did on my Vacation
I first visited Ireland (both the Irish Republic and Northern Ireland) while studying in Dublin during my third year in college in 1984-85. I did a certain amount of traveling while there, most notably to prehistoric and megalithic sites. I forgot to bring my 35mm. camera with me, alas, on an extensive class trip around Tara and Newgrange; vowing not to repeat this mistake, I made sure I packed it on every weekend trip thereafter, especially to sites of archaeological and cultural import. For years after that, though, my film photos of hillforts, dolmens, and the Giant's Causeway on the Antrim coast languished in photo albums; and I racked my brains trying to figure out a way to share them with others.
Éireann85 was the result of this quest, focussing on out-of-the-ordinary shots of Celtic and Neolithic sites, and geological landmarks (though I do have one fairly convincing shot of an Irish rainbow). It was 21 years later that I finally made my second visit to Ireland (March-April 2006), in which I tried to visit and photograph as many archaeological sites, and play fiddle in as many trad music sessions, as I could--especially those places I didn't get around to the first time. Both Éireann85 and our expanded LairShop, The Lair of Cards, include images from this more recent journey. I hope you enjoy these images and related products; and that you will feel inspired to pay a visit over there very soon...
The above photo, by the way, is a dolmen in the Carrowmore Neolithic Cemetery complex just a few miles outside of Sligo town, County Sligo. It was a dark and stormy day when I climbed into the farmer's field to shoot this noble structure (with the permission of the farmer, who, along with many of his neighbors, was out liming his field on said dark and stormy day). It was wet and windy as all get-out; but I still managed to get some pretty good pics, before fleeing to a roadside pub for a hot whiskey-and-lemon...
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UPDATE (THURSDAY, JANUARY 26, 2012): I've been quite busy with my premium lenses lately; but now that I know the Irish-language rendering of "Carrowmore" (An Cheathru Mhor), I'm planning an update of the County Sligo dolmen image above, with Celtic-font text of the Irish name! Stay tuned for the upload...
Éireann85 was the result of this quest, focussing on out-of-the-ordinary shots of Celtic and Neolithic sites, and geological landmarks (though I do have one fairly convincing shot of an Irish rainbow). It was 21 years later that I finally made my second visit to Ireland (March-April 2006), in which I tried to visit and photograph as many archaeological sites, and play fiddle in as many trad music sessions, as I could--especially those places I didn't get around to the first time. Both Éireann85 and our expanded LairShop, The Lair of Cards, include images from this more recent journey. I hope you enjoy these images and related products; and that you will feel inspired to pay a visit over there very soon...
The above photo, by the way, is a dolmen in the Carrowmore Neolithic Cemetery complex just a few miles outside of Sligo town, County Sligo. It was a dark and stormy day when I climbed into the farmer's field to shoot this noble structure (with the permission of the farmer, who, along with many of his neighbors, was out liming his field on said dark and stormy day). It was wet and windy as all get-out; but I still managed to get some pretty good pics, before fleeing to a roadside pub for a hot whiskey-and-lemon...
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UPDATE (THURSDAY, JANUARY 26, 2012): I've been quite busy with my premium lenses lately; but now that I know the Irish-language rendering of "Carrowmore" (An Cheathru Mhor), I'm planning an update of the County Sligo dolmen image above, with Celtic-font text of the Irish name! Stay tuned for the upload...
Dolmens, Ruins and Irish Rainbows on CafePress
Our favorite products and images at Éireann85
Strike quickly on these! This LairShop will soon be updated for Spring '09; and new images and products will replace a few of these classics...
Eireann85: Some LairLinks
The LairShop itself, and some of the lovely places that produced it.
- Éireann85: Our Irish LairShop
- Visit the complete LairShop while you're here.
- Discover Ireland: Official Website of Irish Tourism
- What Bord Fáilte is up to these days...
- The Giant's Causeway Website
- The most popular place to visit on the Antrim coast.
- Megalithomania.com
- Your one-stop resource on Irish megalithic monuments and related sites.
- Visit Northern Ireland
- Discover the incredible beauty and hospitality of Ulster and its people!
- All About the Aran Islands
- I guarantee you, one day per island is never enough! You'll fall in love with all of them upon arrival.
- The Session.org
- A leading resource on Irish music sessions. Help keep traditional Irish music alive!
- Kari's Lair: Home of the Virgo Folkie
- Official Homepage of the LairMistress.
- The LairShops Beckon
- The new blog for our Cafepress LairShops.
- The Lair of Cards
- Premium LairShop with expanded collection of images from our most recent Irish adventures.
- Archaeological Digs in the United Kingdom and Ireland
- About.com resource for anyone craving archaeological tech experience in Ireland and/or the U.K....
- Gulliver Ireland
- The online Irish accomodation-booking service that I used to book most of the B&Bs and hotels for my Irish trip in 2006. Hey, this one worked for me!
Éireann85's Featured Lenses
All Irish-Themed, of Course...
Some New Irish Feeds
A 'mixed grill', if you will...
Here's a new RSS source yet--a LiveJournal community blog known as "Eirearchaeology". We'll give it a spin, and see if it gets updated regularly...
Fetching RSS feed... please stand byMy Video Slideshow of the Giant's Causeway
Includes our more recent images...Éireann06, I guess...
This is our first video slideshow with onsite audio included: on my visit to the Giant's Causeway, near Bushmills, Co. Antrim, in April 2006, I took a fair number of digital photos, along with some digital audio commentary in between slippery steps in stormy weather. More audio-enhanced slideshows of Irish landmarks and prehistoric sites are planned for the near future...
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Irish Online Galleries
How others have captured Ireland on film.
A new mixed collection of Irish megalithic structures--especially dolmens--recently photographed and uploaded!
Irish Prehistory and More on Video
New Youtube Feature: a Megalithic Compilation!
This collection focuses on recent archaeological investigations in Ireland, and by Irish teams...
Stone Circles and Other Irish Scenes on Amazon
New feature: Pre-Christian Irish Spirituality and Sacred Sites
Here's a collection of reading material by and for practitioners of Irish spiritual traditions, and those with an interest in pre-Christian sacred sites throughout Ireland...
Check Out Ireland on eBay
New feature: Back to the Irish antiquities...
Not that we expect to see any dolmens for sale anytime soon...
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