Hidden Ireland

02/09/2025

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26/08/2025

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21/07/2025

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The unmistakable cascades of Ennistymon on the River Inagh. The cascades have seen some huge volumes of water recently from heavy rainfall, always a great sight!!
Falls Hotel & Spa .ennistymon .tolaqueen Visit the Burren Shannon Airport .ie Ennistymon Town

01/07/2025

Beautiful Galway

It doesn't get much more 'Galway' than this lovely capture... ⛵🏘️💚

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📍 Claddagh, Galway

21/06/2025

Summer Solstice greetings ☀️

The Summer Solstice

The summer solstice marks the longest day of the year in the Northern Hemisphere. It happens when the North Pole is tilted closest to the Sun, and the Sun reaches its highest point in the sky. This means we get the most hours of daylight and the shortest night of the year.

The summer solstice usually falls around June 20th or 21st. In places near the North Pole, the Sun doesn’t set at all during this time, resulting in 24 hours of daylight.

The opposite of the summer solstice is the winter solstice, which brings the shortest day and longest night of the year.

21/05/2025

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🌍 The Burren – A Landscape Written in Stone 🪨🇮🇪

Stretching across County Clare, the Burren is one of Ireland’s most astonishing geological wonders — a vast, limestone karst landscape shaped by time, water, and ancient earth movements.

Formed around 330 million years ago during the Carboniferous period, its pale grey rock was once the bed of a tropical sea. Fossils of coral and sea creatures can still be found locked in its surface. Over millennia, rainwater — naturally slightly acidic — carved its way through the rock, creating grykes (deep cracks) and clints (flat slabs), giving the Burren its signature pavement-like appearance.

But it’s not just bare stone. In spring and summer, rare wildflowers bloom in the gaps: Arctic, Alpine, and Mediterranean species growing side by side — a botanical puzzle that draws scientists from around the world.

Underground, the Burren hides an equally dramatic world: vast cave systems like Aillwee and Doolin Cave, where underground rivers have sculpted chambers and tunnels over millennia.

A place of paradox — harsh yet fertile, barren yet bursting with life — the Burren is a geological record, a floral sanctuary, and a cultural touchstone, all in one.



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20/05/2025

The beauty of red-sailed hookers in Galway Bay 💚

01/02/2025

Samuel Becket Bridge at sunset in Dublin, Ireland.

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