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Book SynopsisIreland holds a special place in people’s hearts – even for many who haven’t been there. To some the appeal is its natural beauty, to others it’s the history; to some it’s the country’s strong folk tradition, to others it even seems to be a mystical place.
Ireland presents more than 200 outstanding photographs celebrating the island’s most evocative and beautiful places, whether in nature or man-made, from the miles of near empty beaches to the Mourne Mountains in County Down, from the pretty fishing towns of County Cork to Dublin’s elegant Georgian streets. Featuring images from both the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland, the book ranges widely across landscapes and history, from rugged cliffs and rolling hills to mysterious stone circles, magnificent cathedrals and ruined abbeys; and from medieval forts and castles to grand Victorian follies and villages abandoned during the Potato Famine.
While some images such as the striking basalt columns of the Giant’s Causeway may be familiar, others you may know only from Game of Thrones and the Star Wars films but never realized that they, too, are in Ireland. Presented in a handy pocket-sized landscape format and with captions explaining the story behind each entry, Ireland is a stunning collection of images celebrating the island’s natural beauty, culture and history.
Table of ContentsIntroduction
Beaches & Coastlines
Achill Island, County Mayo
Black Castle, County Wicklow
Tory Island, County Donegal
Tory Island, County Donegal
Keem Beach, Achill Island, County Mayo
Brittas Bay, County Wicklow
Doolin, County Clare
Corrib River, County Galway
Sandycove, County Dublin
Rush, County Dublin
Ballybunion, County Kerry
Giant’s Causeway, County Antrim
Baltimore, County Cork
Fanad Lighthouse, County Donegal
Coastal County Sligo
Kinvara, County Galway
Rossbeigh Beach, County Kerry
Cliffs of Moher, County Clare
Dingle Peninsula, County Kerry
Coastline, County Donegal
Ballintoy, County Antrim
Mulranny Bay, County Mayo
County Mayo
Clogher Head, County Louth
Blackrock Diving Boards, Salthill, Galway
Mussenden Temple, County Londonderry
Downpatrick Head, County Mayo
Dundalk, County Louth
Roundstone, Galway
Dingle Peninsula, County Kerry
Valentia Island, County Kerry
Fanore Beach, County Clare
Malin Head, County Donegal
Fenit Lighthouse, Dingle Peninsula
Carrick-a-Rede Rope Bridge, County Antrim
Dunquin Pier, County Kerry
Great Blasket Island, County Kerry
Malinbeg, County Donegal
Portmagee, County Kerry
False Bay, County Galway
Tramore Beach, County Donegal
Forts, Castles and Country Houses
Blarney Castle, County Cork
Ross Castle, Killarney
Markree Castle, County Sligo
Adare Manor, County Limerick
Powerscourt Estate, County Wicklow
Birr Castle, County Offaly
Duckett’s Grove House, County Carlow
Castle Roche, County Louth
Redwood Castle, County Tipperary
Dunluce Castle, County Antrim
Dunamase Castle, County Laois
Lismore Castle, County Waterford
Ballybunion Castle, County Kerry
Ardmore, County Waterford
Leamaneh Castle, County Clare
Grace O’Malley’s Tower, Achill Island
Powerscourt Estate, County Wicklow
Duckett’s Grove, County Carlow
Castletownsend Castle, County Cork
Crom Castle, County Fermanagh
Johnstown Castle, County Wexford
Rock of Cashel, County Tipperary
Lismore Castle, County Waterford
Donegal Castle, County Donegal
MacDermott’s Castle, County
Roscommon
Ballystaggartmore Towers, County Waterford
Mallow Castle, County Cork
Castle Desmond, County Cork
King John’s Castle, County Limerick
Dunguaire Castle, County Galway
Puxley Manor, County Cork
Foulksrath Castle, County Kilkenny
Muckross House, County Kerry
Ormond Castle, County Tipperary
Hills & Mountains
Wicklow Mountains, County Wicklow
Narrow Gauge Railway, County Antrim
Bog Village Museum, County Kerry
Mountains of Mourne, County Down
The Burren, County Clare
Glencar Waterfall, County Leitrim
Wicklow Mountains, County Wicklow
Derryveagh Mountains, County Donegal
Glenbarrow Waterfall, County Laois
Union Wood, County Sligo
Dark Hedges, County Antrim
Benbulben, County Sligo
Black Valley, County Kerry
Tipperary Mountains
County Louth
Ring of Kerry, County Kerry
Skellig Michael Island, County Kerry
Beehive Clocháns on Skellig Michael Island
Skellig Michael Island, County Kerry
Saint Fiachra’s Garden, County Kildare
Bogland in County Offally
Lough Corrib, County Galway
Killarney National Park, County Kerry
Dun Eochla, County Galway
Torc Waterfall, Killarney National Park
Derryclare Lough, County Galway
Gweedore, County Donegal
Beara Peninsula, Southwest Ireland
Clifden, County Galway
Galtee Mountains, Southern Ireland
The Burren, County Clare
Lough Leane, County Kerry
Belfast Hills, Northern Ireland
Blue Stack Mountains, County Donegal
Lough Tay, County Wicklow
Doo Lough, County Mayo
Religious Places
Quin Abbey, County Clare
St Patrick’s Cathedral, Dublin
Ennis, County Clare
Dunlewey Church, County Donegal
Rock of Cashel, County Tipperary
Clonmacnoise, County Offally
Kylemore Abbey, County Galway
Bective Abbey, County Meath
Glenalough, County Wicklow
Caldragh Graveyard, County Fermanagh
Kilcatherine Cemetery, County Cork
Newgrange Megalithic Passage Tomb, County Meath
Claregalway Abbey, County Galway
Ballybunion, County Kerry
St. Patricks Cathedral, Dublin
Boyle Abbey, County Roscommon
Celtic Crosses, County Sligo
Inishmurray Island, County Sligo
Slane Abbey, County Meath
Muckross Abbey, Killarney
Drombeg Stone Circle, County Cork
Dunlewey Church, County Donegal County
Rosserk Abbey, County Mayo
Ballintoy Church, County Antrim
Towns & City Life
Queen’s University of Belfast, Belfast
Lismore Castle, County Waterford
Bishop Gate, Londonderry
Crane Street, Dublin
Dublin Castle, Dublin
Sandymount Station, Dublin
Belfast, Northern Ireland
Galway Dock, County Galway
Batchelor’s Walk, Dublin
Waterford Walls, Waterford
The Four Courts, Dublin
Trinity College, Dublin
The Guildhall, Londonderry
St Anne’s Cathedral, Belfast
Halfpenny Bridge, Dublin
North Earl Street, Dublin
River Lee in Cork
River Foyle seen from Waterside Station Londonderry
Peace Bridge, Londonderry
Lagan Bridge, Belfast
Old Fruit Market, Dublin
St George’s Market, Belfast
O’Connell Street, Dublin
Chapel Royal, Dublin Castle
Belfast Castle, Belfast
Daly’s Footbridge, Cork
Samuel Becket Bridge, Dublin
Historic Irish Pubs
Saint Canice’s Cathedral, Kilkenny
The Old Library, Trinity College, Dublin
Titanic Museum, Belfast
Sightseeing Wheel, Belfast
Cobh Cathedral, County Cork
Kinsale, County Cork
River Liffey Island Bridge, County Dublin
Famine Memorial, Dublin
Queen’s University, Belfast
Botanic Gardens, Belfast
Big Fish Sculpture, Belfast
Galway Hooker, Galway
Poolbeg Lighthouse, Dublin Bay
Blennerville Windmill, County Kerry
Galway Cathedral, Galway City
Victoria Square Shopping Centre, Belfast
Dublin City Hall
