Well…that was quite the evening. Incredible to be living in the middle of the city, and to be able go a few minutes down the road, to the relative darkness of the Phoenix Park, to witness this extraordinary sight. #Dublin #Ireland #PhoenixPark #NorthernLights #Auroraborealis

Northern lights putting on a display this evening folks…get out there if you can. #Dublin #Ireland #NorthernLights #Auroraborealis

Good morning #Dublin Taken just now in Arbour Hill cemetery. #Ireland

A faint, full Wolf Moon rising over the East Pier lighthouse in Dun Laoghaire, on a bright but freezing day last week… #Ireland #Dublin #DunLaoghaire #FullMoon #WolfMoon

I will be here today from 2-6pm, at Stoneybatter Music, with my friend Niall Thomas, with a selection of prints & Christmas cards for sale, alongside some beautiful albums from local musicians. Pop in and say hello! #Dublin #Stoneybatter 📸 @niallthomas.bsky.social

There was a gorgeous sunset a few minutes ago, when the sky lit up, all too briefly, in blues and pinks...just moments later it was gone. #Dublin #Ireland

Tomorrow marks 800 yrs since the canonisation of Lorcán Ua Tuathail (Laurence O’Toole), Patron Saint of #Dublin A towering C12th figure, his heart was returned to #Ireland after his death in France & is kept in this reliquary at #Christchurch cathedral, where he laid the foundation stone in 1162

This, like all of Andy’s work, is brilliant… #Photography

As a photographer whose work rarely involves people, I look in awe at the work of Martin Parr…such a brilliant observer of the modern world, in all its beauty and absurdity. R.I.P to one of the finest to ever hold a camera. #MartinParr #Photography

Looking up at a wonderfully fluid staircase in the Art Gallery of Ontario…the only Frank Gehry building I’ve ever had the pleasure to visit. R.I.P to a true original #FrankGehry #Architecture

Bob Dylan, ending his set with Rainy night in Soho. Think my life might be complete…

Me in a barometer… ‘What we're talking about is late night and early morning low clouds With a chance of fog Chance of showers into the afternoon With variable high cloudiness and gusty winds’ T. Waits - Emotional Weather Forcast

The Queen Strret flats representing to the max this #Halloween evening… #Dublin #Ireland

Dating from 1172, when Strongbow & Archbishop O’Toole began its construction, the interior of #Christchurch Cathedral is mainly Victorian, due to renovations carried out in the 1870’s by G.E. Street The leaning north nave wall is due to a roof collapse in 1852 #Dublin #Ireland

I’ve not been down in Dingle for ages, but am looking forward to getting back there in the next few weeks. Here’s one from Chapel Lane, with the tower of St. Mary’s peeking over the rooftops. #Dingle #Kerry #Ireland

We were treated to the musical highs of The Next New Low’s latest release, the Unreachable, in Walsh’s last night. Brian was accompanied by the brilliant Daniel Luke & Lizzie Murtough…what a gorgeous evening in the parish. #thenextnewlow #Stoneybatter #Dublin #Ireland

Somewhere out there in the gloom behind the Baily lighthouse, was a rising lunar eclipse. Unfortunately this was the only light I could see. The rising moon is a fickle muse… #Dublin #Howth #Ireland

A short video, showing the transition from James Malton’s view looking north from Sackville St. towards the Rotunda and Parnell Square in 1795 and the same scene today #Dublin #Ireland #JamesMalton #Georgian #Architecture

I’ve been trying for years to capture a full moon rising behind these towers on Cape Clear. As I saw the moon rise over the horizon I began to laugh manically, knowing that after all this time it had finally worked out for me… #CapeClear #OileánChléire #Ireland #WestCork #FullMoon #BuckMoon

I am cat, hear me roar… #Stoneybatter #Dublin

Soft evening in the neighbourhood… #Stoneybatter #Dublin

My plan for the moon the other night got messed up at the last minute, necessitating a scramble to an alternative location. Happy with what I managed to salvage; looking south on Olaf St. with the Strawberry moon rising over the neighbourhood #Dublin #Ireland #Stoneybatter #FullMoon #StrawberryMoon

"I was just passing the time of day with old Troy of the D. M. P. at the corner of Arbour hill there and...who should I see dodging along Stony Batter only Joe Hynes.’ #Bloomsday2025 #Ulysses #Stoneybatter #Dublin

Delighted to see some of my photos accompany a feature in the latest edition of Architecture Ireland, on the Children’s Grief Centre in #Limerick city, another beautiful scheme by Drake Hourigan Architects #Architecture #Ireland

A very faint & nearly full moon rising over #Dublin city yesterday evening, in glorious sunshine #PinkMoon

It was all just a bad dream…

Never thought I’d get the chance to see the great Dan Reeder play live…what a joy to witness him play this evening in Vicar St., accompanied beautifully by his daughter Peggy. #DanReeder

I was a child when I last entered the incredible Hintze Hall of the Natural History Museum in #London, with a 25 meter long skeleton of a blue whale suspended overhead. My sense of wonder was unabated as I returned here after 40 years… #NaturalHistoryMuseum #Architecture

Another from the rising Worm Moon, by the Bailey Lighthouse in Howth. #Ireland #Dublin #Howth #FullMoon #WormMoon

Night lights - full moons can be such a fickle muse, but not last Friday evening when I had the pleasure to witness the Worm Moon rising by the Baily Lighthouse. It’s a sight that will stay with me for a long time to come. #Dublin #Ireland #Howth #FullMoon #WormMoon

This is wonderful…make sure to click into Andy’s link for more information. #Photography

Another from my visit to Sandymount beach the other night, on my unsuccessful search for the northern lights… #Dublin #Ireland #Photography

I went looking for some northern lights from Sandymount beach last night. No joy unfortunately, but lovely to get out there none-the-less. The aurora are a fickle muse… #Ireland #Dublin

I love it when things quieten down… #Stoneybatter #Dublin #Ireland

Thanks to everybody who called by to say hello today, and particularly to all those who purchased prints or Christmas cards. I REALLY appreciate it. An especially huge ‘thank you’ to Anthony & all at @lilliputpress.bsky.social for accommodating me so well. 🎄🎄🎄 #Stoneybatter

I’m back among the books @lilliputpress.bsky.social again today with a selection of my prints, (framed and unframed) and Christmas cards too. #Stoneybatter #Dublin #Ireland

Still looking for some presents? I will be back among the books at the wonderful @lilliputpress.bsky.social this Saturday, 21st December, with a selection of prints, framed & unframed, & some #Christmas cards too. Swing by if you’re in the neighbourhood…🎄 #Stoneybatter #Dublin #Ireland

Incredible light out there just now for sunset… #Dublin #Ireland #Stoneybatter

I’m here for the day in the lovely @lilliputpress.bsky.social with a selection of my prints and #Christmas Cards - pop by and say hello if you’re in the area, for all your literary & pictorial needs!!! #Stoneybatter #Dublin #Ireland

Christmas cards of this image, in packs of 3, are available behind the counter at Walsh’s…should you happen to find yourself at that counter, sipping on a pint, and in bad need of a Christmas card or 3. #Stoneybatter #Dublin

As well as having a brilliant selection of books available in the lovely @lilliputpress.bsky.social, this Saturday 14th Dec. I’ll be there too, from 12-5pm, with a selection of my prints available, framed & unframed & some #Christmas cards too. Come say hello! #Stoneybatter #Dublin #Ireland

The Christmas lights were turned on today in #Stoneybatter. I couldn’t make it along, but here’s one from a few years back, when the lights made their first appearance. #Dublin #Ireland

There’s a fundraiser on this evening in the front bar of the Glimmerman to help pay for the Christmas lights @edsmithington.bsky.social will be MC-ing the evening, with 8 pre-recorded races you can have a little flutter on…all just a bit of craic. Line up at 8pm! #Stoneybatter #Dublin

Lower Leeson Street, with its Christmas jumper on. Need to get back here one of these nights with my proper camera in tow… #Dublin

The Guinness Brewery, framed between brick chimney stacks, taken on a Baltic night from a rooftop on Benburb Street. #Dublin #Ireland #Guinness #NightWalkDublin

A timely tune to have a listen to, by my good friend @niallthomas.bsky.social #ge24 #falsetide #niallthomas #Dublin #Ireland #Stoneybatter youtu.be/DAylfP2pfmQ?...

There’s a sunset out there, trying to break through… #Stoneybatter #Dublin #Ireland

One of the most astonishing ruins in the country; Dromore Castle, 1865-70, designed in the Gothic Revival style by E.W. Godwin for Lord Glentworth, the 3rd Earl of #Limerick Incredibly, its roof was removed in 1950, less than 100 years after its construction #Architecture #Ireland #Polychromatic

I had the great pleasure of meeting Martina today in the Lilliput Press, and got a signed copy of her most recent book Charlotte, which explores the later life of Charlotte Brontë before her tragic death at just 38. www.swirlandthread.com/charlotte-ma...

A closer look at the alter area of the Neo Gothic church on the Kylemore Abbey estate, built in 1874 by Mitchell Henry, in memory of his wife Margaret Note the pillars, all Irish marbles; green from Connemara, black from Kilkenny, red from Cork and white from Tyrone #Architecture #Polychromatic