Garryvoe Beach, Co. Cork
Garryvoe, Cork, 31st March, 2018 Eroded sand, entry sliding to the sea, Coated with a blue mirror, […]
Irish beaches
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Dooagh Beach, Ross Guill Penninsula, Donegal
Doagh Beach 3rd January 2018 Storm Eleanor howled and enraged the ocean, who threw turquoise tantrums, frothed white […]
Sruwaddacon Bay, Rossport, Co. Mayo
Sruwaddacon Bay 2nd November 2017 A solitary shell, open, empty, unwanted; filled with the gases we call air. […]
Golden Strand Beach, Achill, Co. Mayo
Golden Strand Beach 1st November 2017 Green waving with the wind, grey resists while gold and white take […]
Keem Beach, Achill, Co. Mayo
The road rambles into the decline, One way to go, nowhere else to be. The fresh water hurries to meet the sand, to wash with it to the sea. Golden stretch in stone green embrace beneath a blanket of grey, Torn to reveal a flash of blue, and a golden promise behind the hill.
Tráigh na Croise, Belmullet, Co. Mayo
Tráigh na Croise 2nd November 2017 The ocean chases the horizon fading to darkest grey, a white crest […]
Dooagh Beach, Achill, Co. Mayo
Dooagh Beach 1st November 2017 The grains returned, movement of millions, smuggled by the ocean in the night. […]
Cuan an Aisléim, Achill, Co. Mayo
Cuan an Aisléim 1st November 2018 The ocean retreats and we descend brown water flows without resistance to […]
Silver Strand, Co. Mayo
Silver Strand 31st October 2017 A strand of silver at the edge of Samhain’s sky The scattering […]
Dooghmakeen Beach, Co. Mayo
Dooghmakeen Beach 31st October 2018 Concentric, lines in sand, pools between the tides, ancient sleeping stones. Ribbons and […]
Killiney Beach, Co. Dublin
Killiney Beach 26th August 2017 Light leaving the stones, people let the sea to be, To wash the […]
Meeogahane Pier, Bird Island, Co. Kerry
Meeogahane Pier 24th August 2017 The Currachs rest, sleeping seaweed wears the oceanic gloss. Salt water teases, each […]
Ballyheigue Beach, Co. Kerry
Ballyheigue, Beach 24th August 2017 A crack in the darkness laid silver on to the bay. Seaweed debris […]
Whitestrand, Doonbeg, Co. Clare
Whitestrand 23rd August 2017 A wall, a wall, no immigrants call, the waves erode the present to reveal […]
Quilty, Co. Clare
Quilty 23rd August 2017 Below the cliff, strata of the old world rises through the sand. Life hangs […]
Hellwick Beach, Hellwick, Co. Waterford
Hellwick Beach 7th August 2017 Down the steps, a haon, a dó, a trí, spectators sit on high. […]
Brittas Bay, Co. Wicklow
Brittas Bay 9th August 2017 The sun tried to stay and the wind would not leave. The sea […]
Ballyquin Beach, Co. Waterford
Ballyquin Beach 7th August 2017 Under trees, following the verdant stripe, wheel tracks to the sea. Where the […]
Stradbally Cove, Stradbally, Co. Waterford
Stradbally Cove 7th August 2017 The river feeds silver and gold, passing gaping pirate caves. A seaweed line […]
Kinnago Bay, Malin Head, Co. Donegal
Kinnago Bay 18th April 2017 The daily pilgrimage leaves swirling prayers and seaweed offerings on the golden […]