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Surfin' and rainin'

nobody@flickr.com (@PAkDocK / www.pakdock.com) — Sat, 02 Jun 2012 13:18:55 -0700

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Ireland is about surf and rain. Do not expect shiny days, but good waves and desert beaches.

Yes, the spots are rain drops, under a heavy rain. Great mood I think.

Brandon Bay, Dingle, Ireland, 2011
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Cliffs of Moher, Ireland

nobody@flickr.com (@PAkDocK / www.pakdock.com) — Sat, 12 May 2012 09:07:27 -0700

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Looking north from O'Brien's Tower you can spot this view of the Cliffs of Moher. The cliffs are the natural home for an estimated 30,000 birds, living on the cliffs, representing more than 20 species. These include Atlantic Puffins, which live in large colonies at isolated parts of the cliffs.

In 2007, a Visitor Centre was built , where you can find inside a Cliff Exhibition Area, the Puffins Nest Cafe, the Cliffs View Cafe, the gift shop, a baggage store, accommodation booking and information points, graphic displays and images of the Cliffs including a stunning photo opportunity, public toilets, ATM and a fully equipped first aid room. As you can imagine, everything very nature friendly and blablabla.

For me, it was a huge disappointment to visit the cliffs, as it remembered me visiting a kind of nature-disneyland. To arrive there, you must pay 8€ (no matter the time) at the parking on the entrance, and then. take a walk via a fully wheelchair accessible stone path, behind a security fence, as well very eco-friendly.

Sorry folks, but that is not nature, and of course, I think that is not way it should be. All the beauty of the place has been blown away by this way of doing things.

By the way, a new visitor centre is going to be built in the Giant's Causeway in Northern Ireland (UK)... tourism will kill us all.

County Clare, Ireland, 2011
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Skellig Islands, Ireland

nobody@flickr.com (@PAkDocK / www.pakdock.com) — Tue, 24 Apr 2012 02:35:46 -0700

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The Skellig Islands (Irish: Na Scealaga), once known as the Skellocks, are two small, steep, and rocky islands lying about 13 km west of Bolus Head on the Iveragh Peninsula in County Kerry, Ireland. They are famous for their thriving gannet and puffin populations, and for an early Christian monastery founded in the 7th century.

County Kerry, Ireland, 2011
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Dingle from Rossbehy, Ireland

nobody@flickr.com (@PAkDocK / www.pakdock.com) — Fri, 13 Apr 2012 02:40:44 -0700

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This is a sunset in long exposure over the Dingle peninsula, spotted from Rossbehy, a beautiful village in County Kerry.
Ireland, 2011
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Old Head Of Kinsale

nobody@flickr.com (@PAkDocK / www.pakdock.com) — Tue, 10 Apr 2012 01:19:05 -0700

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The Old Head of Kinsale, (in Irish, An Seancheann) is a headland near Kinsale, County Cork, Ireland. An early lighthouse was established here in the 17th century by Robert Reading. It is notable for being the nearest land point to the site of the sinking of the RMS Lusitania in 1915.

Since the golf course opened, access to the Old Head of Kinsale has been restricted to golfers and guests only....very disappointing.

Old Head ok Kinsale, Ireland. 2011
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Shipwreck in the Irish Sea

nobody@flickr.com (@PAkDocK / www.pakdock.com) — Sun, 25 Mar 2012 04:06:11 -0700

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In 1974 the MV Irish Trader left the port of Sharpness in the Bristol Channel bound for Drogheda carrying a cargo of 410 tonnes of fertiliser when it ran aground on the soft sands of Baltray Beach, County Louth.

The reasons why it should flounder so near to Port are still unclear to this day but now some 36 years later there is very little left of her owing to the constant battering of the sea which returns twice a day to dismember her piece by piece.

Very soon there will be little or nothing left to see.

Because of the tides one has to carefully time when to visit the wreck to ensure access when the water is receding to its lowest ebb.

Baltray, near Drogheda. Ireland, 2011
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Downpatrick Head, Ireland

nobody@flickr.com (@PAkDocK / www.pakdock.com) — Fri, 09 Mar 2012 04:08:00 -0800

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Dun Briste, a spectacular sea-stack, estimated to be approximately 50 metres in height, stands 80 metres off Downpatrick Head, in the town-land of Knockaun, east of Ballycastle, Co. Mayo

Downpatrick Head is where the Atlantic has gouged a huge bay from the mighty cliffs and their summits scoured of all vegetation except grass by the ceaseless ocean winds. It is habited by many different species of birds which take up positions on the stratified face of the stack as the seasons change.

There are several stories in folklore as to how the sea-stack came to be cut off from the mainland.

One tells of Geodruisge, an ogre, who lived on the spot where the stack now stands. He was a most unpleasant character, often making life difficult for St. Patrick, who prayed frequently at the church on Downpatrick Head. The saint became exasperated, and prayed to God to put some barrier of separation between this tyrant and himself. The following morning the stack with the tyrant’s residence was found to be separated from the mainland. Geodruisg had no means of escaping and so he perished.

A long exposition shot, just to capture the fight f this static rock against the dynamic ocean. The sunny day made the emerald grass to glow.

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Giant's Causeway, Northern Ireland

nobody@flickr.com (@PAkDocK / www.pakdock.com) — Fri, 02 Mar 2012 22:11:03 -0800

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Legend says that the Irish warrior Fionn mac Cumhaill (Finn McCool) built the causeway to walk to Scotland to fight his Scottish counterpart Benandonner. Once Fionn saw Benandonner's great bulk, fled back home and asked his wife to disguise him as the baby. When the much larger Benandonner crossed the bridge looking for him met Fionn's wife Oonagh, who laid a blanket over Fionn pretending that he was actually their baby son. Then Benandonner, seeing the size of the 'infant', he assumed the alleged father, Fionn, must be gigantic indeed. Therefore, Benandonner fled home in terror, ripping up the Causeway in case he was followed by Fionn.

Actually, the causeway is an area of about 40,000 interlocking basalt columns, the result of an ancient volcanic eruption. It is located in County Antrim on the northeast coast of Northern Ireland, UK.

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