#irish connemara

[lionofchaeronea]

A Connemara Girl, Augustus Burke (1838-1891)

Happy St. Patrick's Day!

[panoramicireland]

Sunset during Storm Gerrit, also known as 'Gerrit Outta Here', as severe winds cross Ireland.

This scene is from the west of Ireland and soon after sunset the wind and rain lashed, every thirty minutes the conditions changed.

Still, a beautiful sunset all the same from my current and favourite part of Ireland.

[jevilowo]

It's Irish Language Week next week so to cope I'm making a shitty comic teehee

[gayartists]

Boys Catching Crabs, Connemara (ca. 1940), Gerard Dillon

[stairnaheireann]

#OTD in Irish History | 14 April:

1661 – Birth of scientist, archaeologist, physician and MP, Sir Thomas Molyneux, in Dublin. He was the first to assert that the Giant’s Causeway was a natural phenomenon. 1859 – Death of novelist, Sydney, Lady Morgan, née Owenson. Born in Dublin, she is best known as the author of The Wild Irish Girl. 1836 – Birth of handballer, Pat Kirby, in Tuamgraney, Co Clare. 1886 – Birth of socialist…

[vox-anglosphere]

Kylemore Abbey - a Victorian oasis along the west coast of Ireland

Kylemore is a 19th century neo-gothic castle that looks much older

[huariqueje]

Carraroe, Connemara   -   Charles Vincent Lamb , c. 1933.

Irish,  1893-1965

Oil on canvas  board

[unpolished-ink]

The Irish in me is kicking in

[thedartharts]

More plein air painting from Ireland, a bog near Connemara

[johannestevans]

same bus driver on my way out to on my way home and EACH WAY he hasn't charged me fare because he's liked my outfit and my big headphones. love this man

[riseupriseupandcomealong]

met my boss for the very first time (i’ve worked for her since august) and we talked and turns out she’s an irish speaker and old-time fiddler and i want to be her friend so badly now

[nibmoss]

an cheathrú rua, gaillimh

carraroe, galway

[divinum-pacis]

Mid 20th-century: Collecting Turf from the Bog, Connemara, Co Galway, by John Hinde.

Hinde, a failed circus entrepreneur and the great-grandson of the founder of Clarks shoes, set up his photography company in 1956.

[stairnaheireann]

Connemara National Park, Co Galway

Connemara National Park covers some 2,000 hectares of scenic mountains, expanses of bogs, heaths, grasslands and woodlands in County Galway. Some of the National Park’s mountains, namely Benbaun, Bencullagh, Benbrack and Muckanaght, are part of the famous Twelve Bens or Beanna Beola range. Opened to the public in 1980, the National Park includes lands that once formed part of the Kylemore Abbey…

[ivankellydressage]

Spot of warming up and test calling this morning with my two Irish horses. This little guy has taken such a big step forward with his confidence.

[spottys-rathole]

Horse faces <3