Category Archives: photo challenges

Thursday Doors

Posted on March 15, 2018 by

Before the big snow arrived and smothered Ireland to a standstill, I managed to capture some Thursday Doors shots of a lovely, characterful business premises in my native town of Blackrock. Belles Tea Rooms has two floors where you can … Continue reading →

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Photo Challenge – Reflecting

Posted on May 17, 2017 by

The Erne River in County Cavan, Ireland. In response to WordPress Daily Post photo challenge: Reflecting.

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Thursday Doors

Posted on March 9, 2017 by

Welcome to another Doirse Déardaoin, which is the Irish way of saying Thursday Doors. Although the small section of door you can see to the right of this photograph is nothing spectacular to look at, the top half of the … Continue reading →

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Thursday Doors

Posted on July 7, 2016 by

Thursday Doors comes from Ardmore again this week but this time it’s a bit more colourful, as the Summer arrived for the day on Wednesday and the flowers all came out. Even the ‘living roof’ on the Cliff House Hotel … Continue reading →

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Thursday Doors

Posted on June 16, 2016 by

This week’s photos for Thursday Doors comes from the 1980’s, when my husband, myself (eight months pregnant on twins), two children aged 5 and 3, and the dog moved, into an old bungalow needing plenty of refurbishment, in county Clare. … Continue reading →

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Thursday Doors

Posted on June 2, 2016 by

Before I began contributing to Thursday Doors I never really paid too much attention to the wide variety of doors in our town, it was the building as a whole that usually caught my eye. However, some premises have the … Continue reading →

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Thursday Doors

Posted on May 26, 2016 by

The sunshine over Youghal was so bright this week it almost got in the way of my Thursday Doors shots – as you can see from the image above. Some of the photos I took with my phone turned out … Continue reading →

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Thursday Doors

Posted on May 20, 2016 by

A red Thursday Door this week and a very unusual one, at that. It looks a bit like a stone Juliet balcony to me. This old building is part of a lovely traditional Irish bar and restaurant that has a … Continue reading →

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Face

Posted on May 14, 2016 by

The face of mischief, mayhem and merriment. A toddler with a cheeky grin and a larger than life personality. This photograph of my mother was taken about 77 years ago and it’s one of my favourite images in our family … Continue reading →

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Thursday Doors

Posted on May 12, 2016 by

While in Ardmore, county Waterford recently I took lots of photos for the Thursday Doors series. So, to continue on from last week’s cottage murals, here are some of my favourites along with boats, bluebells and balustrades. As we climbed … Continue reading →

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