This weeks eyes open Ireland comes from Cortney of consciouscrafts.etsy.com. Her images are from the Loop Head Peninsula in Co. Claire.
"My husband and I enjoy walking the beaches on the Loop Head Peninsula. While the Ring of Kerry and Beara receive a lot of tourists, the Loop Head Peninsula is quiet and quaint, off the beaten path - only the true adventurists make it this far."
"We enjoyed a three hour walk along College Bay on Sunday, it's located on the Shannon Estuary. Other than weaving on the loom, creating in the kitchen and relaxing by the fire with my Patrick, there's few places I'd rather be than exploring every inch of a beach."
Love on a beach - Ships come and go, tides too, but at the end of the day I love the beaches of the Loop Head Peninsula and you!
Tiny Winkles in a tide pool - look close.
Carrigaholt Castle was built in 1480 by the McMahons, chiefs of the Corcabascin Peninsula. The Burton family were the last inhabitants in the 19th century. All that remains is a shell.
Bog Oak - While I was busy hunting sea glass and ceramics, I stumbled upon this stump. There were a few more in the same area.
1947 Okeanos Panama Steamer wreckage - the remains of this wreck are off the point near the battery. The tides were low enough, so we could make out the full length of the hull that once carried grain.
Seaweed - I've never seen this bubble seaweed before. I love the shape - button like. Cortney and Patrick
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Loop Head Peninsula, Ireland
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Loop Head Peninsula, Ireland
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Very cool! great pics as well!
ReplyDeleteLovely! well done...
ReplyDeleteI love this part of the world SO much! Your pics are great and I envy you your good fortune to be living at Loop Head:)
ReplyDeleteThat seaweed is practically smellable! Its an amazingly 'crisply focused' photo. I love the beach so much, especially in winter...well, spring too!
ReplyDeleteaaw, you live in a little piece of Heaven. I can smell the clean sea air from here.........
ReplyDeleteLove the photos, can't believe how cool that buttony seaweed is! Neat :)
ReplyDeleteGreat photos...looks like a gorgeous place!
ReplyDeleteThat tidepool photo is amazing! I thought it was an aerial photograph of some forest at first!! ;)
ReplyDeleteDitto what Tanya said on th tidepool photo- swore it was an aerial landscape shot - fantastic pic!
ReplyDeleteLove the bubble seaweed - looks like wee buttons.
SO very beautiful! What a lovely start to the day - such wonderful pictures! Thank you for sharing!
ReplyDeleteWonderful photographs! The bubble seaweed looks particularly stunning - and I lurve that colour!
ReplyDeleteThank you everyone for your kind and warming comments/compliments. Spring has sprung here on Loop Head so we're enjoying even more of our surroundings!
ReplyDeletexo.
Cortney and Patrick