Palm Springs - Eamon O'Kane., 2023.
Irish, b. 1974 -
Acrylic on canvas , 39 2/5 × 39 2/5 in. 100 × 100 cm.
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Band of gold, colour from the Irish coast in spring.
As the days get longer here in Ireland (well, a day is still 24 hours but the proportion of daylight is now getting longer and will soon be more than the length of night), the opportunity to photograph for longer during the day is to be welcomed.
The coast of Ireland is varied and in places is sandy, rocky, cliffy or often a combination.
Here, a stormy afternoon brings fresh winds and plenty of waves to the golden sands of the shore.
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Boyeeghter Bay | Murder Hole Beach
One of Ireland’s most beautiful and pristine bays is on the Rosguill Peninsula – Boyeeghter Bay. At high tide you will find two sandy beaches, which grow together to one big beach when the tide is out. The roaring Atlantic Ocean has gnawed bizarre cuts and a cave into the cliff faces along the bay. The wild waters may also be responsible for the bay’s nickname – ‘The Murder Hole’.
The beach may…
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Palm Springs Building - Eamon O'Kane., 2023.
Irish, b. 1974 -
Acrylic on wood panel , 100 x 120 cm. 39.4 x 47.2 in.
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an cheathrú rua, gaillimh
carraroe, galway
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#OTD in Irish History | 19 April:
1366 – The parliament, alarmed at the apparent undermining by native influences of the settler population’s Englishness, passed the ‘Statutes of Kilkenny’.
1608 – O’Doherty’s Rebellion was launched by the Burning of Derry.
1780 – Henry Grattan moves resolutions in favour of legislative independence in the Irish House of Commons.
1798 – The Earl of Clare began a 3-day visit to Trinity College,…
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Another pre-dawn strike, this time by the al-Nuseirat refugee camp
A separate strike hit a house in the al-Shati refugee camp, resulting in deaths but no fixed number yet
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