If you know me, then you know how much I love going to Ireland. If I could pick up and go over there to live permanently, I’d probably do it right now. That’s why I’m now listed as a destination wedding photographer for Ireland on WPJA. Have me shoot your Ireland Wedding and I’ll be happy to make a vacation out of it! [if you found this page through a search, my wedding photography site can be found at distinctphoto.com]

Location: Dingle Peninsula, Ireland // Google Maps
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via wikipedia.org;
Dingle (Irish: An Daingean or Daingean Uí Chúis) is a town in County Kerry in the Republic of Ireland, on the Atlantic coast some 50 km west-south-west of Tralee and 80 km west-north-west of Killarney. The town is situated on a natural harbour below Slievanea mountain on the large Dingle peninsula, which lies south of the River Shannon and north of the Ring of Kerry.

On a nice Ireland related note, I was scoping Eire tickets on the fantastic AerLingus website [I do this more often than maybe other people] and noticed tickets in October are a mere $450-475 roundtrip from LA! I thought to myself, how can I afford not to? More on this later….

Location: Connemara, Ireland // Google Maps
See the Stock Photo Gallery / See The Rest of the Connemara Photos

In my continuing to go through all my old Ireland photos, some of my favorite from the trip were from Connemara which is a coastal/inland area north of Galway with lots of mountains, waterfalls, etc. Next time I go back, without a doubt I’m going to spend a few days there and just enjoy it. Without a question, my favorite area of Ireland.

via wikipedia.org;
Connemara (in Irish: Conamara), which derives from Conmhaicne Mara (meaning: descendants of Con Mhac, of the sea), is a district in the west of Ireland comprising of a broad peninsula between Killary Harbour and Cuan Chill Chiaráin/Kilkieran Bay in the west of County Galway or south west Connacht. The Conmhaicne Mara were a branch of the Conmhaicne, an early tribal grouping that had a number of branches located in different parts of Connacht. As this branch of Conmhaicne were located by the sea they became known as the Conmhaicne Mara, i.e., of the sea. Conamara lies in the territory of Iar Connacht, “West Connacht”, which is the portion of County Galway west of Lough Corrib and the portion of County Mayo in the barony of Ross.

The main town of Connemara is Clifden. The area around the town is rich with megalithic tombs. The famous green/white Conamara Marble was a trade treasure used by the inhabitants of the time and continues to be of great value today. It is used for the pendant which makes up the Scouting Ireland Chief Scout’s Award, the highest award in Irish Scouting