Blog – Darren McLoughlin Photography

New York Times Comes to Kilkenny, Ireland

2018-04-09 In Photography Travel

The New York Times, the best known publication in the world visited the small Irish city of Kilkenny recently. How do I know? I photographed the goldsmith Rudolf Heltzel for the article...

Marillion at Belfast’s Ulster Hall 2018

2018-04-09 In Music Photography

My second time photographing Marillion as they performed in front of an enthusiastic Ulster Hall crowd in Belfast. The first was at London’s Royal Albert Hall, see here...

Toto at Belfast’s Waterfront Hall

2018-04-08 In Music Photography

Toto arrived in Belfast yesterday for their first performance in Northern Ireland and I had a photo pass to cover the occasion. Celebrating 40 years as a band, gig goers heard...

Electric Picnic

2018-04-03 In Music Photography

Ireland’s largest music festival Electric Picnic have announced this year’s lineup which will see Massive Attack and Garbage hit the stage alongside headliner...

Snow in Ireland, February 2018

2018-02-19 In Photography Travel

‘Does it snow in Ireland?’ is a question that I get asked often. Above here is a YouTube video showing snow in Ireland’s mountains from February 2018 when...

New York Times Spends 36 Hours in Cork

2018-02-08 In Photography Travel

One of the world’s best known publications, The New York Times, has recently visited Cork – a city in Ireland’s southwest whose inhabitants often refer to as The Real...

Marillion at London’s Royal Albert Hall

2017-11-04 In Music Photography

Prog rockers Marillion filled London’s Royal Albert Hall for their first ever performance on Friday 13th October 2017 and I was there with a press pass to photograph...

London and The Shard

2017-10-29 In Travel

A recent visit to London to photograph Marillion in the Royal Albert Hall gave me the opportunity to photograph some of the big city’s sights. Here the famous Shard,...

New York Times comes to Dublin

2017-06-30 In Lifestyle Photography Travel

This week the New York Times published a short guide to the best shops in Dublin. Four shops in the city’s Creative Quarter, an area I know well, featured along with...

Fanad Head Lighthouse, Donegal

2017-04-23 In Photography Travel

Perhaps Ireland’s most photographed lighthouse, Fanad Head Lighthouse sits at the northern tip of the Fanad peninsula in the north west of Ireland. High up in the north...