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Inhaler, Electric Picnic 2023
Music · Photography · electric picnic
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Florence + The Machine, Electric Picnic, Ireland
Music · florence + the machine · ireland. electric picnic
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Hozier, Electric Picnic, Ireland
Music · electric picnic · hozier
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Blur, Electric Picnic, Ireland
Music · blur · damon albarn
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Dua Lipa, Electric Picnic, Ireland
Music · dua lipa · electric picnic
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William DuVall, Dublin 2022
William DuVall starts his European tour in Dublin, April 2022.
Music · dublin · ireland
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Eater visits Cork, Ireland
The most popular food website in the USA, Eater visited Cork as part of their 20 cities to visit, and eat in, in 2020. And I was there to photograph Ireland’s second biggest city, it’s restaurants, bars and food for […]
Food · Lifestyle · Photography
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Def Leppard, Belfast
I photographed Sheffield rockers Def Leppard in Belfast as they toured their Hysteria album, 2018. In an exclusive, images can only be found on eonmusic.co.uk here. Here’s an image of Vivian Campbell, local lad and guitarist with Def Leppard performing […]
Music · Belfast · def leppard
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Winter Lights Dublin, 2019
I recently completed an interesting project to photograph 14 buildings and locations in Dublin, all lit up with projections for Winter Lights Dublin by Dublin City Council. Have a look at the Facebook page for Dublin City Council here.
Architecture · Photography · architectural photography
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Ghost, Dublin 20 November 2019
Metal band Ghost played at Dublin’s 3 Arena (Point) to an enthusiastic crowd and I was there to photograph their first Dublin performance.
Music · irish photographer · music
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Art Alexakis, Dublin 2019
Art Alexakis played an intimate set in Dublin’s Soundhouse on Eden Quay in 2019 as part of a solo tour of his album Sun Songs and I was there to photograph the singer songwriter’s performance. Alexakis is best known as […]
Music · Photography · art alexakis
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a-ha Belfast, Northern Ireland
Norwegian rock stars a-ha have begun their Hunting High and Low tour here in Ireland and I was at the Belfast SSE Arena on 30th of October 2019 to photograph the band famous for their 1980s hits Take On Me […]
Music · Photography · a-ha
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The Sun Sets on Another Electric Picnic
The sun has set on another fine music festival with 60,000 music lovers heading home from Ireland’s Electric Picnic. See the gallery below for images from 2019’s festival held in Stradbally, Co. Laois. I was there again this year to […]
Music · Photography · electric picnic
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Nore Linear Park – Kilkenny, Ireland
I undertook a recent commission to photograph a new installation on Kilkenny’s Nore Linear Park – a linear path alongside the River Nore which flows through Kilkenny. Kilkenny based Canice Architects created a new information panel at the site of […]
Architecture · Photography · architectural photography
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Designed Office Space, Canice Architects – Kilkenny, Ireland
A recent commission to photograph the designed office space for Canice Architects, a new architectural practice in Ireland’s Medieval City – Kilkenny. The Georgian room had been transformed by addition of their own designed furniture and the modular layout allowed […]
Architecture · Photography · architectural photography
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Glenn Hughes at Dublin’s Olympia, Ireland
The legendary bassist and vocalist Glenn Hughes returned to Dublin recently to perform classic Deep Purple tracks including Highway Star, Burn and Smoke on the Water. And of course I was there to photograph the action.
Music · dublin · ireland
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Mavis Staples and Hozier
Mavis Staples and Hozier on stage at Electric Picnic, Ireland 2018 Legendary singer Mavis Staples performed on Electric Picnic‘s main stage, the largest festival in Ireland saw more than 50,000 music fans from all over Ireland and the world descend upon […]
Music · electric picnic · hozier
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Nile Rodgers
Grammy Award winner Nile Rodgers seen here on stage at Electric Picnic, Ireland’s largest music festival, 2014. The musician who is best known as a member of the EDM band Chic has had hits with songs ‘Good Times‘, ‘Le Freak‘, ‘Everybody […]
Music · Photography · chic band
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Sunset Photography Workshops in Ireland
Join me as I lead photography workshops on capturing sunset images and panoramic images in the west of Ireland. Along with panoramicireland.com I will be leading the small group workshops throughout 2018 and 2019. Send me an email or contact Panoramic […]
Photography · Travel · ireland
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Silver Jug by Christina Keogh Jewellery
I spent some time in the photography studio recently photographing the jewellery and silversmithing of Christina Keogh, an Irish jeweller and goldsmith. Here is one of her handmade creations, a silver water jug that has a beautiful shape and finish. […]
Photography · craft · craft photography
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Duran Duran at Electric Picnic
In what was undoubtedly the performance of the 2017 event, Duran Duran closed Electric Picnic – Ireland’s largest festival – with an energy worthy of their headlining slot. And of course I was there to photograph the performance. Thanks to Duran […]
Music · Photography · electric picnic
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Trinity College Dublin, the Long Room Library
Dublin’s Trinity College was founded in 1592 making it Ireland’s oldest and the youngest of the ten prestigious universities of Ireland and Britain. Home to over 200,000 rare manuscripts and books the library is rightly regarded as being one of […]
Photography · Travel · dublin
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Corrosion of Conformity, Dublin
Music · Photography · ireland
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New York Times Visits Belfast
The New York Times visited Northern Ireland’s Belfast earlier this year and I was there to capture images of the industrial city that has become known for its independent shops and places to eat. The city of CS Lewis, Van […]
Travel · Belfast · New York Times
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Queens of the Stone Age, Dublin 2017
Images from Queens of the Stone Age‘s Villains tour at Dublin’s 3 Arena, formerly known as The Point. The band played a mixture of classics and tracks from their current album Villains.
Music · music · music photography
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New York Times Comes to Kilkenny, Ireland
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 on his work with the Crafts Council of […]
Photography · Travel · ireland
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Marillion at Belfast’s Ulster Hall 2018
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 for more. More images to follow.
Music · Photography · Belfast
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Toto at Belfast’s Waterfront Hall
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 classic hits as well as some less well known […]
Music · Photography · Belfast
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Electric Picnic
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 Kendrick Lamar. Find out more about Electric Picnic here. I have photographed at the festival in previous […]
Music · Photography · electric picnic
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Snow in Ireland, February 2018
‘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 I hiked above the snowline to capture the beauty of those rugged, […]
Photography · Travel · ireland
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New York Times Spends 36 Hours in Cork
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 Capital. How do I know this? Well, I photographed the charismatic, […]
Photography · Travel · cork
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Marillion at London’s Royal Albert Hall
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 the iconic band. As a fan of this band, it was great […]
Music · Photography · england
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London and The Shard
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, that tall building on the right is the tallest in Europe […]
Travel · architecture · england
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New York Times comes to Dublin
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 The Westbury Hotel’s Wilde Restaurant. The four shops are […]
Lifestyle · Photography · Travel
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Fanad Head Lighthouse, Donegal
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 Atlantic this lighthouse looks like a typical Irish light perched on well-weathered […]
Photography · Travel · donegal
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England’s Peak District looks like Ireland
A recent visit to the northern English city of Manchester enabled me to take a day trip into the countryside surrounding the sprawling conurbation. It was in the Peak District, England’s first national park, that I found landscapes very well […]
Photography · Travel · england
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Sainte Suzanne, France
Sainte Suzanne is rightly classified as one of les plus beaux villages de France – the most beautiful villages of France. Situated on a promontory inhabited since prehistoric times, Sainte Suzanne is today a quiet, scenic village with buildings dating to the […]
Photography · Travel · France
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Approaching Storm in Connemara – Landscape Photography
I wrote a short post recently here on Panoramic Ireland about landscape photography and light. It struck me one day as I was photographing landscapes in Connemara that the evening’s light was not going to be as good as forecast. I […]
Photography · Travel · connemara
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Rome’s Pantheon – an ancient masterpiece
The Pantheon in Rome was finished in AD 128 under the reign of Emperor Hadrian on a site of an older building dating to Augustus’ time. Pantheon means temple of all gods, it has been a Catholic church since AD 609. It […]
Photography · Travel · Italy
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Sleeklens Lightroom Presets
Adobe’s Lightroom is nearing its tenth year and for many it is the software of choice for editing and managing images, as such it needs little introduction. If you are new to Lightroom it can be daunting, with many options and […]
Photography · adobe · glendalough
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JD & The Straight Shot
Last night’s performance at the Marquee in Cork by JD & The Straight Shot as they supported Don Henley on his 2016 tour. I photographed the Americana band as they performed to an enthusiastic crowd in Cork, Ireland’s second city, […]
Music · Photography · ireland
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Sunset in Venice
I have visited Venice many times, but despite having visited Italy for the first time in 1992 it would not be until 2007 that I made my first visit to La Serenissima on a solo trip. On that occasion I was working […]
Photography · Travel · italia
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Dublin Photo Tours
Through my website panoramicireland.com I create and lead photography workshops in Dublin and throughout Ireland. You can see a little more about what a photography workshop involves in this short film made by a Swiss TV company who visited Dublin […]
Photography · Travel
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Weird Al Yankovic, Belfast
And the Most Energetic Performance of the Year Award goes to Weird Al Yankovic. In his first Belfast performance, a night after his first ever first Irish performance in Dublin, Weird Al played to a packed Limelight in Northern Ireland. […]
Music
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A Site Redesign
It’s been a long time in the works, a redesign of this site – darrenmcloughlin.com – but with such a busy year photographing festivals such as Electric Picnic, leading photography tours and workshops over at www.panoramicireland.com and photographing products for […]
Music · Photography
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Irish Designer Maker
Over recent days I have been photographing the handmade jewellery of Irish designer and maker Christina Keogh. Silver jewellery, from handmade rings to cufflinks for the men has been the mainstay of what I have photographed for Christina in recent […]
Photography