The world is full of magic things
patiently waiting for our senses to grow sharper.
W.B. Yeats
The Mizen Peninsula in West Cork is an area of outstanding natural beauty. It stretches 34km from the gateway village of Ballydehob, all the way down to the rugged cliffs of Mizen Head, Ireland’s most south westerly point. Mount Gabriel dominates the skyline, towering over Schull and Roaring Water Bay, home to the Carbery Hundred Isles and the larger, inhabited islands of Sherkin, Heir and Cape Clear, beyond which stands the Fastnet Rock and wild Atlantic ocean.
In these photographs I attempt to give a small glimpse of the breathtaking coastline of the Mizen and how it has come to inspire and influence my latest body of work.
Barleycove from Mizen Head
Barleycove marshes
Barleycove
Low tide. Ballyrisode
Barleycove
Rock Island. Crookhaven
Trawnabirrea Creek
Crookhaven
Dereennatra Quay
Roaring Water Bay
Durrus Road
Estuary, Crookhaven
Brow Head. Ireland's most SW point
Mt Gabriel from Goleen
Goleen
Goleen from Toormore
Roaring Water Bay
Crookhaven creek
Mt. Kidd
Mt. Kidd
Northside of the Mizen
Roaring Water Bay, Rossbrin
Slipway, Rossbrin Cove
Sundown, Kilbronogue
Toormore Cove
Barleycove Estuary
Cadogan, Schull
Cape Clear from Kilbronogue
Cape Clear from Galley Cove
Chimney Beach
Crookhaven Bay
Fastnet Rock from Galley Cove
Brow Head
Kilbronogue
Mt. Gabriel from Goleen
Schull harbour and Mt Gabriel
Schull Harbour Walk
Rossbrin Castle
Island view from Goleen
Croagh Bay
Crookhaven estuary
Winter, Mt. Gabriel
Ballyrisode
Barleycove Dunes
Barleycove Estuary
Altar tomb. Toormore
By Chimney Beach
Chimney Beach
Goleen
Kilbronogue
Rossbrin cove and castle
Kilbronogue
Barleycove Dunes
Galley Cove
Mizen
Mt. Gabriel, Goleen
The Strand. Crookhaven
Barleycove Estuary
Coast road. Durrus
Fastnet Rock from Goleen
Roaring Water Bay. Kilbronogue
Low Tide, Ballyrisode
Chimney Beach
The beacon, Long Island, from Schull
Goleen
Ballyrisode
Crookhaven creek
Rock Island. Crookhaven
Mt Kidd
Barleycove dunes
Fastnet Rock from Galley Cove
Mt Gabriel. Schull
Colla Pier. Schull
Long Island from Colla
Long Island
Mt Gabriel. Kilbronogue