tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8647679244425893362024-03-13T13:27:34.633-07:00CONOR'S PICTURESASSORTED PICTURES FROM MY WORK, TRAVELS AND DAILY LIFE...Conor Ó Mearáinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05832476152567774310noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-864767924442589336.post-29412107235684240512014-04-19T16:39:00.000-07:002014-04-19T16:39:33.677-07:00GOOD FRIDAY - REMEMBERING SHANE WITH LORCAN COLLINS<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Family and friends of Shane MacThomáis were treated to a rather special tour of the 1916 graves at Glasnevin Cemetery by the inimitable Lorcan Collins of 1916 Rebellion Walking Tour fame, <a href="http://www.1916rising.com/">http://www.1916rising.com/</a>. The Good Friday tour was in lieu of a month's mind for Shane.... The bauld Lorcan was on fire and had us all eating out of his hands. Warm, witty and irreverant (I don't know how he gets away with some of the stuff he says!)... it was a great way for us to commemorate Shane, as raw as his loss still is.</div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">I'm currently showing some Cuban work at Noshington Café, on the South Circular Road, in Dublin. I've called the exhibition "Same Sea" after an inscription I noticed on a plaque mounted on the junction of O'Reilly Street in Habana Viejo.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">It reads "Two island peoples in the same sea of struggle and hope - Cuba & Ireland."</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">My old friend Shane MacThomáis died recently and while searching through my archive for pictures of Shane, I rediscovered these photographs of a commemoration parade for 25th year anniversary of the 1981 hunger strikes.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">The event was held in West Belfast, during the summer of 2006, and as Shane had to travel up for work, I went along for the trip, hoping to make a few interesting images. I was studying in Newport at the time and I was using a medium format camera with a waist level view finder. It's my favourite way of looking at the world.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">As Shane was off networking and politicking I scratched around looking for picture opportunities, trying my best to be unobtrusive. These four are what I took home from the trip. </span></span></div>
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<br />Conor Ó Mearáinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05832476152567774310noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-864767924442589336.post-58082071968109029392011-11-22T06:02:00.000-08:002011-11-22T06:21:15.605-08:00BEST DRESSED LADY PUNCHESTOWN<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-EOyGZhohiZA/TsutvusP3PI/AAAAAAAAAHw/_QZWSBW7gro/s1600/PUNCHESTOWN_6a.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 400px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-EOyGZhohiZA/TsutvusP3PI/AAAAAAAAAHw/_QZWSBW7gro/s400/PUNCHESTOWN_6a.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5677822790729719026" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-lPpOPiI-674/Tsutpbu7hmI/AAAAAAAAAHk/znlLXTDcAvg/s1600/PUNCHESTOWN_11A.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 220px; height: 400px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-lPpOPiI-674/Tsutpbu7hmI/AAAAAAAAAHk/znlLXTDcAvg/s400/PUNCHESTOWN_11A.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5677822682561480290" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-6AD6ZxVOziM/Tsuthjv6mxI/AAAAAAAAAHY/OmG4WAYRyao/s1600/PUNCHESTOWN_20A.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 184px; height: 400px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-6AD6ZxVOziM/Tsuthjv6mxI/AAAAAAAAAHY/OmG4WAYRyao/s400/PUNCHESTOWN_20A.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5677822547274144530" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-sDyx0iEIUic/TsutYNUdW_I/AAAAAAAAAHM/Ll0hfgFN2KI/s1600/PUNCHESTOWN_18A.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-sDyx0iEIUic/TsutYNUdW_I/AAAAAAAAAHM/Ll0hfgFN2KI/s400/PUNCHESTOWN_18A.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5677822386634578930" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-knE15YADw6Y/TsutLuQxc4I/AAAAAAAAAHA/fA3zBXTcjWQ/s1600/PUNCHESTOWN_7A.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 201px; height: 400px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-knE15YADw6Y/TsutLuQxc4I/AAAAAAAAAHA/fA3zBXTcjWQ/s400/PUNCHESTOWN_7A.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5677822172139189122" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-9tCfSS4G4DM/Tsur6nphRzI/AAAAAAAAAGo/bhfpwznthbs/s1600/PUNCHESTOWN_6a.jpg"><br /></a><span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);">A few images from the Osprey Best Dressed Lady Competition at the Winter Festival at Punchestown which I photographed on Sunday 20th. The winner, Eibhilín Mhic Earraigh, moonlights, successfully, as a milliner to her friends. She's at http://www.facebook.com/eibhilin and @eibhilinmhic on twitter.</span>Conor Ó Mearáinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05832476152567774310noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-864767924442589336.post-40819499933128055832011-07-31T07:34:00.001-07:002011-07-31T07:58:16.935-07:00Hope & Renewal, The Finished Piece<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-wF6vchNFVCg/TjVol2_JRII/AAAAAAAAAGg/JhAXlsh3J9k/s1600/Fink-5a.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-wF6vchNFVCg/TjVol2_JRII/AAAAAAAAAGg/JhAXlsh3J9k/s400/Fink-5a.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5635525508348855426" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-LAvU2AsoCsY/TjVoe8wBb2I/AAAAAAAAAGY/63rCki5IXwE/s1600/Fink-4a.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 320px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-LAvU2AsoCsY/TjVoe8wBb2I/AAAAAAAAAGY/63rCki5IXwE/s400/Fink-4a.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5635525389636956002" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-2CGzCxyQ3S4/TjVoPUk3iOI/AAAAAAAAAGQ/qCDfOURb7ZM/s1600/Fink-6a.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-2CGzCxyQ3S4/TjVoPUk3iOI/AAAAAAAAAGQ/qCDfOURb7ZM/s400/Fink-6a.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5635525121154713826" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);">Friday morning was wet & misty and there was no sign of Fink as I crossed over Francis Street on my way out to do pictures for Dublin People but he eventually showed up after the rain and by the time I was returning in the late afternoon he had pretty much finished his piece "Hope & Renewal". It's at the corner of Mark's Alley West and Francis Street. I'd like to do a time lapse piece with him making work. More anon, ciao for now...</span>Conor Ó Mearáinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05832476152567774310noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-864767924442589336.post-85888708851728335252011-07-28T11:31:00.000-07:002011-07-28T12:23:10.716-07:00City of Hope<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-PmDtCROzwUw/TjGs4YHJ22I/AAAAAAAAAFg/cteSrHVQ2D4/s1600/Fink-2.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-PmDtCROzwUw/TjGs4YHJ22I/AAAAAAAAAFg/cteSrHVQ2D4/s400/Fink-2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5634474693362309986" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-CQO0VD1BJ1Q/TjGsbnTJqQI/AAAAAAAAAFY/yblBA1ReqHY/s1600/Fink-1.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-CQO0VD1BJ1Q/TjGsbnTJqQI/AAAAAAAAAFY/yblBA1ReqHY/s400/Fink-1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5634474199222954242" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-bzZ0koauVXU/TjGunf3F8AI/AAAAAAAAAFw/qPQn0Xq9yZI/s1600/Fink-3.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 160px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-bzZ0koauVXU/TjGunf3F8AI/AAAAAAAAAFw/qPQn0Xq9yZI/s200/Fink-3.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5634476602407907330" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);">I was tooing and froing from my parking space on Francis St today and met the street artist Fink (no relation to Barton, apparently) starting a new piece. I did a few pics and then had a little look through some older pics and I came across this one I made in Berlin last year. </span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-V5inSHothaA/TjGvLutHHNI/AAAAAAAAAGA/kCl3I8IXXdI/s1600/Jap%2BSector-1a.jpg"><br /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-ubOH8EWQyyw/TjGwKW0XypI/AAAAAAAAAGI/RBID-yRun5I/s1600/Jap%2BSector-1b.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 109px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-ubOH8EWQyyw/TjGwKW0XypI/AAAAAAAAAGI/RBID-yRun5I/s400/Jap%2BSector-1b.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5634478300787624594" border="0" /></a><br /><br /></div>Conor Ó Mearáinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05832476152567774310noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-864767924442589336.post-58014144728196271982011-05-18T23:00:00.000-07:002011-05-18T23:52:40.483-07:00Sunday Drive, Monument Valley, Utah.<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-gJLKR_dfmJs/TdS44ovSJxI/AAAAAAAAAFM/GL80jAAulqo/s1600/MV-2.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-gJLKR_dfmJs/TdS44ovSJxI/AAAAAAAAAFM/GL80jAAulqo/s320/MV-2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5608310719131035410" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);">I'm in Arizona at the minute and I spent the last few days up in Flagstaff from where I made a couple of trips, including one to Monument Valley. It features in several of John Ford's Westerns starting with Stage Coach (I think). Anyway, I took a 5" x 4" camera with me, hoping to capture magic hour in all its golden cinematic allure only to be frustrated by a stubborn hard Sou' Westerly. I go to the lab tomorrow....</span><br /></div><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Rb53ogUorxM/TdSyRQpC8QI/AAAAAAAAAFE/xw4iPmFO1mA/s1600/MV-1.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Rb53ogUorxM/TdSyRQpC8QI/AAAAAAAAAFE/xw4iPmFO1mA/s400/MV-1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5608303445577756930" border="0" /></a>Conor Ó Mearáinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05832476152567774310noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-864767924442589336.post-5218548920382553392011-03-22T09:06:00.000-07:002011-03-23T16:27:08.140-07:00Jesse Jackson<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-00TI76LlbzQ/TYjJNVdo5JI/AAAAAAAAAEM/8gSoUyMR1eA/s1600/JESSE%2BJACKSON-1a.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 256px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-00TI76LlbzQ/TYjJNVdo5JI/AAAAAAAAAEM/8gSoUyMR1eA/s320/JESSE%2BJACKSON-1a.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5586936568690042002" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);">The Reverend Jesse Jackson in The Chapel in Tri</span><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);">nity College Dublin, today, after he addressed the Historical Society. He then walked back to his hotel stopping to speak to people once or twice al</span><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);">ong the way.<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-60EEZKAAfXk/TYjRVyFflnI/AAAAAAAAAEU/C9b1Bu-T1ck/s1600/JESSE%2BJACKSON-5a.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 256px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-60EEZKAAfXk/TYjRVyFflnI/AAAAAAAAAEU/C9b1Bu-T1ck/s320/JESSE%2BJACKSON-5a.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5586945509905372786" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);">He stopped at the bottom of Grafton Street to read what pavement artist Craig Wightman had written regarding life and homelessness. Craig is in trans</span></span><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);"><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);">itional housing awaiting a permanent home.<br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);"><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Bbg749s7YsQ/TYjhDIGu1nI/AAAAAAAAAE0/PXAmFFl4cAY/s1600/JESSE%2BJACKSON-4a.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 256px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Bbg749s7YsQ/TYjhDIGu1nI/AAAAAAAAAE0/PXAmFFl4cAY/s320/JESSE%2BJACKSON-4a.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5586962781584676466" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);"><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);"><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);"><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-w_LHLgq8DAo/TYjhWxbPErI/AAAAAAAAAE8/FxAzor0myvA/s1600/JESSE%2BJACKSON-6a.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 256px; height: 320px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-w_LHLgq8DAo/TYjhWxbPErI/AAAAAAAAAE8/FxAzor0myvA/s320/JESSE%2BJACKSON-6a.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5586963119094043314" border="0" /></a></span></span></span></span></span></span><br /><br /></span><br /><br /></span>Conor Ó Mearáinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05832476152567774310noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-864767924442589336.post-25845685124231700602011-02-10T07:22:00.000-08:002011-02-10T07:46:04.783-08:00Cimetiere, St. Pierre, La Réunion<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-ZpTrv8H_5zQ/TVQDPQQ2gLI/AAAAAAAAAEE/Fomf3zVQgas/s1600/Cemitiere-1.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 320px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-ZpTrv8H_5zQ/TVQDPQQ2gLI/AAAAAAAAAEE/Fomf3zVQgas/s320/Cemitiere-1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5572082199562715314" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-gSODJ_mmzOs/TVQDGT817rI/AAAAAAAAAD8/PAPABcbVoXc/s1600/Cemitiere-2.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 320px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-gSODJ_mmzOs/TVQDGT817rI/AAAAAAAAAD8/PAPABcbVoXc/s320/Cemitiere-2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5572082045933711026" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-KA3OcyQnyPo/TVQC-eSsuFI/AAAAAAAAAD0/avTferM5-1o/s1600/Cemitiere-3.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 320px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-KA3OcyQnyPo/TVQC-eSsuFI/AAAAAAAAAD0/avTferM5-1o/s320/Cemitiere-3.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5572081911270783058" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);">Some images from a cemetery in St. Pierre, La Réunion, a French island in the Indian Ocean, between Madagascar and Mauritius.</span>Conor Ó Mearáinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05832476152567774310noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-864767924442589336.post-74901450850696967842011-02-03T05:58:00.000-08:002011-02-03T17:29:48.721-08:00Dylan Haskins, Independent Candidate<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_xtDST2fcCoo/TUq1B3bAq_I/AAAAAAAAADs/Cgj9e4Q2SVM/s1600/HASKINS%2BLAUNCH-4a.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 217px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_xtDST2fcCoo/TUq1B3bAq_I/AAAAAAAAADs/Cgj9e4Q2SVM/s320/HASKINS%2BLAUNCH-4a.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5569462932858776562" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_xtDST2fcCoo/TUq05imlffI/AAAAAAAAADk/F6hVI_u1nLM/s1600/HASKINS%2BLAUNCH-2a.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 220px; height: 320px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_xtDST2fcCoo/TUq05imlffI/AAAAAAAAADk/F6hVI_u1nLM/s320/HASKINS%2BLAUNCH-2a.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5569462789831228914" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_xtDST2fcCoo/TUq0rvBDYdI/AAAAAAAAADc/gTF3NL7dF1w/s1600/HASKINS%2BLAUNCH-1a.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 306px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_xtDST2fcCoo/TUq0rvBDYdI/AAAAAAAAADc/gTF3NL7dF1w/s320/HASKINS%2BLAUNCH-1a.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5569462552645296594" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);">Dublin South East independent candidate, </span> <span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);">Dylan Haskins, launched his election campaign today at Andrews Lane, Dublin. </span>Conor Ó Mearáinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05832476152567774310noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-864767924442589336.post-77606866056738871052011-01-28T06:10:00.000-08:002011-01-30T03:33:52.454-08:00Veteran Socialist, Trinidad de la Cuba<div style="text-align: justify;"><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_xtDST2fcCoo/TULO1_StTJI/AAAAAAAAADE/NmWj-oNYkPc/s1600/Socialista%2BViejo%2B%2528DD%2529.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 400px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_xtDST2fcCoo/TULO1_StTJI/AAAAAAAAADE/NmWj-oNYkPc/s400/Socialista%2BViejo%2B%2528DD%2529.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5567239516301642898" border="0" /></a><br /></div><br /><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);">The Cuban people seem to remain very loyal to the revolution even if they now feel frustrated and disaffected. I met this veteran of '59 in Trinidad de la Cuba. A contemporary of Castro, Guevara & Cienfuegos, he now survives by selling cigarettes, paintings & political pamphlets from his front parlour. Pictures on the wall show him in earlier times as a delegate to an international socialist congress.</span><br /><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_xtDST2fcCoo/TULVNbhRBuI/AAAAAAAAADM/Omf4h1pRScU/s1600/Socialista%2BViejo%2B2%2B%2528DD%2529.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_xtDST2fcCoo/TULVNbhRBuI/AAAAAAAAADM/Omf4h1pRScU/s400/Socialista%2BViejo%2B2%2B%2528DD%2529.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5567246516085655266" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /></div>Conor Ó Mearáinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05832476152567774310noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-864767924442589336.post-18600800340933726552011-01-20T00:16:00.000-08:002011-01-20T00:24:31.472-08:00Connemara Again<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_xtDST2fcCoo/TTfvmmE9lqI/AAAAAAAAAC8/2EHniyiJPJE/s1600/Connemara-6a.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 320px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_xtDST2fcCoo/TTfvmmE9lqI/AAAAAAAAAC8/2EHniyiJPJE/s400/Connemara-6a.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5564179310974965410" border="0" /></a><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);"><br />I'd just run the Connemara half marathon with my brother, Shane back in March '09. We came back via Roundstone and stopped off in O'Dowd's for some well earned fish'n'chips.</span>Conor Ó Mearáinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05832476152567774310noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-864767924442589336.post-13835087751405324292011-01-14T04:24:00.000-08:002011-01-14T04:34:14.109-08:00Pondering 2011<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_xtDST2fcCoo/TTBCuYoWE4I/AAAAAAAAAC0/QwB3I4M5ZmA/s1600/Cuba%2BNecropolis%2BColon-1.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_xtDST2fcCoo/TTBCuYoWE4I/AAAAAAAAAC0/QwB3I4M5ZmA/s400/Cuba%2BNecropolis%2BColon-1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5562018904455648130" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_xtDST2fcCoo/TTBAsH2PTTI/AAAAAAAAACs/7kbsA5-bFpA/s1600/Cuba%2BNecropolis%2BColon-1.jpg"><br /></a><br /><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);">A picture I made in the Necropolis Cristobal Colón, Havana's main city cemetery, named after Christopher Columbus</span><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);">.</span>Conor Ó Mearáinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05832476152567774310noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-864767924442589336.post-89245315001956421402011-01-10T07:13:00.000-08:002011-01-11T04:13:23.653-08:00Africa Day, Iveagh Gardens 2010<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_xtDST2fcCoo/TSsj3UcVoLI/AAAAAAAAACM/JsBLBiX9Bs8/s1600/Africa-2.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_xtDST2fcCoo/TSsj3UcVoLI/AAAAAAAAACM/JsBLBiX9Bs8/s400/Africa-2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5560577598206353586" border="0" /></a><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);"><br /></span><div style="text-align: justify;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);"><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);">The Solanke Brothers, Moyo (6), Nekan (21) and Diji (15), from Drogheda.</span></span><br /></div><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);"><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);"><br /></span><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);">I covered Africa Day 2009 & 2010 for DHR Communications, it was great to photograph. </span></span><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);"><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);">I am currently reviewing images to be included on my website which is coming soon and will include a comprehensive Africa Day gallery.</span></span><br /></div>Conor Ó Mearáinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05832476152567774310noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-864767924442589336.post-10233128845936856812011-01-06T10:19:00.000-08:002011-01-09T09:09:16.256-08:00Viking Place, Arbour Hill<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_xtDST2fcCoo/TSYLSPrF__I/AAAAAAAAABg/8VOBp9-YNTE/s1600/Arbor%2BHill-1.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_xtDST2fcCoo/TSYLSPrF__I/AAAAAAAAABg/8VOBp9-YNTE/s400/Arbor%2BHill-1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5559143198108286962" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);">It just caught my eye. I like the indications of how it is used by the community and its mute palate. I was rambling around the Arbour Hill area one afternoon last summer. My father was born around the corner on Malachi Rd.</span><br /></div>Conor Ó Mearáinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05832476152567774310noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-864767924442589336.post-89706774395063399112011-01-06T06:29:00.000-08:002011-01-09T09:02:00.698-08:00New Year's Day 2011<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_xtDST2fcCoo/TSXSu9qbhoI/AAAAAAAAABE/DmIPSsm91qQ/s1600/New%2BYear%2527s%2BDay%2BConnemara-1a%2Bcopy.jpg"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 128px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_xtDST2fcCoo/TSXSu9qbhoI/AAAAAAAAABE/DmIPSsm91qQ/s320/New%2BYear%2527s%2BDay%2BConnemara-1a%2Bcopy.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5559081019327088258" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_xtDST2fcCoo/TSXVZeozxNI/AAAAAAAAABM/MSz4muMLmPM/s1600/New%2BYear%2527s%2BDay%2BConnemara-2%2Bcopy.jpg"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_xtDST2fcCoo/TSXVZeozxNI/AAAAAAAAABM/MSz4muMLmPM/s320/New%2BYear%2527s%2BDay%2BConnemara-2%2Bcopy.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5559083948756419794" border="0" /></a><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);font-size:100%;" >I spent New Year's with friends in Oughterard, the gateway to The West. It's a special place, Connemara, God's own country. I'd like to spend more time there, photographing it more extensively. It is layered with history, fields of old potato drills can still be seen half way up mountain sides. These images are of Loughaunierin, just off the N59 between Oughterard and Maam Cross. The old Galway to Clifden railway line ran along the far shore of the lake.</span><br /></div>Conor Ó Mearáinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05832476152567774310noreply@blogger.com1