The Boyne Viaduct As It Was In September 2024 Which Was Two Years Ago

Explore the history of Drogheda’s Boyne Viaduct, a 19th-century engineering marvel linking Dublin and Belfast. Discover its original lattice design, 1930s rebuild, and ongoing legacy.

on Thursday, 10th September

The Drogheda Viaduct In Context 9 September 2026

Explore the history of Drogheda’s Boyne Viaduct, a 19th-century engineering marvel linking Dublin and Belfast. Discover its original lattice design, 1930s rebuild, and ongoing legacy.

on Thursday, 10th September

The Dale Is A Secluded Ravine Valley And Street In Drogheda

Explore the history and layout of The Dale in Drogheda, a secluded valley street featuring colourful mural-lined steps, medieval siege history, and urban nature walking routes.

on Wednesday, 9th September

My First Time To Use The Sony FE 100-400mm F5.6 - F8

For this inaugural run, I kept the camera in full auto mode. The primary objective was not nuanced artistic deliberation, but standard quality assurance - verifying that the autofocus locks promptly, image stabilisation engages properly, and aperture communication between camera and mount operates without issue. The lens handled every initial test without missing a beat.

on Tuesday, 8th September

Sawmill Street And Lane In Cork And The O'Shea Building Photographed May 2022

Explore the history and present-day status of Sawmill Street and Sawmill Lane in Cork City's historic South Parish. Discover the evolution of the area from 19th-century timber yards and charitable institutions like Buckingham House into a thriving educational and creative quarter anchored by Cork College of FET (St John's Central College).

on Tuesday, 8th September

A Collection of Unusual Images from a Sony FX30: Reassessing an Eerie December Light

Can modern RAW processing salvage images once written off as unusable. Revisiting forgotten 2022 files shot into an eerie winter twilight using the Sony FX30 and FE 24-105mm f/4 G OSS lens, reprocessed today using updated Lightroom algorithms on a classic 27-inch 5K iMac setup.

on Monday, 7th September

An Update On The Infrastructure Behind The Site

We have now more or less completed our migration to RapidWeaver Elements paired with jAlbum, and we are actively phasing out our remaining Headless and Static WordPress sites. Visitors may have noticed our pages loading substantially faster. We tracked down and resolved a major site performance bottleneck that was far from obvious under standard profiling, dramatically cutting overhead across our core sections.

on Saturday, 5th September

Urban Depression On North Street In Belfast And Urban Expression Off Rosemary Street Featuring Street Art By SillyMe