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About Us
Robert Ardill and Cathy Ardill: We are both landscape photographers. Robert is also a painter and Cathy a graphic designer. We have captured images of many parts of the world,
especially in Europe, but in recent years we have focused almost exclusively on the Irish landscape.
We are fascinated by the subtlety of the Irish scenery and the transience of the light. Ireland is a country of water, mists, clouds ... and bursts of sunlight. Every season
is an entirely different experience and so is every hour of the day. Dawn and dusk are particularly beautiful: over in minutes in the wintertime but long and lazy in the summertime
when the nights last for only a few hours.
We live in the lovely village of Slane in County Meath. The historic and beautiful river Boyne runs by our house. We are surrounded by ancient sites such as the megalithic
tombs at Newgrange, Dowth and Knowth; The Hill of Slane, with the ruins of a 16th century Franciscan Monastery, looks down on the Boyne valley, Slane Castle and the wonderful 14th
century Slane Bridge; to the East is the town of Drogheda and the Irish Sea; to the West the towns of Navan and Kells; to the South Dublin and Trim; to the North Antrim and the wild
North Atlantic coast.
France
We have lived for a number of years in Arles in Provence. This is a most fascinating town in a most fascinating countryside. Van Gogh, Gauguin, Cezanne, Picasso and other great
painters have made this countryside famous to the art world. Lucien Clergue is one of France's great photographers and the founder of the Rencontre d'Arles - a world-famous
photographic venue held every year in Arles. This part of France is a different world to Ireland - dry, hot and with brilliant light, whereas Ireland is soft, misty and has subtle
and shifting light. To the photographer, Provence is more immediately accessible than Ireland - however it is a very difficult part of the world to capture well. We hope you will
enjoy some of our images of Arles and the surrounding countryside at FranceUpClose.
Our House in France
We now live for most of the year in Ireland and as a result our house in France is available for rental by the week. If you would like to see some pictures of
the house, or if you are interested in renting it, please look here: Arles Rental
Cathy taking a well-deserved rest
Robert lost in the trees
We would welcome your comments and enquiries at info@IrelandUpClose.com
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Links to our friends
This is a wonderful site on the 5000 Year Old Megalithic Passage tomb at Newgrange: A World Heritage Site.
Another great site on the 5000 Year Old Megalithic Passage tomb at Knowth: Megalithic Passage Tombs of The Boyne Valley.
If you are interested in Slane this site will tell you all about it (even has some of our images!): Slane Tourism
If you would like to purchase some of our greeting cards you can do so here: Cards Of Ireland
If you would like a great holiday in Arles, Van Gogh's town, here is a great place to stay!: Arles Rental
You can see some of our pictures of France here: FranceUpClose
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 swooping overhead.
Mute swans are resident on the weir; Hooper swans are winter visitors.
Herons, water wagtails and dippers are plentiful. The banks abound in pheasants.
This is a view of the Salmon-Leap weir on the Boyne. Several of the weirs have trees growing on them. The great beech trees are especially beautiful in Autumn. The photograph was taken in late afternoon.
The River Boyne has been designated a Special Aera of Conservation for its otter, Atlantic salmon and river lamprey.
With luck you may see a kingfisher near the water, or a buzzard ( Ireland’s biggest bird of prey ) swooping overhead.
Mute swans are resident on the weir; Hooper swans are winter visitors.
Herons, water wagtails and dippers are plentiful. The banks abound in pheasants.
This is a view of the Salmon-Leap weir on the Boyne. Several of the weirs have trees growing on them. The great beech trees are especially beautiful in Autumn. The photograph was taken in late afternoon.
The River Boyne has been designated a Special Aera of Conservation for its otter, Atlantic salmon and river lamprey.
With luck you may see a kingfisher near the water, or a buzzard ( Ireland`s biggest bird of prey ) swooping overhead.
Mute swans are resident on the weir; Hooper swans are winter visitors.
Herons, water wagtails and dippers are plentiful. The banks abound in pheasants.&reference=&thumbnail=images/thumbs/W23896---Meath-Autumn-at-Ardmulchan.jpg&picture=images/W23896---Meath-Autumn-at-Ardmulchan.jpg&picIndex=3 "This is a view of the Salmon-Leap weir on the Boyne. Several of the weirs have trees growing on them. The great beech trees are especially beautiful in Autumn. The photograph was taken in late afternoon.
The River Boyne has been designated a Special Aera of Conservation for its otter, Atlantic salmon and river lamprey.
With luck you may see a kingfisher near the water, or a buzzard ( Ireland’s biggest bird of prey ) swooping overhead.
Mute swans are resident on the weir; Hooper swans are winter visitors.
Herons, water wagtails and dippers are plentiful. The banks abound in pheasants.
This is a view of the Salmon-Leap weir on the Boyne. Several of the weirs have trees growing on them. The great beech trees are especially beautiful in Autumn. The photograph was taken in late afternoon.
The River Boyne has been designated a Special Aera of Conservation for its otter, Atlantic salmon and river lamprey.
With luck you may see a kingfisher near the water, or a buzzard ( Ireland’s biggest bird of prey ) swooping overhead.
Mute swans are resident on the weir; Hooper swans are winter visitors.
Herons, water wagtails and dippers are plentiful. The banks abound in pheasants.
This is a view of the Salmon-Leap weir on the Boyne. Several of the weirs have trees growing on them. The great beech trees are especially beautiful in Autumn. The photograph was taken in late afternoon.
The River Boyne has been designated a Special Aera of Conservation for its otter, Atlantic salmon and river lamprey.
With luck you may see a kingfisher near the water, or a buzzard ( Ireland's biggest bird of prey ) swooping overhead.
Mute swans are resident on the weir; Hooper swans are winter visitors.
Herons, water wagtails and dippers are plentiful. The banks abound in pheasants.")
 with a view of Benbaun, one of the Twelve Bens or Twelve Pins Mountains. The area around the lake and up the sides of Duchruach Mountain behind Kylemore Abbey is full or rhododendron. Kylemore Lough is in the Connemara National Park.&reference=&thumbnail=images/thumbs/W42786---Connemara-Kylemore-Lough.jpg&picture=images/W42786---Connemara-Kylemore-Lough.jpg&picIndex=5&PHPSESSID=4bd3501c68ef2a45580ec54bce1bb381 "This is an evening photograph of Kylemore Lough (or Lough Pollacappul) with a view of Benbaun, one of the Twelve Bens or Twelve Pins Mountains. The area around the lake and up the sides of Duchruach Mountain behind Kylemore Abbey is full or rhododendron. Kylemore Lough is in the Connemara National Park.")
![W46795 - Cliffs of Moher](index.php?content=Image&picture=images/W46795---Clare-Cliffs-of-Moher.jpg&pf=1&pfName=Ireland&searchString=&description=W46795 - Cliffs of Moher&narrative=Cliffs Of Moher on a very windy morning.
The Cliffs of Moher are one of Ireland`s top visitor attractions. The Cliffs are 214m high at the highest point and range for 8 kilometres over the Atlantic Ocean on the western seaboard of County Clare. O`Brien`s Tower stands proudly on a headland of the majestic Cliffs. From the Cliffs one can see the Aran Islands, Galway Bay, as well as The Twelve Pins, the Maum Turk Mountains in Connemara and Loop Head to the South. The Cliffs of Moher take their name from a ruined promontory fort &&PHPSESSID=4bd3501c68ef2a45580ec54bce1bb381#x201c;Mothar” which was demolished during the Napoleonic wars to make room for a signal tower.
Cliffs Of Moher on a very windy morning.
The Cliffs of Moher are one of Ireland`s top visitor attractions. The Cliffs are 214m high at the highest point and range for 8 kilometres over the Atlantic Ocean on the western seaboard of County Clare. O`Brien`s Tower stands proudly on a headland of the majestic Cliffs. From the Cliffs one can see the Aran Islands, Galway Bay, as well as The Twelve Pins, the Maum Turk Mountains in Connemara and Loop Head to the South. The Cliffs of Moher take their name from a ruined promontory fort “Mothar” which was demolished during the Napoleonic wars to make room for a signal tower.
Cliffs Of Moher on a very windy morning.
The Cliffs of Moher are one of Ireland`s top visitor attractions. The Cliffs are 214m high at the highest point and range for 8 kilometres over the Atlantic Ocean on the western seaboard of County Clare. O`Brien`s Tower stands proudly on a headland of the majestic Cliffs. From the Cliffs one can see the Aran Islands, Galway Bay, as well as The Twelve Pins, the Maum Turk Mountains in Connemara and Loop Head to the South. The Cliffs of Moher take their name from a ruined promontory fort "Mothar" which was demolished during the Napoleonic wars to make room for a signal tower.&reference=&thumbnail=images/thumbs/W46795---Clare-Cliffs-of-Moher.jpg&picture=images/W46795---Clare-Cliffs-of-Moher.jpg&picIndex=6 "Cliffs Of Moher on a very windy morning.
The Cliffs of Moher are one of Ireland's top visitor attractions. The Cliffs are 214m high at the highest point and range for 8 kilometres over the Atlantic Ocean on the western seaboard of County Clare. O'Brien's Tower stands proudly on a headland of the majestic Cliffs. From the Cliffs one can see the Aran Islands, Galway Bay, as well as The Twelve Pins, the Maum Turk Mountains in Connemara and Loop Head to the South. The Cliffs of Moher take their name from a ruined promontory fort “Mothar” which was demolished during the Napoleonic wars to make room for a signal tower.
Cliffs Of Moher on a very windy morning.
The Cliffs of Moher are one of Ireland's top visitor attractions. The Cliffs are 214m high at the highest point and range for 8 kilometres over the Atlantic Ocean on the western seaboard of County Clare. O'Brien's Tower stands proudly on a headland of the majestic Cliffs. From the Cliffs one can see the Aran Islands, Galway Bay, as well as The Twelve Pins, the Maum Turk Mountains in Connemara and Loop Head to the South. The Cliffs of Moher take their name from a ruined promontory fort “Mothar” which was demolished during the Napoleonic wars to make room for a signal tower.
Cliffs Of Moher on a very windy morning.
The Cliffs of Moher are one of Ireland's top visitor attractions. The Cliffs are 214m high at the highest point and range for 8 kilometres over the Atlantic Ocean on the western seaboard of County Clare. O'Brien's Tower stands proudly on a headland of the majestic Cliffs. From the Cliffs one can see the Aran Islands, Galway Bay, as well as The Twelve Pins, the Maum Turk Mountains in Connemara and Loop Head to the South. The Cliffs of Moher take their name from a ruined promontory fort \"Mothar\" which was demolished during the Napoleonic wars to make room for a signal tower.")
![W46303 - Antrim Portglenone Forest](index.php?content=Image&picture=images/W46303---Antrim-Portglenone-Forest.jpg&pf=1&pfName=Ireland&searchString=&description=W46303 - Antrim Portglenone Forest&narrative=Portglenone Forest in May is a mass of bluebell and wild garlic and is a feast for the photographer.
All of Portglenone Forest is classified as an &&PHPSESSID=4bd3501c68ef2a45580ec54bce1bb381#x2018;Ancient Woodland’, although records show that forest was once part of a much larger woodland comprising Mountreivelen, Killetra, and Glenconkeyne Woods, forming one of the biggest oak forests in the country. In 1607 Sir John Davys, the Irish Attorney-General, described this area as “well nigh as large as the New Forest in Hampshire and stored with the best timber in Ireland.”
The ground flora contains extensive colonies of Ancient Woodland indicator species such as bluebell, wood anenome, and wild garlic, which take centuries of woodland cover to establish.
Portglenone Forest in May is a mass of bluebell and wild garlic and is a feast for the photographer.
All of Portglenone Forest is classified as an ‘Ancient Woodland’, although records show that forest was once part of a much larger woodland comprising Mountreivelen, Killetra, and Glenconkeyne Woods, forming one of the biggest oak forests in the country. In 1607 Sir John Davys, the Irish Attorney-General, described this area as “well nigh as large as the New Forest in Hampshire and stored with the best timber in Ireland.”
The ground flora contains extensive colonies of Ancient Woodland indicator species such as bluebell, wood anenome, and wild garlic, which take centuries of woodland cover to establish.
Portglenone Forest in May is a mass of bluebell and wild garlic and is a feast for the photographer.
All of Portglenone Forest is classified as an `Ancient Woodland`, although records show that forest was once part of a much larger woodland comprising Mountreivelen, Killetra, and Glenconkeyne Woods, forming one of the biggest oak forests in the country. In 1607 Sir John Davys, the Irish Attorney-General, described this area as "well nigh as large as the New Forest in Hampshire and stored with the best timber in Ireland."
The ground flora contains extensive colonies of Ancient Woodland indicator species such as bluebell, wood anenome, and wild garlic, which take centuries of woodland cover to establish.&reference=&thumbnail=images/thumbs/W46303---Antrim-Portglenone-Forest.jpg&picture=images/W46303---Antrim-Portglenone-Forest.jpg&picIndex=9 "Portglenone Forest in May is a mass of bluebell and wild garlic and is a feast for the photographer.
All of Portglenone Forest is classified as an ‘Ancient Woodland’, although records show that forest was once part of a much larger woodland comprising Mountreivelen, Killetra, and Glenconkeyne Woods, forming one of the biggest oak forests in the country. In 1607 Sir John Davys, the Irish Attorney-General, described this area as “well nigh as large as the New Forest in Hampshire and stored with the best timber in Ireland.”
The ground flora contains extensive colonies of Ancient Woodland indicator species such as bluebell, wood anenome, and wild garlic, which take centuries of woodland cover to establish.
Portglenone Forest in May is a mass of bluebell and wild garlic and is a feast for the photographer.
All of Portglenone Forest is classified as an ‘Ancient Woodland’, although records show that forest was once part of a much larger woodland comprising Mountreivelen, Killetra, and Glenconkeyne Woods, forming one of the biggest oak forests in the country. In 1607 Sir John Davys, the Irish Attorney-General, described this area as “well nigh as large as the New Forest in Hampshire and stored with the best timber in Ireland.”
The ground flora contains extensive colonies of Ancient Woodland indicator species such as bluebell, wood anenome, and wild garlic, which take centuries of woodland cover to establish.
Portglenone Forest in May is a mass of bluebell and wild garlic and is a feast for the photographer.
All of Portglenone Forest is classified as an 'Ancient Woodland', although records show that forest was once part of a much larger woodland comprising Mountreivelen, Killetra, and Glenconkeyne Woods, forming one of the biggest oak forests in the country. In 1607 Sir John Davys, the Irish Attorney-General, described this area as \"well nigh as large as the New Forest in Hampshire and stored with the best timber in Ireland.\"
The ground flora contains extensive colonies of Ancient Woodland indicator species such as bluebell, wood anenome, and wild garlic, which take centuries of woodland cover to establish.")
Keywords: if you have not found the image you are looking for, try one of these keywords
Athlumney Castle Battle of the Boyne Boyne Boyne cable bridge Boyne canal Broad-Boyne Bridge Dowth Dunmoe Castle Hill of Slane Kells Knowth Ledwidge Loughcrew Louth Meath Melifont Abbey Mellifont Abbey Monasterboice Navan Navan Ramparts Newgrange Oldbridge Ramparts Ros na Ree Ros na Ri Rossnaree Ruxton Bridge Slane Slane Abbey Slane Bridge Slane Castle Slane Mill Slane Weir St Patrick Stachallan Trim Trim Castle meglithic tombs passage tombs tumulus weirsAbout Us
Robert Ardill and Cathy Ardill: We are both landscape photographers. Robert is also a painter and Cathy a graphic designer. We have captured images of many parts of the world, especially in Europe, but in recent years we have focused almost exclusively on the Irish landscape.We are fascinated by the subtlety of the Irish scenery and the transience of the light. Ireland is a country of water, mists, clouds ... and bursts of sunlight. Every season is an entirely different experience and so is every hour of the day. Dawn and dusk are particularly beautiful: over in minutes in the wintertime but long and lazy in the summertime when the nights last for only a few hours.
We live in the lovely village of Slane in County Meath. The historic and beautiful river Boyne runs by our house. We are surrounded by ancient sites such as the megalithic tombs at Newgrange, Dowth and Knowth; The Hill of Slane, with the ruins of a 16th century Franciscan Monastery, looks down on the Boyne valley, Slane Castle and the wonderful 14th century Slane Bridge; to the East is the town of Drogheda and the Irish Sea; to the West the towns of Navan and Kells; to the South Dublin and Trim; to the North Antrim and the wild North Atlantic coast.
France
We have lived for a number of years in Arles in Provence. This is a most fascinating town in a most fascinating countryside. Van Gogh, Gauguin, Cezanne, Picasso and other great painters have made this countryside famous to the art world. Lucien Clergue is one of France's great photographers and the founder of the Rencontre d'Arles - a world-famous photographic venue held every year in Arles. This part of France is a different world to Ireland - dry, hot and with brilliant light, whereas Ireland is soft, misty and has subtle and shifting light. To the photographer, Provence is more immediately accessible than Ireland - however it is a very difficult part of the world to capture well. We hope you will enjoy some of our images of Arles and the surrounding countryside at FranceUpClose.Our House in France
We now live for most of the year in Ireland and as a result our house in France is available for rental by the week. If you would like to see some pictures of the house, or if you are interested in renting it, please look here: Arles Rental|
Cathy taking a well-deserved rest |
Robert lost in the trees |
We would welcome your comments and enquiries at info@IrelandUpClose.com
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Links to our friends
This is a wonderful site on the 5000 Year Old Megalithic Passage tomb at Newgrange: A World Heritage Site.Another great site on the 5000 Year Old Megalithic Passage tomb at Knowth: Megalithic Passage Tombs of The Boyne Valley.
If you are interested in Slane this site will tell you all about it (even has some of our images!): Slane Tourism
If you would like to purchase some of our greeting cards you can do so here: Cards Of Ireland
If you would like a great holiday in Arles, Van Gogh's town, here is a great place to stay!: Arles Rental
You can see some of our pictures of France here: FranceUpClose
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Site Info
Site developed by SceneShifts.com. Tested with latest versions of Internet Explorer, Firefox, Opera, Google Chrome and Safari. If the site does not display properly please upgrade to the latest version of one of these browsers. We would welcome your feedback at info@SceneShifts.comWe use ip2country to determine which country you are in: ip to country
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