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Club Outing – Royal Hospital Kilmainham Outing

Feb 9, 2026 | Club Outings

On 17th January, we set off on the second outing of the year in again dubious weather. However, we did manage to get periods of dry so everyone could make the most of the options outdoors. The brief for this outing was to photograph the stunning 17th century classical...

Eithne O’Leary – LIPF

Jan 31, 2026 | Member Awards

Congratulations to Eithne O'Leary for attaining her LIPF Distinction at the November 2025 sitting of the IPF.

Gerry Moloney – LIPF

Jan 31, 2026 | Member Awards

Congratulations to Gerry Moloney for attaining his LIPF Distinction at the November 2025 sitting of the IPF.

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What’s On

Here are the next scheduled meetings and events for the Society:

21Feb

Club Outing – Abstract

21Feb

Club Outing – Altamont Gardens Snowdrops

Altamont Gardens

10Mar

Club Outing – Rusborough House

Russborough House

16Mar

Bank Holiday – St Patrick’s Day

21Mar

Club Outing – Hockey Match

28Mar

Club Outing – Sunrise at Dun Laoghaire Baths

Dun Laoghaire Baths Car Park

06Apr

Bank Holiday – Easter Monday

04May

Bank Holiday – May Bank Holiday

01Jun

Bank Holiday – June Bank Holiday

03Aug

Bank Holiday – August Bank Holiday

26Oct

Bank Holiday – October Bank Holiday

23Nov

Club Meeting – 2026 AGM

St Brigid's Girls National School

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The Latest Member’s Photographs on Flickr

For a full selection view Offshoot Flickr Group.

Three Bells of Fira church, Santorini, Greece.
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Abandoned Boathouse Long Exposure-Lough Ennell, Mullingar Co. Westmeath
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Bosta Time and Tide
A different type of image from the fabulous Isle of Harris & Lewis: The Bosta Time and Tide Bell. Installed on June 19, 2010, the bell works through the movement of the tides. At high water, the sea moves the clapper to strike the bell and, as the waves hit, an ever-changing musical pattern is created. As well as being unique works of art, Vergette also intended the bells to remind people about the threat of global warming as they will sound more frequently as sea levels rise.

Murmuration and Long Exposure-Lough Ennell
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Seapoint Sunset
Dublin

Edited on Snapseed on my iPhone 17 Pro.

Starling Murmuration on Lough Ennell
Let's stick together!

Starling Murmuration at Sunset
Taken on Offshoot Outing

Lough Ennell
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Snow Moon
Saint Helens Bay, Wexford

IMG_1988
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Crazy Waves
Missed the spectacle yesterday unfortunately

Portrait of the Artist - Chiang Mai
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Derelict Pier - Koh Samui
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Snow Day
Dolomites

Female Otter
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altered perspective imma
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Down by the seaside
East Pier, Dun Loaghaire

Cathedral of Sainte-Marie-Majeure, Marseille, France
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framed frame
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garden imma
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Kingfisher
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imma
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footage from imma
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Los Gigantes Waves - Santiago Tenerife
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Tenement Staircase
Taken in the Henrietta Street Museum

Lago Misurina
Dolomites

That Photographer is here somewhere! The poor Photographer was there for 3 hours before this image was captured.
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Kenmare Bridge
Old photo from previous defunct apple Mac

Jackson Falls pano
2 shot panorama

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Red Squirrel- Always wash your hands!
Thanks for dropping by and for your comments and faves

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Ra Stua Snow Blanket
Dolomites

Owenbeg in full spate
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Alpe di Siusi
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Sunset colour Riverview
New padel courts with matching sky colour

Splash
Taken in Dun Laoghaire, looking out at the Roger Casement statue on Saturday afternoon. It was high tide and conditions were rough and tough!

Hold fast!!this torrent will soon pass
Jackson Falls in full flow after recent rain

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Sparrowhawk
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Lago Antorno Reflection
Dolomites

Glendalough Robin
Lichen the robin

Hovering
This took a lot of patience, light was bad, so hard to get my shutter speed up and they fly so fast.

Tide out on Dublin Bay
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Headless Art Lover
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Silk Mill By Night
The Museum of Making at the silk mill in Derby. A phone picture, cropped, put through the Nik Color Efex dark contrasts filter and the usual brightening and sharpening.

Royal Hospital Kilmainham -8
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Royal Hospital Kilmainham -16
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Redshank, Bull Island
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Majesty
Dolomites

Bull Island sunset
The Sugar Loaf in far off Co. Wicklow mirrored in a tidal pool on the beach of Bull Island.

Errigal Mountain - Donegal
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Jay Bird
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Salamanca Cathedral, Spain
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Sunrise from Dun Laoghaire
Thanks Richard for inviting me

Finnish aurora
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Snow features
The moon was still up as the belt of Venus lit up the early morning sky

Autumn Winter
Dolomites

Glendalough
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Coolalingo Waterfall, Glenmalure
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Trio of burst footballs
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Misty Mountain
Dolomites

Looking down on the destruction
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Swan Lake 2
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Between the Shadows
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Winner alright
The Great Nudie - winner at Naas 9th Jan 2026

CSG
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White Out
Dolomites

Paying with Motion Kilfarrassey
Thanks Darren for a great day

Portes Mortelaises & Medevial Timber framed Houses of Rennes
Great atmosphere in such an ancient town. Some of the Roman walls still remain

Sparring
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Old house.
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Old Joe
Old Joe, or more formally, the Joseph Chamberlain Memorial Clock Tower on a bright winter day. At a height variously given as 99m or 100m, Old Joe is the world's tallest free-standing clock tower and is dedicated to Joseph Chamberlain, Lord Mayor of Birmingham, sometime Secretary of State for the Colonies and first chancellor of the University of Birmingham, which he was instrumental in founding. The tower was freely modelled on the Torre del Mangia in Siena and is built of Accrington red brick on concrete pile. It was constructed without any external scaffolding, being built and faced from the inside out. During the second world war, it was used as a transmitter site for radar experiments in the development of the cavity magnetron, invented in the physics department nearby. A phone picture, with some simple cropping, brightening and sharpening.

Lago Misurina Reflection
Dolomites

Coolalingo Waterfall, Glenmalure
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Glendalough
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Coolalingo Waterfall, Glenmalure
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Song Thrush gets the worm
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Red Deer Killarney
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Red Deer
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Moonset over the Aviva Stadium
Moonset time 09:30 but sunrise was 08:36 so this was around sunrise

Church of St. Jean, Gülşehir, Cappadocia, Turkey.
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Sun sets on New Years Day
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Lago Antorno Reflection
Dolomites

winter tree carton hse
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Dublin City Hall-Christmas Lights Dublin
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Custom House & Liberty Hall-Christmas Lights Dublin
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Starlings thinking about a murmuration
A murmur can quickly turn into a rumour!

Sumiyoshi Taisha Shrine, Osaka, Japan
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Fireworks 2025 Dun Laoghaire
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Fireworks 2025 Dun Laoghaire
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New Year's Eve Fireworks - Dun Laoghaire
Happy New Year Everybody

Abstract in the sand
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Bog River,Connemara
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Sacre Coeur - Paris
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Jay in morning sunrise
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Lehinch Co. Clare
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Churches
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Competition Winner’s Image Gallery

Relaxed Observer by Stephen Smith

Who me by Malcom Broadstock

Buzzzz by Frazer Meredith

Santa Special by Frazer Meredith

Dark Daze by Jerome Fennell

Sunset at Dun Laoghaire by Mary Winifred-Ross

Frosty End to Scottish Life by Steve Smith

Drombeg Stone Circle by Paul O'Callaghan

Place-Moon over the Great Blasket by Noel McMahon

Sicilian Burgers by Noel McMahon

Wolf by Linda Rafferty

Poolbeg Chimneys by Eithne O'Leary

Walking on Water by Jean Swift

Taking a Break by Eithne O'Leary

Mont St Michel by Eithne O'Leary

Shipwrecked by Richard Boyle

Beached by Malcom Broadstock

Pine Marten by Liam Slattery

Welcome Shade by Mary McLoughlin

Reflecting by Michael Mahon

Northern Lights by Helen Black

Time to say goodbye by Paul O'Callaghan

Siena in the Rain by Eithne O'Leary

Lonely Tree by Eithne O'Leary

Hold On by Catherine Foley

Long Gone by Niki McGrath

Apple of my Eye by Robbie O'Leary

Ardborough House by Linda Rafferty

Frilled To See You by Sara Hanley

After the rain by Jerome Fennell

Milky Way Rising by Aoife Carty

Kilkenny Reflections on the Nore by Pat Divilly

Moving Out by Joe Cunningham

Moody Guggenheim by Jean Clarke

Angry Bird by Anne-Marie Fitzpatrick

Patagonia Sunrise by Stephen Smith

London Bridge by Teresa Mullen

Dun Laoghaire Boats in the Fog by Robert Hackett

Little Kestrel by Linda Rafferty

Lago Limides Reflection by Kevin Grace

Curvature by John O'Connor

The blessed river by Stephen Smith

Spiral Stairs - looking up not down by Jean Clarke

Proud by Lynda Booth

The Vacant Chair by Michael McNamara

Walking in the Shadows by Jean Clarke

Blackrock Seascape by Piaras Sweeney

Sammie by Michael Mahon

Table Work by Sara Hanley

Aldborough House by Eithne O'Leary

The Van by Enda Magee

Venice Canal by Liam Slattery

Evening Sunburst by Mary Mcloughlin

Empty Chair by Mark Elmore

Sunset Haze by Kevin Grace

Early Morning in London by Eithne O'Leary

Sandymount Baths by Robert Hackett

Spider by Noel McMahon

Tyred Thatch by Niki McGrath

St Stephens Green Snowfall by Andy Patterson

Achill by Liam Slattery

Enter by Richard Boyle

Sparring Stallions by Mike Smith

Rooftop Shade by Aoife Carty

Going Batty by Sara Hanley

The Chosen Spot by Stephen Smith

Curls by Taryn Barling

Here's Harry by Liam Haines

The Empty Quarter by John O'Connor

Danube Delta Birds - Pygmy Cormorant Take Off by Niall Watts

Road Kill by Paul O'Callaghan

Muckross Abbey Killarney by Jean Clarke

Bygone Trapper Days by Steve Smith

Tuscan Mist by Eithne O'Leary

Arc of Trees by Helen Black

Copper Coast by Paul O'Callaghan

The Broken Fort by Gerard Halpin

Early Morning Workers by Eithne O'Leary

Killiney Sunrise through rolling hills of fog by Olive Gaughan

The Lone Tree by Anne-Marie Fitzpatrick

Cogar Na Locha by Gerard Halpin

Trampoline by Andrew Cooke

The Hole in the Wall by Eithne O'Leary

Gone Fishing by Helen Black

Connemara Falls by Anne-Marie Fitzpatrick

Misty Morning by Anne-Marie Fitzpatrick

Heavenly searchlights by John FitzPatrick

Now or Never by Gerry Donovan

Can't Wait To Get There by Sara Hanley

Place-In the spotlight by Julie Quinn

Autumn Segla by Stephen Smith

Attractive by Stephen Marshall

La Guarida Havana by John O'Connor

Stairs by Sara Hanley

Trapeze by Andrew Cooke

Evening Fog by Noel McMahon

Marie Celeste by Peter Chapman

Leopard's Glare by Stephen Smith

Sunrise at Belvedere by Anne-Marie Fitzpatrick

St.Brigid’s Girls National School, The Park, Cabinteely, D18TN66, County Dublin

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