I went to a football match, with Offshoot Camera Club, between Manchester United Legends and a local club, Wayside Celtic Legends. I know nothing about football, so, I was looking forward to seeing what photos I could get. It was a glorious day for the good-sized crowd to watch a match. I believe that Wayside …
Boules
The Cabinteely Petanque Boules Club meet a number of times a week outside of Cabinteely House in Caninteely Park. I attended one of their competitions on Monday last, here are some of the photos that I took. If you wish to try out Boules, I have listed the Facebook page for the Club below. https://www.facebook.com/groups/CabinteelyPetanqueClub/about/ …
Roller Derby
This was my second time at Roller Derby, the last time was in 2013. However, this was the first time that I had the rules explained to me, which really helped me to understand the game. This was between London 'A' and Dublin 'A'. I was part of an outing with Offshoot Photographic Society. Roller …
Motocross
Today, Offshoot Camera Club and I went to the Enduro.ie Motocross Competition in Kildare. It has been a few years since I was last at a Motocross competition, today's event was held on, what seemed to me, to be a long track. I was only able to stay for a couple of hours today, but, it …
Foxcab GAA
In October I took part in one of the Shoot With Me outings with Offshoot Photographic Society, on this occasion, Seamus led a group that was taking photos of the local ladies Gaelic Football team, Foxcab, who were playing in the Leinster Club Championship. The photos below are from the match that Foxcab played, and won, against …
Liffey Swim
At the beginning of this month the annual Liffey Swim took place. This is an event that was made famous by a Jack B Yeats painting. 400 people swam from the Guinness Factory to the Custom house in two groups. The men's group went first and the women's group went second. There were people standing on …
RDS Horseshow
The RDS Horseshow was held last week, this is one of my favourite Summer annual events and I always try to go to it. The horses are gorgeous and the atmosphere is fantastic. The highlight for me, is always the Showjumping, and this year the Riders and Horses were as spectacular as always. It is always …
