Rural Activity – Michael Stephen Wills Photography

Farmhouse ruin, Slievenaglogh Townland I

Slievenaglog Slideshow

A May Morning, Early

February 28, 2020December 24, 2019 MichaelStephenWills14 Comments

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Slievenaglogh View, northeast — Ballycoly Farmlands from Slievenaglogh

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Frame

green pastures framed by Whin Bush and Hawthorn windbreak

February 25, 2020December 12, 2019 MichaelStephenWills5 Comments

The road runs high on the shoulder of Slievenaglog peak, the 200 mm lens peers into the next townland over, Ballycoly (or Ballygoley), the valley floor broad, pastured.

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This is the seventh and last of a series using the Canon EF 200mm f/2.8L USM lens.

Here is a recap of recent posts with the 200 and 24 mm lens. Can you tell the difference?

Abandoned Hay Wagon — Slievenaglogh View, north northeast

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Abandoned II

So much depended on this wagon

February 24, 2020February 14, 2020 MichaelStephenWills5 Comments

Quickly moving sheep pass the hay wagon on May morning, early. A great start to this week.

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This mountainside pasture is grazed by a flock of sheep alongside a long unused farm wagon. Slievenaglogh Townland, Cooley Peninsula, County Louth, Ireland.

This is the fifth of a series using the Canon EF 200mm f/2.8L USM lens.

Here is a recap of recent posts with the 200 and 24 mm lens. Can you tell the difference?

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Balwen? Shetland?

Or neither?

February 21, 2020December 12, 2019 MichaelStephenWills2 Comments

This breed may be a Balwen Welsh Mountain sheep, as it fits the description. When the ewe caught sight of me, she hightailed it for cover, the lambs followed.

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The Balwen is bred for meat and that is the rule in this area, the lambs are sold.

The description is of a black color with a white blaze on the face, four white “socks” and white on the tail. This individual is missing a white tale, so might be a Shetland and even more so as the others of the herd are white (Shetlands are a variety of colors), Shetland is common and the other rare.

These are on the hillside of Slievenaglogh Townland, County Louth, Ireland.

This is the fourth of a series using the Canon EF 200mm f/2.8L USM lens.

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Abandoned

So much depended on this wagon

February 20, 2020July 18, 2022 MichaelStephenWills9 Comments

A hay wagon, unused since the twentieth century.

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No longer needed, this mountainside pasture is grazed by a flock of sheep. Slievenaglogh Townland, Cooley Peninsula, County Louth, Ireland.

This is the third of a series using the Canon EF 200mm f/2.8L USM lens.