Farmhouse Ruin, Slievenaglogh
Two views
Tag: Valley
Slievenaglogh View, east, V
Looking east
This the fifth and final of a series of landscape photographs taken from this position.
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The peak is named, in the English language, Slievenaglogh. It is so strange as it’s not English, being instead a transliteration of the Irish name “Sliabh na gCloch.” This is “Rock Mountain” translated literally. Slievenaglogh is carried to the townland, a long thin swath of land being the peak and associated ridge-line.
The rocks up there are called “gabbro,” a type of magma slowly cooled under ground. Slievenaglog, Slieve Foy across the valley, and the Morne mountains all formed within volcano magma chamber(s) of the Paleocene, 66 million years ago, a time associated with extensive volcanism and the Cretaceous–Paleogene extinction event that gave rise to the current age.
Our younger cousin has been up there, optimistically we left it for a later trip.
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Slievenaglogh View, northeast, IV
View of Slieve Foy
This the fourth of a series of landscape photographs taken from this position.
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The distant ridge, Slieve Foy, is the site of a mythic battle from the epic “The Cattle Raid of Cooley” (Irish: Táin Bó Cúailnge).
Pam and I did a circuit of the island, returning to the home of my Mom’s first cousin. Our last full day on Ireland a cousin took us on the Tain Trail, over Maeve’s Gap of Slieve Foy and into Carlingford town.
Our route is partly visible to the right of the ridge, hidden in low clouds.
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Slievenaglogh View, northeast, II & III
Rural Scenery
These are the second and third of a series of landscape photographs taken from this position. See the previous post for the first.
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I visited here early morning of the Monday Pam and I embarked on a trip around the island of Ireland.
Arrived the previous Saturday when, after some sites between Dublin airport and the Cooley Peninsula, we met my Mom’s first cousin who had invited us for a visit. We had a grand time meeting them.
The ruin in this view is on the slopes of the peak. Some of these ruins are former homes with the replacement nearby. This appears to be an abandoned farm.
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Slievenaglogh View, northeast I
It goes on and on and on
Slievenaglogh is the name of a peak on the Cooley Peninsula of County Louth, Ireland near to the birthplace of my Mom, Proleek, a few townlands to the west.
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On the northeast slope of Slievenaglogh peak (Irish: Sliabh na gCloch) on the road from Mullaghattin Townland to Riverstown.
Here we look northeast from the Slievenaglogh Townland, the valley between Slieve Foy and Slievenaglogh peaks.
The view includes Little River, Ballycoly Townland and Castletown River.
Adjacent is a sheep pasture with a farm ruin behind the yellow flowered gorse (whin bush, scientific name Ulex).
Slieve Foy is the far ridge lost in clouds. Early morning, late May 2014.
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Glendalough View near Turlough Hill
An exceptional vista on a May afternoon
Head west from the Monastic City at the foot of the valley, climb pass the waterfalls to reach this east facing viewpoint.
I am standing near the path pilgrims from the west of Ireland travelled to the Glendalough holy sites.
Also, at my feet are “sun stones” a white quartz used by the builders of the Newgrange monument of the Boyne River Valley.
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Slievenaglog Slideshow
A May Morning, Early
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Ballycoly Farmlands from Slievenaglogh Slievenaglogh View, northeast Slievenaglogh View, east northeast 
Slievenaglogh View, east northeast 
Slievenaglogh View, north northeast Slievenaglogh View with road, east Farmhouse ruin, Slievenaglogh Townland I 
Farmhouse ruin, Slievenaglogh Townland II 
On the slopes of Slievenaglogh 
Abandoned Hay Wagon 
Ewe, Lambs with abandoned hay wagon. 
Slievenaglogh View, northeast, 50mm 
Slievenaglogh View, east, 50mm 
Curious White Horses on Slievenaglogh, horizontal 
Curious White Horses on Slievenaglogh, vertical and cropped
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50 vs 24 mm focal length
A Cooley Peninsula Valley on a May Morning
On the northeast slope of Slievenaglogh peak (Irish: Sliabh na gCloch) on the road from Mullaghattin Townland to Riverstown. This day I swapped lenses and took in the same general direction for each. This is the first and last of a series using the Canon EF 50mm f/1.4 USM lens and I pulled in the shots from the Canon 24mm f1.4 L II USM lens, published in previous posts.
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Slievenaglogh View, northeast, 50mm Slievenaglogh View, northeast
Here we look northeast from the Slievenaglogh Townland over the valley between Slievenaglogh and Slieve Foy peaks. Slieve Foy is the far ridge lost in clouds.
This is the first and last of a series using the Canon EF 50mm f/1.4 USM lens.
Slievenaglogh View, north northeast. 50mm Slievenaglogh View, north northeast
The view includes Little River, Castletown River, Ballycoly and Glenmore Townlands. Adjacent is a sheep pasture with a farm ruin behind the yellow flowered gorse (Whin bush, scientific name Ulex).
Slievenaglogh View, east, 50mm Slievenaglogh View with road, east
Early morning, late May 2014.
Here is a slideshow of the 50mm and 24mm images of this post.
Slievenaglogh View, northeast, 50mm Slievenaglogh View, northeast Slievenaglogh View, north northeast. 50mm Slievenaglogh View, north northeast Slievenaglogh View, east, 50mm Slievenaglogh View with road, east
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Frame
green pastures framed by Whin Bush and Hawthorn windbreak
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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Ballycoly Farmlands from Slievenaglogh
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?
Slievenaglogh View, north northeast Abandoned Hay Wagon 
Ewe and Lambs 
Ewe, Lambs with abandoned hay wagon. Ballycoly Farmlands from Slievenaglogh
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