52 week Black and White

Posted on June 7, 2022August 7, 2022 Posted in 52 week Black and White, Ireland, motorcycling, photo rallyTagged Brian Reid, County Down, Dromara Destroyers, Dromara hills, Ian McGregar., Irish photo rally 2022, motorcycle touring ireland, motorcycling racing, nikon, Nikon camera, nikon D750, nikon lenses, Northern Ireland, Ray McCullough, Sigma lenses, source of the river Lagan, Temple 100, Trevor SteeleLeave a comment

Week 11

Continuing this week with another Irish photo rally point. This one is just a couple of mile from my home. The Dromara Destroyers roadracers. Here in Ireland a lot off motorcycle racing is done on public roads that are closed to the public for the days racing. The four that made up The Dromara Destroyers are Brian Reid, Ray McCullough, Trevor Steele and Ian McGregar. I grew up watching this racers through the1960’s, 1970’s and into the 1990’s.

I grew on one of the oldest road racing courses in Ireland, the Temple 100. I include a YouTube link

So back to the Dromara Destroyers garden in the village of Dromara, County Down, Northern Ireland.

Temple 100 road race.

These are just four of the many racers that gave us some great racing here in Ireland. I take my hat off to all of them, the ones that are still racing, the ones retired and those that died too young.

This week one of the biggest road races in the world is happing, The Isle of man TT. Yesterday a local racer lost his life competing on the island.

Davy Morgan R. I. P, and deepest sympathy to his family and friends.

Thank you for dropping by.

George☘️

52 week Black and White

Posted on May 28, 2022 Posted in 52 week Black and WhiteTagged Black and white, blackandwhite, BMW Motorcycles, Ireland, irish homes, Irish photo rally, monochrome, motorcycle touring ireland, motorcycling, Nikon D7200, outdoor2 Comments

Week 10

I have missed a couple of week’s posts due to a bout of illness. But back on track, so we are going to Ballydevitt Cottage in County Londonderry . I have tried to find some history about this small cottage,without success.

I talked to a local couple but they are only a few years in the area, so at some point I will go back and see if I can get some information about it’s history.

This is another Irish photo rally point, it’s in Aghadowey, County Londonderry.

I’m going to add the coordinates which you can copy to Google maps and go to street view to see the location.

55. 03506100° – 6.64184700°

Have a great weekend and take care.

George☘️

52 week Black and White

Posted on May 10, 2022 Posted in 52 week Black and White, Coastal, Ireland, Motorcycling travel, outdoors, photo rallyTagged Black and white, Ireland, Irish photo rally, love photography, monochrome, Nikon cameras, Nikon D7200, outdoor, Sigma lensLeave a comment

Week 9

This week I’m in Downings (Na Dunaibh) in the north of County Donegal.

This photo is of the Laurentic Gun at Downings Pier.

The following links give the history of the gun the ship and the gold that it was carring when sunk. .

https://www.inishowennews.com/LGun.htm

https://www.whitestarhistory.com/laurentic1

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SS_Laurentic_(1908)

Thank you for visiting.

George ☘️

52 week Black and White

Posted on May 1, 2022 Posted in 52 week Black and WhiteTagged Black and white, Ireland, Irish castles, Irish photo rally, love photography, monochrome, motorcycle touring ireland, motorcycling, motorcycling ireland, Nikon cameras, nikon D750, nikon lens, outdoor, Travel Ireland2 Comments

Week 9

Hello and welcome, here we are at the start off another month. So this week’s photo comes from County Meath, Ireland and the grand gateway to Rathaldron Castle a few kilometres from Navan town.

Some of the castles history can be found at this link: http://www.navanhistory.ie/index.php?page=rathaldron-castle