Page 4 - Guerin Media | The Wild Atlantic Way
P. 4
Contributors
The talents of many have been brought together to make this publication a reality. Many wonderful photographers and
artists have kindly contributed their work, including:
Chris Ibbotson is known as one of Northern Ireland’s newest and up and coming Landscape Photographers. Born in
Germany but lived most of his life in Northern Ireland, his proximity to the North Antrim Coast shaped his passion
for the great outdoors and fostered his interest in Landscape Photography. His photographs hope to capture inspiring
moments of the environment, which are the result of meticulous planning and preparation.
Chris’s work has been featured in a 3 page Portfolio in the UK’s leading magazine ‘Digital SLR Photography, Sept 2014’
and on display in The National Trust’s Giant’s Causeway Visitor’s Centre. www.chrisibbotsonphotography.com
Joe Shaughnessy is a Galway Based Photographer. Our featured image taken during Galway’s International Arts Festival
was voted one of the top ten images of 2014 by the Irish Times.A self taught photographer, Joe’s interest in the craft began
in the early 70’s. Today, Joe is a staff photographer at the Connaught Tribune and is represented by the Kenny Gallery in
Galway. www.thekennygallery.ie
Chris May is a photographer and writer based in Co. Kerry on the Dingle Peninsula. In 2014 Chris launched his book of
photographs called “Atlantic” with an exhibition at Ionad na Blascaoid (The Blasket Centre) in Dún Chaoin, on the Slea
Head Drive.
Together with his partner, the specialist German ceramicist, Ursula Tramski, Chris runs a Gallery in Baile Éanaigh. To
find out more about Chris and Ursula and their work, visit the websites below, and you will be in with a treat if you get
the chance to visit the charming gallery of Baile Éanaigh! www.perspectivewest.com, www.smashingpots.com
Donal Mac Polin is an artist, teacher, and author of The Donegal Currachs which includes a guide to building the
Dunfanaghy currach. Together with head of archives at University College Dublin, Chriostoir Mac Chartaigh, Donal
worked on and illustrated “The Traditional Boats of Ireland”. www.Irishboatprints.com
Maurice Gunning, resident photographer at University of Limerick kindly shared photographs with us from his Irish
Heritage Boats project. www.mauricegunning.com
Thanks for beautiful images of the sky at night go also to Brendan Alexander, specialist photographer at www.
donegalskies.com and Kenneth Mc Donagh of the Donegal Weather Channel on Facebook.
Chriostoir Mac Carthaigh of the National Folklore Archives in UCD also provided wonderful images for this publication.
Loopline films kindly shared boating film stills from the TG4 series “Muintir na Mara” featuring Pádraig ‘O Duinnín.
Thanks also go to Prannie Rhatigan, author of Irish Seaweed Kitchen for her assistance with the article and sharing her
images one taken by Japanese photographer Yumiko Matsui.
Acknowledgements
Míle Buíochas
I would like to extend our gratitude to all those who have contributed to this publication.
First of all to those who have chosen to advertise with us and make this Guide possible.
We hope that you will be proud to have been an integral part of this project.
To those who have supplied details of their festivals and events many thanks.
In bringing this information together I feel a growing excitement about all that is being planned across Ireland this year
– in the light of Festivals, Celebrations and Gatherings.
Let us all keep our hearts warm, our minds open and our imaginations dancing with delight,
as we travel along the Wild Atlantic Way.
2
The talents of many have been brought together to make this publication a reality. Many wonderful photographers and
artists have kindly contributed their work, including:
Chris Ibbotson is known as one of Northern Ireland’s newest and up and coming Landscape Photographers. Born in
Germany but lived most of his life in Northern Ireland, his proximity to the North Antrim Coast shaped his passion
for the great outdoors and fostered his interest in Landscape Photography. His photographs hope to capture inspiring
moments of the environment, which are the result of meticulous planning and preparation.
Chris’s work has been featured in a 3 page Portfolio in the UK’s leading magazine ‘Digital SLR Photography, Sept 2014’
and on display in The National Trust’s Giant’s Causeway Visitor’s Centre. www.chrisibbotsonphotography.com
Joe Shaughnessy is a Galway Based Photographer. Our featured image taken during Galway’s International Arts Festival
was voted one of the top ten images of 2014 by the Irish Times.A self taught photographer, Joe’s interest in the craft began
in the early 70’s. Today, Joe is a staff photographer at the Connaught Tribune and is represented by the Kenny Gallery in
Galway. www.thekennygallery.ie
Chris May is a photographer and writer based in Co. Kerry on the Dingle Peninsula. In 2014 Chris launched his book of
photographs called “Atlantic” with an exhibition at Ionad na Blascaoid (The Blasket Centre) in Dún Chaoin, on the Slea
Head Drive.
Together with his partner, the specialist German ceramicist, Ursula Tramski, Chris runs a Gallery in Baile Éanaigh. To
find out more about Chris and Ursula and their work, visit the websites below, and you will be in with a treat if you get
the chance to visit the charming gallery of Baile Éanaigh! www.perspectivewest.com, www.smashingpots.com
Donal Mac Polin is an artist, teacher, and author of The Donegal Currachs which includes a guide to building the
Dunfanaghy currach. Together with head of archives at University College Dublin, Chriostoir Mac Chartaigh, Donal
worked on and illustrated “The Traditional Boats of Ireland”. www.Irishboatprints.com
Maurice Gunning, resident photographer at University of Limerick kindly shared photographs with us from his Irish
Heritage Boats project. www.mauricegunning.com
Thanks for beautiful images of the sky at night go also to Brendan Alexander, specialist photographer at www.
donegalskies.com and Kenneth Mc Donagh of the Donegal Weather Channel on Facebook.
Chriostoir Mac Carthaigh of the National Folklore Archives in UCD also provided wonderful images for this publication.
Loopline films kindly shared boating film stills from the TG4 series “Muintir na Mara” featuring Pádraig ‘O Duinnín.
Thanks also go to Prannie Rhatigan, author of Irish Seaweed Kitchen for her assistance with the article and sharing her
images one taken by Japanese photographer Yumiko Matsui.
Acknowledgements
Míle Buíochas
I would like to extend our gratitude to all those who have contributed to this publication.
First of all to those who have chosen to advertise with us and make this Guide possible.
We hope that you will be proud to have been an integral part of this project.
To those who have supplied details of their festivals and events many thanks.
In bringing this information together I feel a growing excitement about all that is being planned across Ireland this year
– in the light of Festivals, Celebrations and Gatherings.
Let us all keep our hearts warm, our minds open and our imaginations dancing with delight,
as we travel along the Wild Atlantic Way.
2
