A few miles outside Skibbereen, in the general direction of Castletownshend (and down a back road somewhere on the way back to the main road from Tragumna beach) theres a graveyard that save for a few headstones erected in the last 20 years, looks deserted. Most of the graves are marked by simple flat stones, devoid of markings or descriptions. It’s an eerily serene place to be. Standing in the middle of the graveyard half concentrating on taking a photo, all I could hear (apart from Trilo running around) was the sound of the waves breaking off the rocks some fifty yards away.
Castletownshend was, as I thought it might be, deserted. Probably a place I’d go back to when the inclination strikes though. I’m trying to compile a list of places for a whistle-stop photo tour of west Cork during the summer. I’ve got a few so far, but I want to make at least a day of it. Possibly two days. One more before I go, but there are a couple more of them on flickr.
Love your current selection of photographs btw
Love the second photo - very evocative. Makes me think of the Famine and the mass emigration of people to America!
Fantastic tones in the first shot. The daisy is great and the implied heart shape traced by the railing and the shadow at the bottom is genius!
This graveyard is called castlehaven graveyard, on the right hand side driving down the steep hill, you can still see the remainings of castlehaven castle.
It’s a very touching spot.
Great shot of the entrance gate.
lilo you are dead right
Thank you Eileen, I like your comment ‘dead’ right, concerning castlehaven graveyard!