Rainbows...

...suddenly they appear and then they're gone again.
Photo: ©Profoundly Superficial

Natural Beauty

An Irish magic carpet of moss, plants and decorative sheep
poo. Quite transporting! Photo: ©Profoundly Superficial

Anyone at Home?

Trudi's waiting for the bunnies to come out to play.

Photo: ©Profoundly Superficial, Currane

Home Sweet Home!

To us this is just a hole in the ground, but to a bunny
it's a veritable palace!
Photo: ©Profoundly Superficial

Addictive Walking

Walking in Ireland is addictive because you always have to
discover the wonders lurking just around the corner, and the
next one, and the next one...

Photo: Profoundly Superficial

Built by Bunny

A rabbit palace in the dunes of the Currane peninsula.

Photo: ©Profoundly Superficial Photography

The Neighbours

This is where Pirate friends Jane and Al live.

It gets quite exciting when there's a storm and you're huddled up in the living room!!

Photo: Profoundly Superficial

Submerged Treasure

A shattered Byzantine mosaic half-submerged in the warm waters of the Eastern Mediterranean? Or the ocean bed off the coast of County Mayo on a silky soft summer's day?

Photo: Profoundly Superficial

Suviving the Storm

Instead of curling up in the safety of his nice warm burrow,this bedraggled bunny ventured out into the storm in search of food. He spent at least an hour solemnly munching his grass in the pouring rain before lolloping off back home again.

Photo: © Profoundly Superficial, Ireland

Meteorological dramas...

... they happen all the time.
Photo: Profoundly Superficial

Sunset

Sunset over Currane Peninsula.

Always different, often dramatic.

Photo: Henk de Lange

Happy 2011!

Currane on the Shortest Day. Beautiful, snowy and very, very cold.

Photo: Doutsje Nauta

There's a Whole World Underwater

There's also a lot going on above. The boat is a currach and is first mentioned in writing around the time of Julius Caesar. Saint Brendan is reputed to have crossed the Atlantic in one in the 6th century, which would have definitely been an act of faith.

Photo: Profoundly Superficial

Rabbits Were Here...

... lots of them. That's why these sandy dunes and accompanying bay are known in Pirate parlance as "Bunny Beach".

Photo Profoundly Superficial

Pirates to the Rescue!

While driving around the craggy coastline of Currane Peninsula, an eagle-eyed Pirate recently noticed a sheep in trouble. It had got its head well and truly stuck in a gate. What to do? The guards (police) don't normally respond to calls for stricken sheep. Fortunately other drivers stopped to help and eventually a neighbour turned up with a formidable pair of bolt cutters that soon did the trick! Although shaken, the sheep was fortunately none the worse for the experience.
Photo: Profoundly Superficial

Where's Summer?

Pirate Bert with our friends Jane and Al in a desperate search for summer.
Photo: Annie

Corraun Diary (10); Ju Ju Comes to Visit

Writing her diary in January 2005, our friend and neighbour Jane records the day that Ju Ju came visiting: "Ju Ju Anderson comes to visit. Her father, William Anderson was one of the gardeners at Corraun House. She has wonderful stories to tell about the gardens here. She is shocked at their decline and has very kindly brought some pictures taken in the 1920’s/1930’s for us. I’ve scanned the pictures and put them on the Currane web site (http://www.currane.net/aboutpages/pastpicspre50sjuju.html) for all to see. This makes me keen to try and save the gardens. It would be wonderful for them to be restored for the community to enjoy. I've tried several times to get some help/grant aid but failed. I feel motivated to try again."
Photo: courtesy of Ju Ju Anderson

Corraun Diary (15); After the Christmas Bash

Writing in her diary on 25 December 2004, Pirate friend and neighbour Jane records a hectic Christmas night at the George, the pub she was running with her husband Al in nearby Currane: "It's about 4am an Christmas Day. Our Christmas Eve customers have gone and after a very busy evening all is now quiet and we've finished clearing up. The bar will be closed tomorrow. The bar looks so pretty tonight. I'm very pleased with my decorations."
Photo: Jane

Corraun Diary (14); Banishing the evil weed

On 28 March 2004, Jane recorded a momentous occasion in her diary: "The night before the smoking ban takes effect in Ireland. How will it affect our business? Only time will tell."
Photo: Jane

Corraun Diary (13); Lovestruck

Our friend and neighbour Jane writes: 'This is Stephen, one of our regular customers at our pub, The George. The photo was taken in June 2003 by Sonia Hunt as part of our project to document life in Currane at the time of the Welcome Home Festival. I love this picture. Shows a man in love with his pint.'
Photo: Sonia Hunt