Featured Images by John Hennessy

Youghal Arts Network brought The Polskadots to St Mary’s Collegiate Church for a very enjoyable concert.

If you want to find out more about The Polskadots check out their website.

Cork hurler, Leigh Desmond from Youghal, launched the “Message in a Bottle” camapign in the The Usual Place bar in Youghal. For more details have a look here.

The 108 year old, wooden schooner; The Kathleen and May, in full sail leaving Youghal for her home in Bideford after a brief visit to the historic town.

Once owned by the Fleming family of Youghal who gave her the name Kathleen & May. This last remaining wooden hull topsail schooner is once more plying her trade as a merchantman. On return from the maritime festival in Brest in France, she collected a consignment of 30.000 bottles of wine for shipment to Dublin. The five-day journey heralds a milestone in the history of this vessel; the last time she carried a cargo was nearly 50 years ago. Is this a return to wind power as an alternative to oil? Many environmentalists believe so.

After local collaboration and effort a slide show of the Thundercat’s European Beach Challenge was produced here in Youghal.

All images were ones taken over the weekend of the Beach Challenge by myself. I then put them into a slideshow and Warren Tivey of Claycastle Recording Studios provided the backing tracks for the slideshow. Eddie Irwin of Irwins, Youghal, designed and printed the cover for the production and handled the distribution of the finished product.

We are all very proud of the finished product and of the fact it was all made in Youghal from start to finish.

The slideshow is available in DVD format and can be previewed and purchased here on line. It can also be purchased in Irwins, Main Street, Youghal if you wish.

Irwins of Youghal are running a photo competition during the Youghal leg of the Thundercat European Beach Challenge for the best Thundercat action photo on Saturday 21st & Sunday 22nd.

The first prize is €1000.00 which might be handy for a new lens…!! Details and Terms below:

The excitement is starting to build here in Youghal in anticipation of the 2008 European beach challenge race with the Thundercats, which is kicking off on June the 20th.

There are a lot of activities organised for all the family for this weekend starting off with a spectacular opening in Youghal Town on Friday evening. A huge fireworks display will herald the opening with music from the gig rig free to all.

Jason Ansbro and Noel Cashman (pictured above) are one of the local teams taking part in the challenge which will be kicking off in Claycastle’s Blue Flag Beach on Saturday morning with a load of activities planned around the event.

There just isn’t enough room in this post to fit in all that is happening so why not bring the family to Youghal for the weekend and see for yourself…

I was down in Whitegate recently when I thought I could see the sun through the trees. It was such a rare sight this year I quickly took a photograph to make sure I wasn’t seeing things!!!

No this shot was not taken in Youghal Harbour. It was taken inside a mini submarine on the island of Lanzarote a few years ago.

The submarine was designed and built in Finland at a cost of 3.5 million US Dollars.

 
 
 
If you’re ever in Lanzarote why not check it out

This is a photograph I took way back in 2006. It was taken at a Grass Track event in Dungourney on a bitterly cold day at the start of the year.
 
 
 
When I processed the original image I thought that it would be a perfect candidate for a little fun. I’d seen an image coming out of a frame on the internet and so the idea was born.
 
 
 
After a few hours work in Photoshop this was the final result
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
P.S. Don’t try this at home..!!
 
 
 

This is another image taken at the same time as the first image in this post

Again it was taken just outside the village of Killeagh on a cold and frosty morning

Technical Info: Shutter Speed: 1/30Sec, Aperture: f22, ISO: 100, Lens Focal Length: 50mm