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Weekends on the move: Youghal – beach, nature and history
Let’s continue car free Irish trips. This time I’m taking you to the seaside Irish town of Youghal, located in the east of County Cork, right on the border with Waterford. I was looking through my Facebook and found that I had last been to Youghal in September 2013. Since then I have only occasionally taken the bus to Cork. This also gave me the idea to include it in my Irish trips. When I was deciding where to go a month ago, because the weather was really nice, an acquaintance of mine finally talked me into going to Youghal. Youghal is located right on the coast and therefore, in…
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Live: Natasha Bedingfield in Dublin 2025
My summer concert this year was a completely unique one performed by British-New Zealand singer Natasha Bedingfield. If you had told me last summer that I would see Natasha live this July, I wouldn’t have believed you. But let’s start from the beginning. I’m sure the name Natasha Bedingfield probably means something to you, or you might even remember her biggest hits – These Words, Unwritten and maybe Pocketful of Sunshine. The first two were released in 2004, the third followed 4 years later. And I was so intrigued by them that I triumphantly bought her CDs and even singles in a well-known Czech book store Levné Knihy. They still…
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Weekends on the move: Thomastown and Jerpoint Abbey
In mid-May, during the late spring heatwave in Ireland, I decided to take a trip to the village of Thomastown in County Kilkenny and visit Jerpoint Abbey just outside the village. I am starting a new personal project – traveling around Ireland using only public transport, without a car. A trip to Switzerland inspired me (I know I am annoying about this, but read on), after all, you can travel by train from Zurich to the Alps. We don’t have this in Ireland. Ireland is known as the Emerald Isle and there is beautiful nature, but getting there is really difficult. That is why I have given myself this challenge…
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Live: Baby Lasagna in Dublin, 2025
In April, I continued on the Eurovision wave and went to the Baby Lasagna concert in Dublin. And I have to say, it was a very pleasant surprise, but more on that in the article. Baby Lasagna is the stage name of Croatian artist Marko Purišić. This project began in late 2023, when he released his first single IG Boy. In 2024, he represented Croatia in the Eurovision Song Contest with the song Rim Tim Tagi Dim, where he placed second overall. At one point, he was even a candidate for the winner, but the trophy was taken away by the Swiss Nemo. After a successful Eurovision, the singer went…
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Live: Orla Gartland in Dublin, 2025
Irish pop-rock queen Orla Gartland fulfilled her dream and played at a sold-out Olympia for the first time. Of course, I couldn’t miss it! I discovered Orla during the pandemic after she toured for her debut album Woman on the Internet. I fell in love with her immediately and knew I had to see her live as soon as I could. That came true this month when Orla played a sold-out Olympia (shoutout to my buddy Alan for sharing his pre-sale with me!). This concert was special in many ways. It was the first time Orla had played at the Olympia Theatre and such a big venue in Ireland. I…
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Live: Loreen at 3Olympia Theatre, Dublin 2025
Two-time Eurovision winner Loreen visited Dublin for the second time in the last two years. As a big fan, I simply had to go see the Swedish queen again. And my camera as well! Loreen’s concert in 2023 at The Academy was the reason I decided to get my concert camera. Since then, I’ve taken photos of many concerts and artists. When Loreen announced her tour last year and at my favorite 3Olympia Theatre, I was immediately excited. I went to the concert with my friend D. and we had tickets to the Circle (we also sat there for Reneé Rapp a year ago). Unfortunately, there were Irish people sitting…
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SuirCon 2024: Comic Con in Ireland’s oldest city, Waterford
Last year I fulfilled another photography dream, which was to photograph a local Comic Con. As usual, I want to share the photos and stories with you. SuirCon, as the Comic Con is called, is named after the River Suir which runs through Waterford. The first SuirCon was held in November 2018 and took a break during 2020-2021 due to Covid. We had never had a convention in the city before Suircon as far as I know. After last year’s Imagine Arts Festival, which you can read about here, I gained confidence and decided to try to photograph SuirCon. After all these years, it was finally time. SuirCon used to…
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Waterford Imagine Arts Festival 2024 through photographer’s eyes
Last fall, I had the unique opportunity to photograph one of the longest-running festivals in Waterford, the Imagine Arts Festival. The Imagine Arts Festival was first held in 2001 and was created for a simple reason – local artists felt that the city lacked an artistic platform. Nowadays, the festival runs for 1 week in October and the program includes live music, workshops, dance, exhibitions, theater performances and various tours. Each year has its own theme and a program is then put together accordingly, to which artists can send their proposals from the beginning of the year. Of all the festivals I have introduced to you so far, the Imagine…
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Photo Corner: Snowy Waterford 2025
Waterford is located in the south of the island and doesn’t snow here in winter. Except for 2010, 2018 and this January… When the weather forecast called for freezing weather for the first week of the year, I was hoping it would turn into snow again. This was first seen in the west and north of the island, and it arrived unplanned (the forecast never actually predicted snow for Waterford) on the afternoon of Sunday, January 5th. It was originally supposed to snow with rain, but when I looked out the window around 3pm, it was just snowing. At first I thought the snow wouldn’t stick to the ground, but…
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Hi Brno!
Last summer I flew to the Czech Republic, to visit friends and family, and spent most of my time in Brno. Where I haven’t been since moving to Ireland. So I have experiences for you and of course lots of photos. Brno is a chapter in itself. I used to live in a small town not far from it and Brno meant mainly doctor visits and surgeries for me. It wasn’t much fun. Of course, we went there to the cinema or to the Christmas markets, but when you go there X number of times a year for a check-up of braces or surgery, you just get sick of the…
