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Weekends on the move: Carlow Town
After fifteen years in Ireland, I finally visited Carlow this summer, and I must say that the town was a pleasant surprise. Carlow never really appealed to me; we always pass through it by bus, and I’ve never felt, “Wow, I have to see that!” However, my friend I. and I were brainstorming places for a trip, and we ended up choosing Carlow. As always, before arriving, we made a list of places we wanted to visit, which included: We both traveled by train, so we met at the station and headed straight to the city center. It was a Sunday, and since we met quite early (at ten in…
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Weekends on the move: disappointment in Jurassic NewPark, Kilkenny
During the pandemic, a new attraction opened in Kilkenny – a dinosaur theme park. Unfortunately, the dinosaurs weren’t real, but I still wanted to visit, and this summer I finally managed to do it! I took my mom, her best friend, and her friend’s son along (it was a belated birthday gift for him). The park is located about a 15-minute walk from the train station and is part of the local Newpark Hotel. To get in, you have to walk across the parking lot, and honestly, the layout isn’t very well thought out; all the signs directed us right through the parking area, so we had to watch out…
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Live: Em Beihold in Dublin 2026
Don’t even ask me how long I’ve been waiting for this concert! Em performed at The Road to the Great Escape festival in Whelans in mid-May. I came across Em Beihold a few years ago while doomscrolling through Instagram, where she was promoting her new single Numb Little Bug. The song caught my attention right away because it is catchy and the lyrics are very relatable. I immediately added it to Spotify and that year this song was in the first place of the songs I listened to the most. Em continued to release more songs, but somehow I didn’t like them. Last year, she released the first single from…
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Weekends on the move: Kildare town
In mid-June, I finally visited the town of Kildare, near Dublin, which is known as a horse racing powerhouse. But what attracted me the most were of course the sheep. Every time I took the train to Dublin, I saw them grazing on the plains behind Kildare. And no fences anywhere (normally there is fence because it is private land). But that didn’t work out for me that day and that’s why I came back a week later haha I enjoyed my first visit with my friend I., who was also in Kildare for the first time, so we had big plans: You might not think there is much to…
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Retro Cannonball 2026 aka my first car photoshoot
You know that I usually photograph trips, concerts, and the like, but in June I decided to try photographing cars. Cannonball came to Waterford for the first time. This is an event that is held to support charities – every year and probably every route supports a different charity. This event in June donated money to the Ronald McDonald House charity which helps families who have children chronically ill or hospitalized by providing facilities for the family. Cannonball has two events – modern luxury cars like Lamborghini and retro cars that came to us. I think this is a purely Irish thing, because the cars always leave from some point…
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Live: Gabrielle Aplin aka my first concert photopass at the iconic Whelans
In April, luck smiled on me and at the beginning of May I officially photographed my first concert at the iconic Dublin venue Whelans for British artist Gabrielle Aplin. That Instagram is sometimes useful. I’m scrolling through my feed in April and a recommended post pops up where the label is offering photo accreditation for Gabrielle Aplin’s tour. I saw Dublin in the caption and it was on the weekend, so I left a comment as instructed and about two or three weeks later I got a message that I had been selected yay I didn’t know Gabrielle Aplin or her label, but of course I listened to a few…
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Live: Reneé Rapp in Dublin 2026
Well, one year has passed and as I said after my first Reneé concert I went again. This time, however, with a friend who didn’t know her and to a bigger venue. Reneé played a concert at 3arena the day after Kesha, on Sunday, March 22. Getting tickets was also fun. If you don’t go to concerts that often, allow me to mansplain a little: tickets have gone up since corona, but in the last year, artists have often charged twice as much for the same venue where they last played. And that doesn’t even offer the same long setlist as the Eras tour. For comparison, I paid about 60…
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Live: Kesha in Dublin 2026
This year I fulfilled another concert experience and that was to see Kesha live. I waited ten years for this concert, and you will find out in the article if the wait was worth it. Perhaps like every millennial, I listened to Kesha’s biggest singles about 15 years ago. I have to admit that I have never really listened to a single album from which hits like Tik Tok, Crazy Kids or Blow come. Ten years ago, she returned to the music scene with the album Rainbow, on which you can also find the ballad Praying. I remember a friend sent it to me at the time and at first…
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Weekends on the move: New Ross, County Wexford
Last year before Christmas I managed to take another trip and this time it was to the town of New Ross, which is known for its rich history, whether it’s the Normans or its direct connection to the Kennedy family in the USA. I’ve been to New Ross several times, but each time the weather wasn’t very kind to us, or we didn’t stay long. The last time I was in New Ross was in the summer of 2021, when we were able to travel again after Covid, but it was cloudy and some parts of the city have changed (read: improved) since then. There are two bus companies that…
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Christmas lights Wonderlights in Fota House & Gardens
This year I received my first PR invite for Christmas lights. To Fota. As the biggest lover of Christmas lights, I couldn’t refuse. The event is called Wonderlights and is held every year in Fota, Cork and then at two locations in Dublin (in Malahide and Marlay Park). Although I love lights and have been to Marlay Park once before (at a concert, of course), this was my first time at Wonderlights. I was contacted through my Instagram and originally invited to the opening night, but since it was in Cork and during the week, I had to decline. Luckily, the invitation was extended for the rest of the season…
