
Alan McCarthy.. LOVES: All Sorts of Music 🎸🎹, Sports 🏐🏉, A KEEN Photographer/Videographer 📸 🎥 & A HUGE #MUFC Fan🇾🇪🔴⚽️! ☘️🇮🇪
Cork, Ireland
Joined July 2017
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OMMGGG!!!! 🤯😍. What a “JAW-DROPPING display” from the Aurora Borealis / Northern Lights over Courtmacsherry areas in West Cork Ireland as it emerged for its 1st outing of 2026 on 19/01/2026! 🥰📸🌠🌌💥🌊✨💚❤️ #auroraborealis #aurora #NorthernLights #merrydancers #solarstorm #substorm #CME #sunset #sun #solar #mnwx #January #Winter #Courtmacsherry #Kinsale #WestCork #Cork #PureCork #Ireland #Europe #astronomy #astro #stars #orion #night #NightPhotography #sky #stars #Astrophotography #space #spaceweather #NightSky #photography #photo #art #colour #colours #naturephotography #nature #landscape #landscapephotography #StormHour #ThePhotoHour #WildAtlanticWay @Aurora_Alerts @TweetAurora @AuroraNotify @_SpaceWeather_ @spacewxwatch @TamithaSkov @JAtanackov @Vincent_Ledvina @theauroraguy @TweetAurora @WickyDubs2 @dartanner @treetanner @volcaholic1 @corkbeo @pure_cork @CorkSafetyAlert @yaycork @PortofCork @SouthernStarIRL @SnowbieWx @sryanbruenphoto @CarlowWeather @JoannaDonnellyL @TG4TV @AimsirTG4 @MetEireann @barrabest @WeatherCee @daraobriain @Lauratobin1 @carolkirkwood @BrigidLaffan @PaulByrne_1 @florNEWS @rtenews @donie @KinsaleOnline @NiecyOKeeffe @mtully21 @philipnolan1 @Simon_Murdoch @AlisonTodayFM @StevieGrainger @ahamillphotos @chunder10 @StormHour @StormHourMark
"A crescent moon graces the fading sky, a perfect balance of elegance and calm… 🌙✨". The crescent moon rises next to an illuminated Old Head of Kinsale lighthouse in West Cork, Ireland! 🥰📸🌘🌊💡🏠✨❤️ #CrescentMoon #moon #Kinsale #WestCork #PureCork #Cork
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“Stop & stare… 🎶🤩🌅”. Here’s the moment when a passer-by ( ..zoom in next to big tree at bottom of pic..) gazes at ‘God’s amazing art’ along Courtmacsherry Bay & Old Head of Kinsale lighthouse in West Cork , Ireland on 14/10/2026! 😍📸🌄💥🌊✨❤️ ( .. Can you also spot several birds scattered in the sky?? 🤔🕊️). #redsky #sunrise #sun #sky #dawn #weather #OctoberSkies #October #October2026 #Autumn #Courtmacsherry #Kinsale #WestCork #PureCork #Cork #WildAtlanticWay #Ireland #art #nature #colour #colours #reflection #reflections #landscape #lighthouse #naturevibes #naturephotography #landscapephotography #trending #photo #photography #photograph #StormHour #ThePhotoHour @CarlowWeather @SnowbieWx @sryanbruenphoto
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“When the sea reflects the sky, magic happens… 🌄🌊✨”. Here’s my favourite photo of when the Celtic sea (& skyline too..) over Courtmacsherry bay & Old Head of Kinsale lighthouse in West Cork , Ireland; began to change into an “epic peachy/purple colour” as that sensational sunrise materialised!! 🤯😍📸🌅💥🌊💡🏠✨❤️ #redsky #sunrise #sun #dawn #weather #October #October2026 #Autumn #Courtmacsherry #Kinsale #WestCork #PureCork #Cork #WildAtlanticWay #Ireland #art #nature #colour #colours #landscape #lighthouse #naturephotography #naturevines #landscapephotography #trending #photo #photography #photograph #StormHour #ThePhotoHour @CarlowWeather @SnowbieWx @sryanbruenphoto @JoannaDonnellyL @barrabest @WeatherCee @Petagna @Lauratobin1 @corkbeo @pure_cork @yaycork @PortofCork @CorkSafetyAlert @TG4TV @AimsirTG4 @MetEireann @volcaholic1 @ahamillphotos @JAtanackov @KinsaleOnline @florNEWS @johncreedon @philipnolan1 @mtully21 @NiecyOKeeffe @Simon_Murdoch @PaulByrne_1 @deric_tv @kcshowcork @StevieGrainger @StormHour
“Red sky in the morning… 🌄🔥”. OMGGG!! 🤯😍. What a ‘sizzling sunrise skyline’ (and video too..) that I captured over Courtmacsherry Bay in West Cork , Ireland with a hazy Old Head of Kinsale lighthouse in background around 7.42am on 14/10/26! 🥰📸🌅💥🌊 💡🏠✨❤️ #redsky #sunrise #sun #dawn #weather #October #October2026 #Autumn #Courtmacsherry #Kinsale #WestCork #PureCork #Cork #WildAtlanticWay #Ireland #art #nature #colour #colours #landscape #lighthouse #naturevibes #naturephotography #landscapephotography #trending #photo #photography #photograph #StormHour #ThePhotoHour @CarlowWeather @SnowbieWx @sryanbruenphoto @JoannaDonnellyL @barrabest @WeatherCee @Petagna @Lauratobin1 @corkbeo @pure_cork @yaycork @PortofCork @CorkSafetyAlert @TG4TV @AimsirTG4 @MetEireann @volcaholic1 @JAtanackov @KinsaleOnline @florNEWS @johncreedon @philipnolan1 @mtully21 @NiecyOKeeffe @Simon_Murdoch @PaulByrne_1 @deric_tv @kcshowcork @StevieGrainger @StormHourMark
“Happy World Lighthouse Day, Everybody!!💡🏠”. Here’s one of my favourite photos of The Old Head of Kinsale Lighthouse in West Cork, Ireland (..shaped as a silhouette..) with a ‘dramatic sunrise’ emerging from the Celtic Sea (..beside the lighthouse itself..) 🥰📸💡🏠🌅🌊✨❤️ #LighthouseDay #WorldLighthouseDay #InternationalLighthouseDay #Lighthouse #sunrise #colours #NaturePhotography #landscape #sunrise #sun #summer #weather #august #August2026 #photography #photo #photograph #art #nature #sea #ocean #Kinsale #WestCork #Cork #PureCork #WildAtlanticWay #Ireland #colour #colours #landscape #NatureVibes #NaturePhotography #landscape #landscapephotography #trending #StormHour #ThePhotoHour @gtlighthouses @IrishLights @corkbeo @pure_cork @yaycork @PortofCork @CorkSafetyAlert @SouthernStarIRL @CarlowWeather @SnowbieWx @sryanbruenphoto @MetJam_ @theauroraguy @JoannaDonnellyL @barrabest @WeatherCee @Petagna @TG4TV @AimsirTG4 @MetEireann @volcaholic1 @chunder10 @JAtanackov @WickyDubs2 @James_Akrill @KinsaleOnline @florNEWS @philipnolan1 @NiecyOKeeffe @mtully21 @Simon_Murdoch @PaulByrne_1 @rorymcevoy @helenriddell @StevieGrainger @deric_tv @StormHour @StormHourMark
Boom! 💥 That’s how you make an entrance…🤩🎆✨”. What a way to round off & celebrate the 50th Anniversary of the Courtmacsherry Harbour Festival in West Cork , Ireland on 02/08/2026!! 😍🎇🌊⛵️💫❤️ #fireworks #festival #courtmacsherry #WestCork #PureCork #Cork #wildatlanticway #ireland #art #colour #colours #sea #ocean #August #August2026 #BankHolidayWeekend #Summer #trending @corkbeo @pure_cork @yaycork @PortofCork @CorkSafetyAlert @SouthernStarIRL @CarlowWeather @SnowbieWx @sryanbruenphoto @theauroraguy @JoannaDonnellyL @barrabest @WeatherCee @TG4TV @AimsirTG4 @MetEireann @KinsaleOnline @florNEWS @philipnolan1 @NiecyOKeeffe @mtully21 @Simon_Murdoch @PaulByrne_1 @deric_tv @helenriddell @StevieGrainger
“Heart in the water… 🎶❤️🔥🌊”. WOWW!! 😍. A birds-eye view of a “scintillating sunrise” emerging behind Garrettstown & Garrylucas beaches in West Cork , Ireland on a magical Summer’s morning! 🤩🌅🔥🌊🏖️✨❤️ #sunrise #sun #summer #weather #august #August2026 #BankHolidayWeekend #photography #photo #photograph #art #nature #sea #ocean #beach #Kinsale #WestCork #Cork #PureCork #WildAtlanticWay #Ireland #colour #colours #landscape #NatureVibes #NaturePhotography #landscape #landscapephotography #trending #StormHour #ThePhotoHour @corkbeo @pure_cork @yaycork @PortofCork @CorkSafetyAlert @SouthernStarIRL @CarlowWeather @SnowbieWx @sryanbruenphoto @MetJam_ @MetRyan96 @theauroraguy @JoannaDonnellyL @barrabest @WeatherCee @Petagna @TG4TV @AimsirTG4 @MetEireann @volcaholic1 @chunder10 @JAtanackov @WickyDubs2 @James_Akrill @KinsaleOnline @florNEWS @philipnolan1 @NiecyOKeeffe @mtully21 @Simon_Murdoch @PaulByrne_1 @helenriddell @StevieGrainger @deric_tv @StormHour @StormHourMark
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OH WOWW!! 🤩😍. What a STUNNING “Sun Pillar” over a silhouette of the buoy laying ship: ‘Granuaile’ at sunrise in Courtmacsherry Bay in West Cork , Ireland (around 6.30am on 22/03/2026..) on the weekend of the Spring Equinox! 🥰📸🌅⛴️🌊🔥✨❤️ #Sunrise #SpringEquinox #Spring #weather #dawn #Courtmacsherry #Kinsale #WestCork #Cork #PureCork #WildAtlanticWay #Ireland #art #nature #colour #colours #landscape #NatureVibes #NaturePhotography #landscapephotography #trending #photo #photography #photograph #StormHour #ThePhotoHour @corkbeo @pure_cork @yaycork @PortofCork @CorkSafetyAlert @SouthernStarIRL @CarlowWeather @gtlighthouses @SnowbieWx @sryanbruenphoto @JoannaDonnellyL @barrabest @WeatherCee @Petagna @TG4TV @AimsirTG4 @MetEireann @volcaholic1 @KinsaleOnline @florNEWS @philipnolan1 @NiecyOKeeffe @mtully21 @Simon_Murdoch @PaulByrne_1 @StevieGrainger @StormHour @StormHourMark
“Star, star, teach me how to shine, shine.. 🎶✨.” July’s fabulous “full buck moon” (..on 30/07/2026..) rises next to the Old Head of Kinsale Lighthouse in West Cork , Ireland as a boat passes directly beneath the rising moon…. Also remembering the multi-talented musician/songwriter/actor: “Glen Hansard” RIP .. 😔🙏🕊️🎶🪕💫🦌🌕🌊🚤✨❤️ #GlenHansard #TheFrames #IrishMusic #music #legend #moon #BuckMoon #FullMoon #astronomy #summer #heatwave #weather #lighthouse #Kinsale #WestCork #Cork #PureCork #WildAtlanticWay #Ireland #August_2026 #August #August1st #art #nature #colour #colours #landscape #NaturePhotography #landscapephotography #photo #photography #photograph #trending #StormHour #ThePhotoHour @gtlighthouses @corkbeo @pure_cork @yaycork @PortofCork @CorkSafetyAlert @SouthernStarIRL @CarlowWeather @SnowbieWx @sryanbruenphoto @martinastro2005 @dartanner @theauroraguy @JoannaDonnellyL @barrabest @WeatherCee @Petagna @TG4TV @AimsirTG4 @MetEireann @volcaholic1 @chunder10 @JAtanackov @WickyDubs2 @James_Akrill @Todd_Scheve @KinsaleOnline @florNEWS @Glastomichelle @johncreedon @philipnolan1 @NiecyOKeeffe @mtully21 @Simon_Murdoch @PaulByrne_1 @StevieGrainger @deric_tv @StormHour @StormHourMark
“Happy International Moon Day 2026, Everyone!! .. 🌕🌔🌗🌘🌑✨”. Here’s my ‘favourite photo’ of when the “Full Harvest Moon / Super Moon” touched the lantern of the Old Head of Kinsale Lighthouse; as it rises over a flat-calm Celtic Sea in West Cork, Ireland on 17/09/2024! 😍📸🌽🌕🌙🌊✨❤️ ( ..Can you spot the speed boat racing towards that stunning scene?? 🤔🚤 ) #moon #astronomy #internationalmoonday #moonday #summer #heatwave #weather #Kinsale #WestCork #Cork #PureCork #WildAtlanticWay #Ireland #art #nature #colour #colours #landscape #NatureVibes #NaturePhotography #landscapephotography #trending #photo #photography #photograph #StormHour #ThePhotoHour @TourismIreland @gtlighthouses @corkbeo @pure_cork @yaycork @PortofCork @CorkSafetyAlert @SouthernStarIRL @CarlowWeather @SnowbieWx @sryanbruenphoto @martinastro2005 @TamithaSkov @theauroraguy @JoannaDonnellyL @barrabest @WeatherCee @Petagna @TG4TV @AimsirTG4 @MetEireann @volcaholic1 @chunder10 @JAtanackov @WickyDubs2 @James_Akrill @KinsaleOnline @florNEWS @johncreedon @philipnolan1 @NiecyOKeeffe @mtully21 @Simon_Murdoch @PaulByrne_1 @StevieGrainger @deric_tv @StormHour @StormHourMark
OH WOWW!! 😮😍. An even more explosive looking: “Noctilucent Clouds display (NLCs..)” emerged over many parts of the Seven Heads Peninsula in West Cork (and along the South Coast of Ireland too..) as Ireland’s intense heatwave continues! Photos: early hours of 16/07/2026.. 🤩🥰📸🌌💥🎨✨❤️ #NoctilucentClouds #clouds #sunrise #July #summer #heatwave #weather #SevenHeads #Kinsale #WestCork #Cork #PureCork #WildAtlanticWay #Ireland #art #nature #colour #colours #landscape #NatureVibes #NaturePhotography #landscapephotography #trending #photo #photography #photograph #StormHour #ThePhotoHour @corkbeo @pure_cork @yaycork @PortofCork @CorkSafetyAlert @SouthernStarIRL @CarlowWeather @SnowbieWx @sryanbruenphoto @martinastro2005 @theauroraguy @JoannaDonnellyL @barrabest @WeatherCee @Petagna @TG4TV @AimsirTG4 @MetEireann @volcaholic1 @chunder10 @JAtanackov @WickyDubs2 @James_Akrill @KinsaleOnline @florNEWS @philipnolan1 @NiecyOKeeffe @mtully21 @Simon_Murdoch @PaulByrne_1 @StevieGrainger @deric_tv @StormHour @StormHourMark
WOAHH!! 😍. I just realised that I captured my 1st ever photo of an epic (but rare..) “Noctilucent clouds display” along the Seven Heads Peninsula (& Kinsale areas too..) in West Cork , Ireland in the early hours of 08/07/2026!! 🤩🥰📸🌌🎨✨❤️ #NoctilucentClouds #clouds #sunrise #July #summer #heatwave #weather #SevenHeads #Kinsale #WestCork #Cork #PureCork #WildAtlanticWay #Ireland #art #nature #colour #colours #landscape #NatureVibes #NaturePhotography #landscapephotography #trending #photo #photography #photograph #StormHour #ThePhotoHour @corkbeo @pure_cork @yaycork @PortofCork @CorkSafetyAlert @SouthernStarIRL @CarlowWeather @SnowbieWx @sryanbruenphoto @martinastro2005 @theauroraguy @JoannaDonnellyL @barrabest @WeatherCee @Petagna @TG4TV @AimsirTG4 @MetEireann @volcaholic1 @chunder10 @JAtanackov @James_Akrill @KinsaleOnline @florNEWS @philipnolan1 @NiecyOKeeffe @mtully21 @Simon_Murdoch @PaulByrne_1 @StevieGrainger @StormHour @StormHourMark
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I heard Killeagh nearly took the house down. By all accounts a belter of a gig. Heard they get it in the ear for drinking whiskey on the stage from pearl clutchers. THEY’RE IN A FUCKEN BAND, LIKE! 🙄
Ireland’s finest indie folk group: “Kingfishr” performing Ireland’s current No. 1 single: ‘The Sun Will Never Settle’. LIVE at a Sold-Out Musgrave Park (..The 1st act ever to sell out this stadium two nights in a row..) in Cork City , Ireland on June 12th 2026! 😍🙌🏟️👑🐟🎤🎶🪕🥁🌞✨🇮🇪❤️ #Kingfishr #TheSunWillNeverSettle #halcyon #IrishMusic #music #indie #folk #gig #art #ceol #concert #PureCork #Cork #Limerick #munster #Ireland @KingfishrBand @Munsterrugby @mcd_productions @corkbeo @CorkSafetyAlert @SouthernStarIRL @Simon_Murdoch @PaulByrne_1 @kcshowcork @StevieGrainger @DecPierce @rorymcevoy @CarlowWeather @JoannaDonnellyL @barrabest @PaschalSheehy @NiecyOKeeffe @MargaretOC6 @TG4TV
“It’s a new dawn, it’s a new day… 🌄🎶”. OH WOWW!! 😍. What a ‘delightful dawn’ (& dawn chorus too..) over Garrettstown & Garrylucas beaches with the Old Head of Kinsale Lighthouse beaming its light along the flat-calm waters of the Celtic Sea in West Cork , Ireland on the beginning of Summer Solstice 2026!! 🤩🥰🌅🔥💡🏠🌊🎶✨❤️ #summersolstice #solstice #summer #weather #dawn #sunrise #longestday #fathersday #father #Kinsale #WestCork #Cork #PureCork #WildAtlanticWay #Ireland #art #nature #colour #colours #landscape #NatureVibes #NaturePhotography #sun #sunday #sundayvibes #landscapephotography #trending #photo #photography #photograph #StormHour #ThePhotoHour @corkbeo @pure_cork @yaycork @PortofCork @CorkSafetyAlert @SouthernStarIRL @CarlowWeather @gtlighthouses @SnowbieWx @sryanbruenphoto @JoannaDonnellyL @barrabest @WeatherCee @Petagna @TG4TV @AimsirTG4 @MetEireann @volcaholic1 @KinsaleOnline @florNEWS @philipnolan1 @NiecyOKeeffe @mtully21 @DermotKeyes @Simon_Murdoch @PaulByrne_1 @StevieGrainger @StormHour @StormHourMark
Ireland’s finest indie folk group: “Kingfishr” performing Ireland’s current No. 1 single: ‘The Sun Will Never Settle’. LIVE at a Sold-Out Musgrave Park (..The 1st act ever to sell out this stadium two nights in a row..) in Cork City , Ireland on June 12th 2026! 😍🙌🏟️👑🐟🎤🎶🪕🥁🌞✨🇮🇪❤️ #Kingfishr #TheSunWillNeverSettle #halcyon #IrishMusic #music #indie #folk #gig #art #ceol #concert #PureCork #Cork #Limerick #munster #Ireland @KingfishrBand @Munsterrugby @mcd_productions @corkbeo @CorkSafetyAlert @SouthernStarIRL @Simon_Murdoch @PaulByrne_1 @kcshowcork @StevieGrainger @DecPierce @rorymcevoy @CarlowWeather @JoannaDonnellyL @barrabest @PaschalSheehy @NiecyOKeeffe @MargaretOC6 @TG4TV
OH WOWW!! 🤩😍. What a STUNNING “Sun Pillar” over a silhouette of the buoy laying ship: ‘Granuaile’ at sunrise in Courtmacsherry Bay in West Cork , Ireland (around 6.30am on 22/03/2026..) on the weekend of the Spring Equinox! 🥰📸🌅⛴️🌊🔥✨❤️ #Sunrise #SpringEquinox #Spring #weather #dawn #Courtmacsherry #Kinsale #WestCork #Cork #PureCork #WildAtlanticWay #Ireland #art #nature #colour #colours #landscape #NatureVibes #NaturePhotography #landscapephotography #trending #photo #photography #photograph #StormHour #ThePhotoHour @corkbeo @pure_cork @yaycork @PortofCork @CorkSafetyAlert @SouthernStarIRL @CarlowWeather @gtlighthouses @SnowbieWx @sryanbruenphoto @JoannaDonnellyL @barrabest @WeatherCee @Petagna @TG4TV @AimsirTG4 @MetEireann @volcaholic1 @KinsaleOnline @florNEWS @philipnolan1 @NiecyOKeeffe @mtully21 @Simon_Murdoch @PaulByrne_1 @StevieGrainger @StormHour @StormHourMark


























