August 26, 2012

County Tyrone

"Green as Far as the Eye Can See"

No question why Ireland is known as the Emerald Island. All the way to the heather covered hills in the far distance, everything is some shade of green! Dunnamanagh (Donemana), County Tyrone, Ulster, Northern Ireland, (Dún na Manach, Contae Thír Eoghain, Ulaidh, Tuaisceart Éireann), August 26, 2012. f/8, 1/250 second, ISO 200.

Donaghedy Parish Church of St. James

Donaghedy Parish Church of St. James in the small village of Donemana. The village was established in the early 17th century as part of the Plantation of Ulster, instigated by James I in 1609. Land in the area was granted to John Drummond who established the village; building a bawn (an enclosed, fortified farmyard, designed as a place of refuge for settlers in case of attack), 10 wicker-work houses, and a watermill for grinding corn. Dunnamanagh (Donemana), County Tyrone, Ulster, Northern Ireland, (Dún na Manach, Contae Thír Eoghain, Ulaidh, Tuaisceart Éireann), August 26, 2012. f/9, 1/320 second, ISO 200.

Brilliant green fields with the heather covered hills in the background basking in the broken sunshine of a beautiful late-summer day. Ballynamallaght, County Tyrone, Ulster, Northern Ireland, (Contae Thír Eoghain, Ulaidh, Tuaisceart Éireann), August 26, 2012. f/8, 1/250 second, ISO 200.

Omagh

Sacred Heart Catholic Church

Sacred Heart Catholic Church. Omagh, County Tyrone, Ulster, Northern Ireland, (an Ómaigh, Contae Thír Eoghain, Ulaidh, Tuaisceart Éireann), August 26, 2012. f/9, 1/400 second, ISO 200.

Detail from Sacred Heart Catholic Church. Omagh, County Tyrone, Ulster, Northern Ireland, (an Ómaigh, Contae Thír Eoghain, Ulaidh, Tuaisceart Éireann), August 26, 2012. f/6.3, 1/640 second, ISO 200.

Steeple detail from Sacred Heart Catholic Church. Omagh, County Tyrone, Ulster, Northern Ireland, (an Ómaigh, Contae Thír Eoghain, Ulaidh, Tuaisceart Éireann), August 26, 2012. f/7.1, 1/200 second, ISO 200.