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  • Glenstal Abbey - Through the Season, Published by Columba Books, is a collection of images chronicled through the seasons  by photographer Valerie O’Sullivan, and monks sharing in words, the mysticism and rhythm of their lives, we get a rare insight into the daily life of the community of  Benedictine monks.- Br. Colmán O Clabaigh OSB is a Benedictine monk from Glenstal Abbey and noted historian & author of numerous books on monastic history.  He is a medievalist, specializing in the history of monasticism and religion in Late Medieval Ireland.Photo:Valerie O’Sullivan/FREE PIC
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  • Spring has started for Mike Coffey, Sheep Farmer from Kilgobnet, Beaufort, Co Kerry,  on St Stephen’s Day, as Captain of the Kilgobnet Biddy Group, he began making the ‘Biddy' straw hats. The tradition of the Biddies is one of the oldest and most colourful customs in Ireland, a blend of pagan and christian pageantry, held on the 1st February each year, heralding the beginning of Springtime,  and honouring St Bríd the patron saint of the farming community. Mike has been making the biddy hats  for over fifty years, and is one of the few left in Ireland, making and  dressing the ornate pampas hats  Nowhere is it the tradition of the Biddies as  theatrical and vibrant as the culture-rich parish of Beaufort.  Photo:Valerie O'Sullivan /Issued 23/12/2020
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  • Not all heroes wear capes <br />
Fiona Carroll, one of the many volunteers with Legion GAA Club in Killarney, arrives with the weekly shopping and support for  Denis Tangney. The voluntary service is part of the COVID-19 Kerry Community Response Forum. The helpline was set up to support and advise people during the current public health emergency. It included organisations such as Kerry County Council, the Gardaí and GAA.  Photo:Valerie O’Sullivan
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  • Exchanging the Hurl for the Pike…Former Captain Wexford Hurling Team, Diarmuid Lyng, lives in West Kerry, motivational speaker, an advocate for Irish Langauge and Environment. He runs Wild Irish Retreats revitalising the Irish langauge. Here he collects kelp and dillisk seaweed from Ard Draighneáin, on the Dingle Peninsula, for use as fertiliser for his vegetables. Photo: Valerie O’Sullivan
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  • The critically acclaimed  Druid production of ‘Waiting for Godot’, Written by renowned Irish playwright, Samuel Beckett, Directed by Garry Hynes, Artistic Director of Druid Theatre. Druid Ensemble; for Waiting for Godot, Garrett Lombard, (Lucky), Aaron Monaghan, (Estragon), Rory Nolan (Pozzo)) and Marty Rea (Vladimir).Photo:Valerie O’Sullivan/FREE PIC***/NO REPRO FEE
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  • Come Bye..O’er the Hills.<br />
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Sheep Farmer, Donal Foley, with his dog 'Jake', guiding his ewes down the mountain for scanning, on his land at Lough Accose, Glencar, McGillycuddy's Reeks, County Kerry. Donal Foley's colourful ewes in his sheep farm, Cuas, MacGillycuddy's Reeks, Co Kerry. The colours are carefully coded by Donal during breeding. Blue: First two weeks, Red: 3rd Week, Black Spot: Suffolk, Red Spot: Texel sheep, Red:Charolais sheep. He introduced six rams to the ewes, scanning usually begins in February and the lambs will be born in April.Photo:Valerie O'Sullivan
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  • Eugene O’Sullivan aged 93 years, is Ireland’s oldest Drover and works at Kenmare Mart. During the late summer months, Eugene collects and packs wool from nearby sheep farmers in Kenmare, Kilgarvan, Sneem, Tousist and the Black Valley. He has been packing wool for over 80 years and there’s no slowing him down. Assisted by Cllr Dan McCarthy, his great friend and Manager of Kenmare Mart, Co Kerry. The men were working at Gerry Harringtons shed in Gowlane, Kenmare.Photo:Valerie O’Sullivan
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  • Ramjano, who works in the Anand Brick Kiln at Barast,Calcutta, where GOAL has set up another of aid relief for people who work there.Photo:Valerie O'Sullivan/GOAL
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  • Davy Leane, Sheep Farmer, MacGillycuddy’s Reeks, Co Kerry,  had brought his ewes to lower ground ahead of Storm Emma, Snow will remain on the Reeks for the next week, Davy feeds his scotch and texel ewes twice a day, all are due for lambing in early April.Photo:Valerie O’Sullivan
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  • Renouned Story Teller Eddie Lenihan, telling stories of myth, mystery and folklore, at The Gathering Traditional Irish Music Festival at the Gleneagle Hotel, Killarney, Co Kerry.Photo:Valerie O'Sullivan
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  • Action from ‘The Jack O’Connor Cup’ the 4th race of the day at the Glenbeigh Racing Festival on Rossbeigh Beach, Co.Kerry on Sunday.Photo:Valerie O’Sullivan
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  • Eamonn O'Connor, Tim Long and Dan Daly, on Howling Ridge - The most spectacular multi-pitch mountaineering routes in Ireland. The iconic climb is a steep well defined ridge starting at the Heavenly Gates (600m) - North-East Face of Carrauntoohil. The climb itself is about 450m in height gain of climbing/scrambling to the summit. It has approximately 8 pitches. The Classic Climb is graded V.Diff, but of course many brave and trusted mountaineers opt for the snowy conditions of winter for an extreme challenge.Photo:Valerie O'Sullivan
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  • Madeleine Perseval arranges the netting at her home in a GOAL transitional shelter in Cite Canada, Port au Prince, Haiti.© 2010 Valerie O'Sullivan/GOAL
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  • Fetch dog…Fetch….One Man and his dog..A dog jumps in the water in anticipation of fetching a stick thrown by its owner on Rossbeigh Strand, Glenbeigh, County Kerry.Photo:Valerie O’Sullivan
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  • Lunch above the clouds on the summit of Carrauntoohil, on the MacGillycuddy's Reeks, Ireland's highest mountain range wth Rachel O'Toole and Peter Slattery.Photo:Valerie O'Sullivan
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  • Skellig Michael (Irish: Sceilig Mhichíl), also called Great Skellig (Irish: Sceilig Mhór), is the larger of the two Skellig Islands, 11.6 kilometres west of the Iveragh peninsula, along the Wild Atlantic Way in County Kerry, Ireland. A Christian monastery was founded on the island at some point between the 6th and 8th century and remained continuously occupied until it was abandoned in the late 12th century. The remains of the monastery, and most of the island, became a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1996.Photo:Valerie O'Sullivan
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  • Wild Atlantic…Sheep Farmer Séamus Ó Cíobháin with his dog ‘Floss’ from Dún Chaoin, Slea Head, on the Dingle Peninsula, Co.Kerry, driving his ewes a mixture of cheviot towards Clogher Head, after feeding nearby. Photo: Valerie O’Sullivan
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  • Celtic Goddess's Noretta and Emma Brosnan after descending the Paps of Danú, Co Kerry, to celebrate the ancient rite of the Summer Solstice in honour of the Goddess Danú, as part in The Killarney Walking Festival.Photo:Valerie O'Sullivan/NO REPRO FEE/22/06/2014
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  • By Royal appointment… One of the highlights of the recent visit of His Royal Highness, Charles Prince of Wales to Muckross House and Muckross Traditional Farms in  Killarney, Co Kerry,  in June this year, was meeting traditional Master Craftsman, Pat Broderick. The Royal  Prince was given the opportunity to make his own ’súgán Rope’ or ‘love knot’ from  traditional oat and straw. Prince Charles  was so intrigued with Pat’s  old traditional style  craftsmanship saying  it   ’fulfilled all the senses of touch, smell and colour’. He commissioned Pat to make an egg basket and traditional eggs nest, which is crafted in the old three plat weave. The beautifully made crafts will leave Muckross House for Clarence House, home of His  Royal Highness Charles Prince of Wales  and his Wife Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall this Friday. The Prince also requested Pat to make an Irish traditional  súgán chair  (súgán  Irish for straw). Pat is from Newcastlewest, Co Limerick, working between his home, Muckross House and travels with his craft throughout the Country.Photo:Valerie O’Sullivan/FREE PIC***/ISSUED 29/11/2018
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  • Celebrating the beginning of Spring…The tradition of the Biddies is one of the oldest and most colourful customs in Ireland, a blend of pagan and christian pageantry, held on the 1st February each year, heralding the beginning of Springtime and honouring St Bríd (451-525) the patron saint of the farming community.  Biddy Groups from Mid-Kerry play music and collect money for local Charities. The Biddy Festival in Killorglin takes place on Saturday 3rd February. The highlight of the day is the BIddy Parade along the streets of the town at 7pm and King or Queen of the Biddies contest.Photo:Valerie O’Sullivan
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  • Sheep Farmer Patrick Moran, gathering some of his 500 strong mountain flock at Lough Iskanamacterry, Mastergeehy, Waterville County Kerry.
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