I had been planning to attend a talk on Co. Clare's workhouses in the Ballyvaughan Community Centre this evening, a topic particularly relevant to my ongoing project. As it was due to finish quite late (at around 21:30), I had booked a taxi to bring me back up to the facility afterwards. The plan for today was to scout out the various famine constructions in and around Ballyvaughan, hopefully getting some useable images if the weather permitted it. I left my bike at the facil

I was due to have another interview this evening, but once again it had to be postponed. Because of this, I had plenty of time to do the shop in Kilfenora and to document a famine wall in Carron soon afterwards. I had only been informed of this particular famine wall when I visited the Burren Life centre last week, as nobody else around the area had known of its existence. I had been able to talk to the landowner himself who said that although he wasn't 100% certain, he had a

The photographing of the famine road in New Quay was probably the most successful shoot of my previous field trip. However, due to the fact that I am now attempting to capture these constructions from above when possible, I thought I'd visit the location once more to see what sort of vantage point I could get. At the beginning of the day the weather for the shoot was ideal, bar the light rain that continued to fall as I made my way down the road from Carron towards Bellharbou

As I mentioned in a previous blog, I had already photographed the famine road in Poulaphuca during my initial field trip to the area. However, since I had been rushing to photograph all the famine constructions during my final week, I was left with no other option but to photograph the road on a rare, sunny day in February. Because of this, as well as not being entirely satisfied with the resultant images, I had been hoping to return to the location to photograph the road onc

Today I visited the site of a famine road that runs past Mullach Mór, starting in an area called Cooloorta. I had first come across this road during an interview that I conducted a couple of weeks ago, but I hadn't been aware of just how close it was until I recently searched for it online. Coincidentally, over the following the number of days I was recommended by two more people to visit it. I managed to locate the road in question on a website that highlighted the various h

As I mentioned yesterday, I had arranged to have a recorded conversation at 13:00 with a man in Kilnaboy. I had spoken with this man previously, and his passion for history made me particularly keen to record what he had to say. He was on the phone when I arrived, but invited me in to make myself comfortable, as it had been pouring down for most of the morning. After he finished, I briefly explained what I was hoping to do with the various recordings and images that I was col

Originally I was meant to have another recorded interview today (Monday) with a man who lives just outside the village of Carron. However, I found out last-minute that the meeting would have to be delayed until tomorrow instead (Tuesday), at 19:00. I am due to conduct another interview in Kilnaboy earlier that day at around 13:00, so I should have no trouble in getting back to Carron on time. As a result of this rescheduling, I found myself with an unprecedented free afternoo

Taking advantage of the good weather, I decided to travel to Corofin to call into another person that I had been recommended to speak with. As it was on my way, I also made plans to stop into Kilnaboy to talk to somebody who was supposed to have great knowledge of the area. The route that I took passed through Creevagh, and led to an incredibly steep and windy track down to the main road. Although this was much faster than taking the road from Carron to Leamaneh, the steep de

The primary goal for today was to get my bike serviced by a mechanic in Kilfenora. Although I had tinkered with it myself to ensure that it was functioning, I knew that these were just temporary solutions. Rather than wait for the next accident to happen, I thought it would be best to nip any potential problems in the bud. On my way to Kilfenora I stopped off at a house just outside Carron to visit another person that I had been recommended to speak with. The man in question

I had previously been recommended to talk with a person from Noughaval, whose late-husband was known to have a lot of knowledge relating to the famine around the area. As well as this, it had been suggested that the church in Noughaval may have been built around this time. Upon seeing the projection elevation gain of the journey, I made the decision to travel there by foot. Although this increased the journey time by around an hour and a half it turned out to be the best deci