Dolphins from Kilrush.
Dolphins from Kilrush. Ireland
Dolphin, Co. Clare, Ireland
Dolphin swimming among people near the beach.
Whales RV Celtic Mist Wexford/Waterford. Irish Whale and Dolphin Group. Karl Grabe
Fin Whales surface near Ireland's latest research vessel the RV Celtic Mist, owned by the Irish Whale and Dolphin Group. There's a separate video on uTube with bow riding dolphins I've uploaded a day before this one.
This was the first voyage for IWDG members on Sunday 13-01-2013. Set sail out of BallyHack Co Wexford.
CorkCoast.com. See also IWDG.ie and rvCelticMist.ie
Shannon Dolphins - A Work in Progress
This short film, by Deirdre Noonan, illustrates the work of the Shannon Dolphin & Wildlife Foundation. Their Wildlife Centre, at Kilrush Creek Marina, is free to visitors throughout the summer months. Further information is available on their website at:
Dolphin watching while crossing the Shannon estuary.
We took this time lapse on a car ferry crossing from Tarbert to Kilimer, this area is prime dolphin watching territory. The estuary is home to many bottle-nosed dolphins, unique to Ireland they are the only known resistant group through out the country. And are one of six of their kind in Europe, if you hope to see some yourself there are many companies providing dolphin watch tours. The main begin in Kilrush and Carrigaholt. Remember to like and subscribe, there will be much more to come.
IRELAND CYCLING, Co.Clare, Kilrush. Mobile houses to Cappa pier
Short spin along Coast rd.
Freedive session in Doolin, Ireland on 29/09/2013
Freediving along the northern walls of Doolin bay, occasionally supervised by a curious local cetacean.
Hopefully it's quite obvious from the video that contrary to some of the negative buzz about 'the Doolin dolphin' from the summer of 2013, she is generally very peaceful and admirable, one only needs to respect her when visiting her home, just observing, not chasing her or even trying to touch her unless she explicitly welcomes that. One should also watch for possible signs of discomfort - she tells you quite clearly and well ahead of any possible act of physical aggression if she doesn't like something, so be sure you can interpret such signals before you step into water with her (or any other animal that has the potential to harm or even kill you), or be ready to bear possible consequences of getting 'lost in inter-species translation' (contrary to the impression one may get from the popular media, big dolphins are generally nice and curious creatures, but can be as dangerous as big sharks to humans without enough knowledge about the species, sometimes even more).
Kilrush Kickstarter Video
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This is the promotional video for Kilrush's upcoming Spree album, created for our May 2015 Kickstarter fundraising campaign.
13/32 From Lossiemouth into the Caledonian Canal brings new scenery and new challenges
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The Caledonian Canal is Scotland's great short cut - 21 miles of canal linking with 38 miles of lochs to provide a route from East Scotland and the North Sea through to West Scotland and the Irish Sea. It's a route John and Fionn had contemplated should rough weather prevent them negotiating the notoriously difficult conditions around the north coast. But this is merely a detour - and provides unexpected vistas of snowy peaks and a very different landscape. But meanwhile the weather deteriorates and Shark Bay is stranded at Inverness.
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13/32 Leg 11 - From Lossiemouth to Inverness
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Well we had a pretty long day yesterday - had a good night sleep. I have only just woken up - it’s already about 9am, so we are going to go and find the Harbour Lights Café which we have been told has best fried breakfast in Lossiemouth.
Yes, a cool little port to pull into, Lossiemouth, and if the harbour master is not on duty you pick your keys up for the marina at the pub here. They give you a welcome pack, pay your harbour dues and have a pint as well. But from here on the day started to go downhill. When I opened the hatch to do routine engine checks there were a few litres of water in what should have been a dry starboard engine bay. No sign of a leak anywhere, but there was obviously something wrong. We decided to empty the bay and keep an eye out for any more water and try and discover where it was coming from.
Can you empty that for me Fionn, there’s a good few litres there already so definitely a bit of a leak.
A royal wedding day hasn’t turned out to be our lucky day because within minutes of leaving Lossiemouth - in fact we are in the harbour entrance - we heard a strange noise from the engine. We started losing certain powers - we weren’t charging so we turned around and came back. When we looked inside the engine compartment the port engine, behind the impeller, was a water leak. Anyway, we hunted around for engineers but of course it is a bank holiday. The only one we could find has gone to the Orkneys on a job and isn’t available until next week. So we phoned Adrian back in Falmouth who knows the boat and he diagnosed it quickly, he thinks it’s a back seal behind the impeller. It’s not something we can do, we haven’t got the part you need a bit of a mechanical skill to be able to do it, although it’s not a massive job - he reckons about an hour’s work, so we’ve got to make the call now… What do we do? We can hang around Lossiemouth ‘til Tuesday when an engineer will look at it and probably have to call for parts, or we can go to Inverness which is about 25-30 nautical miles to the west. It’s a bit blowy out there, it’s a force 4. I don’t like putting to sea with potential engine problems like this but Adrian said it should be OK. So Fionn and I have had a bit of a chat and we have decided that we are going to take the risk and we are going to head to Inverness where we know there will be engineers available. We know there will be Volvo dealers so hopefully we can get the problem sorted a lot quicker. So, it’s not been a great start to our royal wedding day so far!
So we set out for Inverness, but uneasy about a potential problem.
I would say it’s about a force 4 or force 5, so it’s a bit choppy for the first few minutes going out there, but then we can turn and run with them, running with the wind behind us so should hopefully be a pleasant run to Inverness - fingers crossed!
Well no further engine problems, which was a good thing, because as we got into the Moray Firth the effect of strong wind against tide was kicking up an unpleasant sea. It was good to be able to head into Inverness with full power on both engines, rather than limping slowly in with just one working. But that problem still needs to be sorted.
At journey’s end for the day, from the wild waters of the Moray Firth to the tranquillity of the Caledonian Canal.
The Caledonian Canal - we are in the first lock and a long way to go. But there’s a real buzz just entering it - it’s one of those things you hear about so much and we are here! I’m just looking forward to it.
It’s bizarre isn’t it, we have been out in this wild hectic ocean for a couple of weeks and then suddenly we are in this calm, tranquil canal environment where everything happens at 4 or 5 knots, the lock gates don’t open until 9:30am and close at 4:30pm. Beautiful, a completely different pace of life, it’s going to be a fun couple of days this.
Ireland ... in seven days
travelling around Ireland - Waterford, Youghal, Kenmare, Kilrush, Doolin, Inisheer, Castlebar, Bonniconlon & Dublin
Ireland's South East
Ireland's South East heaven
The Swanner's on the Shannon 2011
Over Kilkee In April 2009
First flight over my relatives house. You can see my Aunt, though you couldn't recognise her from 1500ft. Martin on the camera
dolphins loop head
dolphins swimming alongship the ship at the loop head, shannon strait ireland, july 2007
geoffrey in shannon estuary
Ireland trip 2007
Kilrush Drama Group (2)
Thy Will be Done- In this clip Jack Griffin (PJ Arthur) makes it quite clear that Bridie is never to lay a finger on his coat, but the rest of his clothes are going to be washed and paid for out his winnings on the horses!
Kilrush Marina 4k
Short clip of the Marina In Kilrush
Dolphins in the Irish Sea
I recently helped deliver a yacht to Scotland. During a calm sunny moment as we passed Ireland we were lucky enough to be visited by a large group of Dolphins and the conditions were calm enough that I was able to capture it on video.
Not my most stable video work, but then I'm not normally using my little digital camera and hangout of the liferails of a yacht.
Horse Island from my Drone
Horse Island from my Drone
Shannon Estuary
Motorcycle Tours Ireland by RetroVenture
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