Snowfall

January 17th, 2010

The snow has gone, and floods are replacing the freeze.
But while it’s still fresh in your mind, here are a few more snow pics from Belfast:


Glasgowbury ‘09

July 29th, 2009

Now in its sixth year, Glasgowbury has grown to become Northern Ireland’s greatest outdoor music festival. Through the sun and occasional shower, the bands played and the people slowly got drunk. The overall atmosphere, however, was one of positivity and joy and very few assholes to be found.
The lineup was superb, with the best of [...]


July

July 10th, 2009

July is definitely my favourite month of the year, it would be quite odd if it wasn’t considering there is normally some sunshine (as well as being the month with the highest rainfall, but I like the rain), oh and it’s my birthday!
Of course, July is filled with much mixed emotion in Northern Ireland. [...]


Belfast City Marathon 2009

May 4th, 2009

As is customary on the May Day Movable Monday (love the term after reading it on wikipedia) Bank Holiday, the Belfast City Marathon took place today. Starting at 9am at the City Hall and finishing in the Ormeau Park, 17,000 people took part in the 26 mile race around the city.
2,900 people ran the full [...]


Pool

May 4th, 2009

Me and two friends, both incidentally named Ronan, used to play pool every Friday evening, this went on for a couple of years. Over a few pints we would attempt to improve our skills, while chatting about life and such. They were good times. Our lives were quite different back then; relationships, jobs, education. This [...]


Nice City; Pity about the River

April 20th, 2009

Surprise, surprise, once again on a rare hot and sunny day in Belfast the River Lagan looks and smells like complete shit. It can be smelt well before it’s seen; that awful eggy smell.
So much for the Lagan Weir, completed in 1994 at a cost of £14m, which aimed to “keep the river at an [...]


Helen’s Bay Beach with my new camera

April 16th, 2009

I got a new camera over the weekend, the Canon 40D and so I brought it out for it’s first shoot to Helen’s Bay beach:


Silent protest in Belfast over killings

March 12th, 2009

Yesterday afternoon thousands of people congregated to the City Hall in Belfast is a silent protest against the recent violence and killings here in Northern Ireland.
Organised by trade unions throughout Belfast, many also gathered in Derry, Lisburn, Newry and Downpatrick to show that they don’t want the relative-peace and security in Northern Ireland to [...]


Ulster Hall 2.0

March 11th, 2009

The Ulster Hall reopened its doors on Friday night hosting a sold-out performance by the Ulster Orchestra, who have once again taken up residence in this stunning venue of historical and cultural significance after two years of renovation.
Refresh

The hall has had a huge makeover in both appearance and attitude, with a total cost of £7.43 [...]


UnconventionBelfast 2009 – Leave Myspace Out Of It

February 10th, 2009

Myspace, as a social network, is dead.
Myspace is for music (and occasionally film).
I think those who attended Unconvention are still collecting their thoughts and ideas that came of it, inspiring and motivating as so many of them were.
The first point being how to get your music heard – simple, give it away. Yes for free. [...]