Approaching the town of Cashel from the North, we could immediately see that opportunities for photographing the number 1 item on our shooting list – The Rock of Cashel, would be limited. The entire eastern wall of this magnificent abbey that dominates the town was covered with metal scaffolding. We enjoyed a late lunch by the hot fireplace in a pub located on the central street. After wondering a little through the streets and taking a couple of pictures of a characteristic straw roof an old cottage converted to a museum, we relocated to a vantage point with a view of the Western side of the abbey to wait for photo opportunities at sunset.
The sky was cloudy, but we set up the tripod anyway, hoping that the sun would shine its golden light beneath the clouds just before setting. It was long wait. We stayed inside the car to avoid the freezing February wind. The windows quickly covered with fog, and we picked out from time to time to check whether it was the time for the sunset. There was no luck that time – the lighting was nice, but there was no magical moment of a golden sunbeam. We had to contend with a rather impressive artificial illumination of The Rock with its picturesque round tower – the third one we saw on this trip (after the round towers of Glendalough and St. Canice’s Cathedral in Kilkenny).
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