A gallery of stunning images of Ireland's coast and marine life
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Click on the link below to enjoy a gallery of 50 beautiful images captured by the finalists in Love Your Coast 2024, the annual photography competition hosted by Clean Coasts, the coastal protection group.
The finalists were chosen for images that capture the natural beauty of the Irish coast. The purpose of the competition is also to draw attention to people’s role in protecting the natural world around us. Click on the 'Gallery' button below to see the 50 images in Love Your Coast 2024:
For the past 15 years, the annual Love Your Coast photography competition has kept the spotlight on Ireland’s diverse waters and the marine life and the wildlife they support. Clean Coasts is part of An Taisce — The National Trust for Ireland, the charity working to conserve Ireland's natural environment and built heritage.
The LYC 2024 overall Photographer of the Year award went to William Murphy, for his image ‘An Fear Marbh agus an Fear ag eitilt’.
The image also won the ‘People and the Coast’ category. The image displays Inis Tuaisceart Island, also known as the Sleeping Giant, the northernmost of the famed Blasket Islands, bathed in evening light with our human focal point soaring high in the sky above.
William said of the photo: "This was an opportunistic shot of a Paraglider taking in the sights of the Slea Head drive passing by Inishtooskert, ‘An Fear Marbh’, while I waited for the famous Dingle light to appear in late July. The previous evening had little to no visibility due to low cloud and rain so I headed for the Schoolhouse from Ryan’s Daughter to take in sunset in hope of good light there and over Inishtooskert, two shots with the one location. What I thought was a photographer heading to the cliffs turned out to be a paraglider who circled the area for a while and allowed the opportunity to capture An Fear Marbh and a flying man, an Fear ag eitilt, in the one shot."
The images here are a selection of the finalists across five distinct categories: Heritage on the Coast, Coastal Landscape, Wildlife and the Coast, Underwater and People and the Coast.
Click on the 'Gallery' button below to see the 50 images in Love Your Coast 2024: