Cormac's Coast

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Guided Walking Tours of the Cliffs of Moher, Burren and Ireland's West Coast. Zoology, Marine Biology, Geology, Botany and History.

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Cormac's Coast

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Miss-timed the morning commute and got caught in rush-hour traffic. County Clare, Ireland.

Loinnir (pronounced Lin-ir) is an Irish word for the flickering/dancing sparkle on the waters surface. Here the Doolin ferry is retuning from a spin under the Cliffs of Moher on a sea full of Loinnir. County Clare, Ireland. walking tours

Ennis, County Clare, Ireland. Sunday April 12th 2026

Cliffs of Moher, County Clare, Ireland.

Fiadh, running on a mirrored sky. "This might be heaven." County Clare, Ireland.

A triple holed Hagstone!! This stone is made of shale and these particular holes have been drilled by Piddocks (Pholadidae). Marine bivalves that bore protective burrows through specific stone types. County Clare, Ireland.

Sliabh Liag Cliffs. County Donegal, Ireland.

Sunset at the Cliffs of Moher. County Clare, Ireland.

A Concretion that has eroded from the shale layers in the Cliffs and then been polished smooth by the sand and Atlantic waves. County Clare, Ireland.

A Giant Seafoam Snow globe. Big seas following Storm Isha and Storm Jocelyn have whipped the sea and seaweed along the coast into a froth. The mix of waves and onshore wind blows the foam up the cliff faces, putting on this show. Cliffs of Moher, County Clare, Ireland.

A couple of Surfers making their way back up the Cliffs after a stunning morning on the water. County Clare, Ireland.

Found on a stormbeach - I think I know what it is/was. Anyone got any ideas??

Sound on 🔊 Ag Súitú - the sound of the stones being drawn back down the shore by the outgoing waves. County Clare, Ireland.

Humpback whale HBIRL102 feeding on sprats in Donegal bay. A couple of miles off Teelin bay and Muckross head. Kevin L. Smith @michal_mullaghmore County Donegal, Ireland.

With Fiadh for the last afternoon of 2025 at the Cliffs of Moher - Hopefully catch up with you all in 2026 along the coast somewhere at some stage 🤞 Happy 2026 everyone ❤️ County Clare, Ireland.

A fresh, bright evening at the Cliffs of Moher watching the Atlantic swells rolling in. County Clare, Ireland.

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I'm guessing that this baseball cap has drifted all the way across the Atlantic - just from the amount of hitchhikers it's picked up along the way!! Goose barnacles (Lepas anatifera) a pelagic barnacle species that thrived in warmer waters. County Clare, Ireland.

Sound on 🔊 "Ag Súitú" - an Irish word for the sound made as the sea draws pebbles and stones up and down the shore. County Clare, Ireland. "Aillte" Episodes 1 and 2 of documentary now available for streaming on TG4.

(1/2) A Humpback whale and a pod of Common dolphins feeding in Donegal bay. 🔊You can hear the whale's breath over the sound of the outboard engine.

🔊 Sound on Half a minute of the shoreline breathing gently. County Clare, Ireland.

Gina (my "mid-life crisis donkey"), trimming the grass out front. County Clare, Ireland.

30 seconds of shore sounds and silvery light on a ruffled sea surface, County Clare, Ireland.

Cloud capped Christmas morning on Sliabh Liag, County Donegal, Ireland.

Watching a large Atlantic ocean swell throwing the last of its energy at the Cliffs of Moher. County Clare, Ireland.

Morning sun dancing on the waters surface. The Irish word for this sparkle is "Loinnir". County Clare, Ireland.

Sliabh Liag cliffs with the lightest dusting of snow/hail on its upper reaches. County Donegal, Ireland.

A beautiful morning, looking out on Owey Island from the harbour at Cruit. County Donegal, Ireland.

SÚITÚ: (Suet-two) The sucking-out sound of the shoreline in the evening. When large waves pull the pebbles from the shore, then roll them back in.' Manchán Magan County Clare, Ireland.

Late October evening at the Cliffs of Moher, County Clare, Ireland.

Listen for the hissing sound as the waves run up this storm beach (Swash) and bring rounded shore stones with them - then the rumbling as the stones are dragged back down while the waves retreat (backwash). County Clare, Ireland.

Sun sparkling on the water as it laps the Burren shoreline - I think that's Inis Oirr sitting in the sunbeam on the horizon. County Clare, Ireland.

(Sound on 🔈) The thundering amd clacking sound of stones being drawn across each other by the outgoing waves. County Clare, Ireland.