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2024 Calendar Out Now!


I am delighted to announce that I have a produced a Calendar for 2024!

These A3 sized photo calendars are printed on stunning 250gsm silk art paper. All calendars are printed in full colour and come wire bound with a thumb hook ready to hang instantly on your wall.

They are available for purchase at Yeats County Inn in Curry, County Sligo for €20.00

or here Via Revolut or Paypal
Plus P&P
Ireland : €4.00
UK: €6.50
EU: €7.00
USA: €10.00
If you would like to purchase please email at mhd@live.ie

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Annette & Donal, Yeats County Inn Hotel


Annette and Donal’s big day kicked off at their house near Clonbur where I took some shots of the Bride getting ready. She was joined by her Dad, sister, niece and her little son Tadgh. I then made my way to the lovely Church in Cross where I met up with the Groom Donal for a few portraits before the ceremony.
Afterwards, myself and the newlyweds headed to the beautiful grounds of Cong Abbey for some portrait shots. We then headed to South Sligo to Yeats County Inn for the reception, where the happy couple were joined by their family and friends for an amazing night of celebration.

Suppliers:

Venue – Yeats County Inn Hotel
Videographer – Neil Duffy
Hair & Make up – Imagessalon
Flowers – Dris.ie
Church music – Nicola Maguire Wedding Music
Wedding dress – Simone’s of Sligo
Menswear – Corless Formal Wear
Afternoon coffee van – T2 Coffee Van
Wedding Band – The Cosmonauts

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Katie & John,Belleek Castle Hotel

Katie and John’s big day kicked off at the gorgeous Belleek Castle, where Katie and the Bridal party were getting ready, Hayley Coleman was on make up duties and Regina Henry was looking after the hair. I met up with John and his groomsmen in the bar of the castle for a few informal shots, before we all made our way to the stunning stables for the the wedding ceremony. Belleek Castle is such an impressive venue with its old world charm, a wedding here really feels like a fairytale! After the Ceremony myself and the bridal party took the short stroll into Belleek woods for portraits before then heading back to the castle for the meal and speeches which was then followed by the brilliant Brian McDermott Band. It was such great a great day to be in the company of Katie and John who were so relaxed and easy to shoot.
Suppliers:
Venue – Belleek Castle Hotel
Make up Artist – Hayley Coleman
Hair – Regina Henry
Flowers – VIP Weddings
Church music/Reception music – Carrie Coleman
Wedding dress – Bellonna Galway.
Bridesmaids Dresses – TKMaxx
Menswear – Lacuna Ballymote
Band – Brian McDermott Wedding Band

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Edel & Johnny,McWilliam Hotel

I was originally due to photograph Edel and Johnny’s Big Day in 2021, however, with the Covid restrictions they decided to postpone the Wedding until 2022. It was a wise move indeed, as a result their wedding was free from any kind of restrictions or number limitations!
The day kicked off at Edel’s parents house where I was joined by Videographer Neil Duffy, Ann Young was on makeup duties ,and Gemma Crossan was looking after hair. Before the ceremony I hooked up with Johnny and the lads in Millers Bar for a few pre wedding photos, we then made our way across the road to the church to meet up with Fr.Kevin Blade and Fr.Michael Reilly. Everything about the day ran perfectly except for the weather! After the ceremony we made a a quick detour to Lough Talt with the hope of getting a break in the clouds… It wasn’t to be!! So, with the help of some umbrellas we managed to grab a few quick shots. Luckily enough we had the lovely interior of The McWilliam Hotel as a back up, with its impressive piano and decor, where we got some bridal party photographs. After the dinner and some entertaining speeches, the band ‘Late Nite Radio’ got everyone up on the dance floor, to round off a fabulous day!Suppliers:
Venue – McWilliam Hotel
Videographer – Neil Duffy
Make up Artist – Ann Young
Hair – Gemma Crossnan
Flowers – VIP Weddings
Church music – Olivia O’Hanlon
Reception music – Claire Igoe
Invites/Church Booklets – What’s the plan
Wedding dress -Loves Legacy Bridal Ware
Bridesmaids Dresses – Bridal Ware Cashel, County Tipperary
Wedding Cake – Kate Kreationz
Neon Heart – Lovelight
Doves – Joe Doves
Band – Late Nite Radio
DJ – Ronan Lardner

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Downpatrick Head/The Wild Atlantic Way


One of my favourite places on the wild Atlantic way has to be Downpatrick Head in my home county of Mayo.
I have visited it many times in all sorts of weather, sometimes it been so wild it’s impossible to even attempt setting the camera up on a tripod!:-)
but always worth a visit none the less!
For a long time I have wanted to get a shot inside this cave at the foot of Downpatrick Head,
A small bit of planning was involved,entry into the cave should only be attempted when there’s a very low spring tide and sea and weather conditions are good.
These three things were in my favour on Sunday afternoon in late July where I got a small window of about 12 minutes inside the cave to get a few shots before the waves came and forced me to leg it back around the base of the headland threading carefully on the slippery ridge.
The selfie shot was my most popular shot of the year and was a big hit on Facebook and Instagram and I was delighted to be featured on the very popular official Wild Atlantic Way Instagram page and also to be included in one of the Best ’18 In 18 ‘ shots of 2018 on their website.

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