Paul Carroll, a Cork-based photographer and (full disclosure) a pal of ‘sheet cartoonist Mick Flavin, has spent the last seven years capturing “the action of Gaelic club games in unique surroundings around Ireland”.
Now he wants put the images together in one big buke.
Paul sez:
Gaelic Fields will features the beauty of games played on the fields of Aran and Inisturk Islands, South Kerry and the Glens of Antrim to the urban landscapes of Cork, Dublin and Belfast and scores of locations in between…
Of his odyssey he adds:
…99 times out of 100 people were very nice, but wanted to know why a photographer had travelled from Cork to a Junior A football game in Dring, Co. Longford on a Thursday evening…”
A modest Kickstarter campaign [target: ten big ones] is currently active [see below] to ensure Gaelic Fields becomes a coffee table-topping reality.
great idea!
Can’t watch the vid but I hope the Wicklow pitch is in there.
G’luck with the book – I think it’ll do well if adequately marketed.
Complete with referee locked in the boot for added authenticity!!
Fantastic idea and wish him well
This might do well with expats abroad or those with Irish descent :)
Indeed. I’ll snap one up the next time I’m home.
I’ve just put a few bob into it now.
Looks amazing. Really beautiful.
Shame it’s not being printed here.
Have you seen the costs of getting stuff printed here?
The labour of love ideas are always the best. Good luck.
Pledged. Will make a great Christmas gift for a relative “out foreign”.
Why limit to gaelic fields? Could’ve included Achill Rovers pitch then which is pretty spectacular whichever side you stand on
Why limit it to sports fields? Could’ve included the Cliff of Moher and Rock of Cashel or cats wearing hats
beautiful pictures, just backed it there.
Dad’s birthday present sorted!
…99 times out of 100 people were very nice, but wanted to know why a photographer had travelled from Cork to a Junior A football game in Dring, Co. Longford on a Thursday evening…
*grins*
But it came out well nonetheless (1:31-1:45).
I played on that pitch once or twice in my youth. The walk through Derrycassan woods along Lough Gowna is beautiful.
And you survived the midges of Fortress Laurels?
Fortress Laurels…Ha!
I don’t recall that aspect…