Limerick photographer Norman McCloskey captures the Kingdom in all its glory
Kenmare-based photographer Norman McCloskey has just published a book of his pictures, entitled Kingdom.
A few summers ago, in July 2019, Kenmare-based photographer Norman McCloskey went to the Skelligs in one of the boats that regularly take visitors out to the remarkable Unesco world heritage site. Except this was no everyday tourist trip.
For one thing it was 3.30am and still dark; for another McCloskey was the only passenger — he had exclusively chartered the boat and captain for the day, at considerable expense. For the following few hours the award-winning, Limerick-born photographer was on a mission to capture a memorable and meaningful image of the small craggy islands, particularly what George Bernard Shaw called “the most fantastic and impossible rock in the world”, Skellig Michael. He had made two previous trips, in similar circumstances, but the weather and the light closed in and McCloskey got nothing, despite the time, effort and money.
