*Hore Abbey* Photo

Photographer’s Note

Hore Abbey seen from the St. Patrick´s Rock (Rock of Cashel).

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Hore Abbey (sometimes known as St.Mary's) is a ruined
Cistercian monastery near the Rock of Cashel, County
Tipperary, Republic of Ireland.

'Hore' is thought to derive from 'iubhair' – yew tree.
The former Benedictine abbey at Hore was given to the
Cistercians by Archbishop David MacCearbhaill (in
1270), who later entered the monastery. He endowed the
Abbey generously with land, mills and other benefices
previously belonging to the town. The story, beloved of
tour-guides, that he evicted the Benedictines after a
dream that they were about to kill him, is unlikely to
be true and probably arises from the Archbishop's
'interference' with the commerce of the city of Cashel.
His disfavour of the established orders in Cashel
certainly caused local resentment. He was resented by
some of the towns-people, being considered too much in
favour of the Irish by the more Anglicised. This is
evident in the objection by the thirty-eight local
brewers to the levy of two flagons out of every brewing
and in the murder of two monks who were visiting the town.

[from: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hore_Abbey]

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markstaples (15670) 2007-10-01 10:35

Servus Thorsten
Love your POV here which has allowed you to frame the abbey so well. The Abbey is nice and sharp and I like very much how the image becomes hazy the further you go into the background. Very nice work.
Gruß
Mark

dip (12534) 2007-10-01 10:50

Hallo Thorsten,
sehr schön die Irische grüne Felder,sehr gut der Standpunkt mit der Ruine im Vordergrund,und gute Belichtung,
viele Grüße,
Dimitris.

Buin (37412) 2007-10-01 11:13

Hallo Thorsten!
In Irland scheint es nicht schwer zu sein, eindrucksvolle Objekte zu finden. Dieses Gebäude ist noch als Ruine atemberaubend und Dein Standpunkt könnte besser nicht sein, um sie wirkungsvoll in Szene zu setzen. Mir gefällt auch, dass Du diese offene und doch vielgestaltige Umgebung einbezogen hast. Hierauf kannst du stolz sein!
Grüße aus dem nassen Siegen!
Frank

anesugur (16800) 2007-10-01 11:57

Hi Thorsten,
Beautiful shot!
Great colors, light, POV and good composition. Very good job.
Best Regards. Uğur

Davidwh (3652) 2007-10-01 12:41

Hi Thorsten,
A typical image of irish countryside with its rolling green fields and grazing sheep.Good focus on the foreground structure and a good decision to cut out the sky as it seems it was a very hazy day.Lovely shades of green and the colour natural.Take care.
Regards, David

adores (15463) 2007-10-01 17:32

Hi Thorsten!
Nice abbey in ruins. The scenery around is beautiful and you show it very well. The cattle in the fields is a nice detail. Good composition and colours!

asajernigan (14080) 2007-10-01 19:09

Thorsten,
Your composition and POV are great here showing the ruins of the abbey surrounded by the wonderful landscape. The lighting and colors are great with excellent sharpness and DOF. The trees and rock fences in the background gives us many points of interest throughout.
TFS,
Asa

vedra (0) 2007-10-02 2:00

Hi Thortsen,
Good depth of field, enhanced by numerous layers of green colour. The ruins with no ther objects around look rather impressive. I wish I could see a bit of the sky here, but I guess it was not bright enough so you cropped it.
Vedrana

Greg1949 (8507) 2007-10-02 2:18

Nice shot Thorsten, has a lonely feeling to it I think. Color and detail are great and the haze to the bg gives it nice scale. Great capture.

Greg

skerdreux (2683) 2007-10-02 4:04

a very good point of view of this abbey.
TFS

anes_lc (14762) 2007-10-02 5:01

hi thorsten
many times i hear that the green in ireland is the most beautiful color :)
i can see it clear in your picture :)
the ruins and this beautiful landscape make the picture a success
thanks share
anes
i´ll be back

bracasha75 (21960) 2007-10-02 13:08

Hallo Thorsten
Entlich bin ich wieder da...es freut mich zum sehen diesen wunderbare fotos aus Ireland...
Ich bin dirdankbar fur deine schonen worten um mein frisch geburtes kind und ist er wierklih geboren wan auch dein kind?30 09 ???
Alles gutes und morgen kommt er heim
Bratislav

darrasin (2860) 2007-10-03 9:44

Hello Thorsten! Wonderful shot, I liked this view very much too when I was there and your end result is fabulous. The greens are really saturated but accurate and details are very sharp too. That lens did you well on this one.

I just posted a shot from the Abbey looking up to the Rock of Cashel meant to compliment your image.

TFS
Doug

Gdouble (5245) 2007-10-05 10:30

Hi again Thorsten,
I like this general view, it's showing us the strategic place of the abbey.
Great shot
Good evening
Guy

espanek (995) 2007-10-06 3:35

Hello Thorsten.
Very good picture. Thank you for reminding me that Cashel, the town where I work, is a great place for photographer.
I like your composition and colors.
TFS
Wojciech

Uhu (7356) 2007-10-11 11:23

It's a Long Way to Tipperary!
Now, what a nice photo, and very Gaelic-looking, so to say. Pity its ruined.

jafadabret (39357) 2009-07-08 8:18

Bonjour Thorsten.
J'ai fait à peu près la même photo et je vois qu'avec la tienne ce n'est pas la peine de la poster. De plus la note est très explicite sur ce monastère cistercien.
Ces ruines au milieu de la nature sont d'une grande beauté.
Excellent !
Jacques