Cloister at Gormanston College
Cloister at Gormanston College, Co Meath Ireland
In medieval times, cloisters served the primary function of quiet meditation or study gardens. The hortus conclusus or “enclosed garden” of medieval times featured the essential well at the center, from which four paths divided the space into quadrants. from Wikipedia
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kathy s gillen...
excellent capture and depth tina
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Smudger
wat a brilliant photograph
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annalisa56
Fantastic capture Tina !!!!
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Larry Davis
I once walked through one of these in Ireland.
It gave me goose bumps.
Martina Fagan replied
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Peter Lessey
Absolutely Brilliant photograph Tina, The overall quality is outstanding.
Love it. – Peter
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Tara Turner
stunning!!
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maxy
This is incredible! It’s like walking through a cave of trees! Wow – very enchanting! LOVE it!
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fezoj64
Really pretty composition.Excellent colour dear Tina. ..Jozef
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Finbarr Reilly
Superb capture Tina love these colours and the tone is fabulous. ;)
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Trish Woodford
Fantastic capture Tina, lovely composition and framing. What a great find :))
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scoob29
Stunning image Tina fav indeed,x
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SondraBooth
This is amazing!
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Virginia N. Fred
Oh wow, now I want to go there, I love it, good depth, and presentation, fascinating, well done…gina
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Tina
parmi
This is brilliant!
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Rainy
Great capture Tina!!
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Virginia N. Fred
Congratulations

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Svetlana Sewell
Fantastic capture!
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Appel
Lovely shot! My first instinct was to duck my head as if I was going thru the tunnel myself! Awesome! Congrats on your feature too!
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BettinaSchwarz
OH TINA ... this is fantastic !!!
Martina Fagan replied
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JUSTART
wonderful shot
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Nigel Donald
Nice work
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Anne-Marie Bok...
Tina what a great capture of this beautiful lane! The lighting is perfect as is the composition!
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ccwri
Oh my GOSH!!!!!! This is an awesome place, and photo Tina, and congrats on its fast feature!! Hugs Carolyn
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Barbara Anderson
Very interesting and lovely. looks like a place to visit for some Quiet time. Congrats on feature.
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Tom Gomez
Very nice and a well deserved feature …
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FelicityB
Magical!
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Béla Török
Gorgeous work, dear Tina!
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Gouzelka
Tina, that is excellent shot and light!
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Blair Wainman
Wow!! I learned something today!! I wondered why the inner gardens of old homes and church yards here in Colombia were designed this way! Great capture and fascinating history!
Martina Fagan replied
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Karen Betts
This is lovely, love the trees at the end in the light, but the textures of the trees that form the tunnel are lovely, beautifully taken : )
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JDNarts
An exceptional image; nice capture! Wonderfully inviting.
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Janine Branigan
Brilliant Tina, I used to go swimming here as a child. I love these type of pics, they are like, magical. Secret garden.
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Rachel Williams
Terrific capture of light and shadow. Lovely image.
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Rosalie Scanlon
This is such a beautiful capture, love the light at the end of the tree tunnel.
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Lori Peters
A beautiufl picture, Tina. xo
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Scott d'Almeida
outstanding
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Ginny York
This is awesome. It’s like being in a Fairytale. Wonderful light at the end of the tunnel :)) A definate fav for me!
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Trish Woodford
Tina, did you notice this is on page 3 of the Popular Art & Photography pages, well done :)
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MarianBendeth
Haunting picture! beautifully encapsulated in alluring greens and browns making the imagination run wild with fancy! Fabulous!
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Olga Zvereva
Stunning work, Tina! Love it.
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shawie
Great capture and excellent framing!!
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brian pendrey
stunning image and congrats brilliant
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KcranmerArt
Wow what a trail…would love to come across something like that here…beautiful capture!
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Antanas
perfect
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Christine Boretti
So lovely!
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mikequigley
thats a beauty – mq
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Trudi's Images
Great lighting and framing Tina, looks like something from the Enid Blyton story the ‘enchanted forest’ !
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John Kowalski
Great shot Tina, beautifully captured image!!
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XVR Photo
Absolutely art dear Tina! Composition is fantastic here!!!! Beautiful image dear!!!!
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LavenderMoon
It’s like a fantasy world… this is marvelous and very captivating… you can’t help but wanting to climb in to the photo and explore!
Martina Fagan replied
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Nick Hunt
Love it, well done.
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Sharon K. Shubert
This would be a wonderful place to take a walk. Love it. Great shot! :)
Martina Fagan replied
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ceejaycee
This is such a beautiful shot Tina. Nice work not blowing out the details in the sun at the end of the walk.
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ilpo laurila
Fantastic work Tina, nice tunnel effect.
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Carol Barona
oh my this is fantastic! what an awesome walkway!
Martina Fagan replied
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IRISHPIX
Oh so fabulous~_

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Paul Gibbons
Very nice work love this avenue of trees.
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Gary L. Suddath
excellent work
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Eugenio
:)) Superb capture !!
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rodsfotos
Love the perspective and composition Tina and you exposed so well to get good details in the darker foreground without blowing the detail in the sunlit distance, it must have taken generations to train the trees in a perfect arch and your description adds much to viewing pleasure, excellent work,
Regards, Rod.
Martina Fagan replied
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Best Wishes
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Robert Elliott
wonderful photograph
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Brandie1
Wow Tina.
What alovely find.
Fantastic capture.xx
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reflector
An incredible place, and a great capture !
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Shaun Whiteman
Wonderful lighting and framing Tina, well done on the feature!!
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Michael Rucci
outstanding Tina the progression of light to shade is so well defined congrats on the feature
mike
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Jonice
Awesome looking Tina. I love it!
Martina Fagan replied
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Malcolm Chant
TIna, that is incredable, have never seen a Cloister made from natural living threes befor.
Martina Fagan replied
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DutchLumix
Magical capture, How Awesome
You have a really nice garden ;)
Kind Regards,
Erik
Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Martina Fagan replied
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Cee Neuner
Tina, Congrats on your feature!!!I missed this one earlier. Absolutely wonderful and enchanting.
Martina Fagan replied
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Tina
Jeannie Peters
wow lol i’m not the only one who likes it i see :))
this is great and congrats on your feature!!
I have to say hun your art keeps getting better and better, I love watching you grow as an artist :)
hugs tina
Jeannie
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Tallow
fantastic photo Tina
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Steve Buffington
Man (woman), I like this so much. Excellent Tina!—Steve
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Michael Kienhuis
A sensational Image Well Done!
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Andrew S
Love the light at the end of the tunnel. Great framing and pov…...
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Yool
Beautiful!!!!!
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mlynnd
Beautiful Tina.
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JonRussell
Wow! That is awesome! Fantastic capture! instant fav!
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Rick Todaro
Tina, A Most Wonderful Image .. Kudo’s
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Vilmute
It’s lovely picture!
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Georgie Hart
Lovely light…the perspective really pulls you in!
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francophotos
Great capture Tina
Wonderful depth of field!
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Angel Gold
This is Brilliant Tina
: ))
Martina Fagan replied
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Tanya Bright
Magical capture…excellent!
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mikebov
fantastic image Tina
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Lois Bryan
completely breathtaking … honestly, this is the kind of image I could spend all day gazing at!!! I totally love it and had to fave it … your capture of the sunlight at JUST the right moment is genius!!!!! Such an uplifting atmosphere!!!
Martina Fagan replied
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Lois
Tina :)
UnEasy
Great image, and the narrative was so interesting and informative.
Martina Fagan replied
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billfox256
Something this magnificent could only be created by the hand of God. A tremendous photo. Bill
Martina Fagan replied
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Tomas Abreu
Fantastic image, love the composition.
Martina Fagan replied
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Tina
dreamNwish
Very cool!
I like it a lot and wish I could take a stroll along the path.
I thought I’d seen this in the group Tunnel Vision (or something like that), but I don’t see a listing of the group to the right. Maybe you should check it out.
Martina Fagan replied
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Tina
Aleksandar Top...
excellent.
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fishlady77
awesome capture…...
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trueblvr
Whoa, what a stunning shot. Evokes so many emotions. Beauty, wonder, fear, makes me want to walk through but quickly to come out into the light. Amazing shot
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david campbell
fantastic
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Alessandro Pinto
fantastic place and those trees are amazing ! fantastic capture !
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WINTERROSE
wowwwww awesome
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Ronald Rockman
Fabulous Photography. Well Done
Cheers
Rock
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John Passmore
Lovely work …
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Nelson Campbell
I love this.
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louisegreen
Great capture Tina, congrats on the feature:-)
Martina Fagan replied
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Michelle Barlo...
Bravo Bravo Bravo
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kevin fitzmaur...
Lovely image
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Alan McMorris
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Jason Connolly
Fabulous shot, well spotted.
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Tina
Mark Allen
Great work, well done, congratulations of your feature.
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Tina
rosiczka
great work,Tina
Martina Fagan replied
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John Vandeven
Well done Tina….Looks great.
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lroof
very cool!
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Susanne Correa
Oh how beautiful, so peaceful, beautifully captured!
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Vincent James
Magnificent shot! Reminds me of the one i just posted :)
Martina Fagan replied
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Tina
Nathaniel Arnold
that is awesome!! well done, incredible!
Martina Fagan replied
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Tina
PhotosByG
Congratulations! Your photo has been featured in “A Garden somewhere ….”
This photo was chosen because it was of a very high quality and it captured exactly the sort of work we are looking for in this group.
Please keep up the great work and we hope you continue to add more of your excellent photographs to this group.
Martina Fagan replied
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Trudy Wilkerson
Congratulations, this is so beautiful.
Martina Fagan replied
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hsien-ku
serene and beautiful
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biddumy
Utterly bewitching, great perspective!!!
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Deb Snelson
Gorgeous photo!
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Tina
rougepoppies
what a beautiful setting.
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bubbleblue
excellent
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Jodie Bennett
Great capture
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Tadoette
excellent framing and composition! great photo!
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Dave Johnson
Excellent capture Marsbub, so like The Dark Hedges as well
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Blaze66
Great work! Terrific depth of field and mood. I would love to step into this frame!
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AnnieSnel
Beautiful image!
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Silvarith
so much green and wonderful nature art…what more could I possibly ask for.
Im expecting the 7 dwarves to actually be walking by any minute now. wonderful :)
Martina Fagan replied
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Tina
IntriCate
I love places like this! Gorgeous!
Martina Fagan replied
Thanking you so very much
Tina
insolitus
Another magical shot. My immediate thought was Tolkien’s Lord of the Rings – what fabulous old trees.
Martina Fagan replied
Sorry for my late reply just spotted it :)
Thanks for such a nice compliment as I love LOTRs they were the best books I ever read :))
Nicholas Richa...
Another excellent comp – great image!
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Maria Murphy
MAGNIFIENT SHOT!!
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Tina
Micci Shannon
Fantastic shot! Love the pov and depth. Well Done Martina!
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Tina
jillijude1
stunning
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Jeff Burns
Gorgeous
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SeeOneSoul
still loving this shot Tina !!! A truly fabulous one!! :))
~ Tina
PS what you still doing awake? it’s late, girl ;)
Martina Fagan replied
Cheers Tina
I am just bold but your right I gotta go to bed soon lol:)) you too:))
Night Tina
Whitney DeVilbiss
amazingly done! Very impressive
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Cee Neuner
Congratulations!! You are a Top Ten Winner of the Hiking or Walking Trails challenge.

Martina Fagan replied
wow cheers Cee for letting me know:)
Tina
Lee-Anne Raffe...
Wonderful composure here! Stunning
Martina Fagan replied
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DEJAN ALEKSOVSKI 20 days ago
This is amazing place and image..
Martina Fagan replied 19 days ago
Many kind thanks always
:)Tina
Nira Dabush 1 day ago
nice one.
Martina Fagan replied 1 day ago
stopping by to say thanks
Tina:)