Thursday the 1st of May 2025, To quote The Saw Doctors, "Will you meet me on Clare Island?" And yes I did. Capturing an island paradise from above. Plus a truly painted sky.

I have listened to "The Saw Doctors" for as long as I can remember, and the time before last when I was visiting Westport and of course County Mayo, something had to be done, and that was,

"Catching the boat from Roonagh, to Clare Island."

Now of course you might be asking, "well what is so special about catching a boat from a place called Roonagh to Clare Island" and that of course comes from the lyrics of the following song by The Saw Doctors, which is called, Clare Island. 

And the last time I had visited Clare Island, I was completely taken away by just how beautiful and unspoilt it was, compared to some of the Scottish Islands/Isles of Scilly which have become even more popular thanks to influencers and other write ups in travel magazines, but here of course things seem that little bit more relaxed, for Clare Island itself has a lot of history to it, and beautiful scenery, it really could be described "as the end of the world." and from its western flanks - the next landmass you would get to is America/Canada. Yet the last time I had visited Clare Island, I fell in love with it, with its peacefulness and its calm and tranquillity. 

But this time around, as I set off from Westport towards Roonagh Quay, things looked grey, was the weather going to improve and was Clare Island going to have nice weather? Thankfully after a smooth enough sailing from Roonagh Quay across to Clare Island things did improve, and this small unspoilt island at the end of Clew Bay, surrounded by The Atlantic Ocean, soon felt like it could have been a Caribbean Island, with a blue sky and tranquil waters and pristine white sands, it was also this time around the perfect time in which to capture this island from above. 

"Clare Island Drama and a sense of Mood."

"This could be a tropical paradise." - (Colour.)

"Achill, Clare Island Below and the beauty of a Clare Island Panorama." - (Colour.)

"Achill, Clare Island Below and the beauty of a Clare Island Panorama." (Black and White.)

"This could be a tropical paradise." - (Black and White.)

"Harbour Beauty, under a perfect sky." - (Colour.)

"Arts of shapes, walls and the view across the top of Clare Island." - (Colour.)

"Arts of shapes, walls and the view across the top of Clare Island." - (Black and White.)

"A Perfect place for Lunch?"

"Floating Gently above the bay."

And after a full day of well just soaking up the warm sunshine, it was time to head back across to the mainland of Ireland and to Westport, but on the way back, even I noticed that the sky was potentially going to have a little bit of magic within it, and surely enough it did, as that evening Clew Bay lit up, with an almost watercolour like hue to it, and I just had to capture the following photos.

"A Painted Panoramic Across the Beauty of Clew Bay." - (Panoramic.)

"Beginning to Shine."

"Gold and Grey, Clouds and Sunset across the beauty of Clew Bay."

"Under golden glow, the beauty of the islands they glow."

"Painted is the beauty across Clew Bay."

"Across A Painted Bay."