Newgrange Photographs by Ireland Up Close

Newgrange mound rising above morning mist, white quartz facade visible above the fog. A morning view of Newgrange shrouded in mist | Photo by Robert and Cathy Ardill
Newgrange passage tomb on a green hill with white quartz wall in late afternoon light Newgrange on a winter's evening | Photo by Robert and Cathy Ardill
Frost-covered Newgrange mound with white quartz facade and visitors at dawn on 21 December 2007 Winter Solstice rising sun at Newgrange | Photo by Robert and Cathy Ardill
Distant Newgrange mound with white hawthorn blossom in the foreground on a spring morning Newgrange on an early spring morning | Photo by Robert and Cathy Ardill
Full Hunter's Moon above Newgrange mound in golden evening light, 3 December 2009 A Hunters Moon over Newgrange | Photo by Robert and Cathy Ardill
Frosty River Boyne at dawn with bare trees reflected in still water An early morning view of the River Boyne | Photo by Robert and Cathy Ardill

Exhibition at Brú na Bóinne - 2011

Robert and Cathy Ardill smiling together before framed landscape photographs Robert Ardill and Cathy Ardill at the Brú na Bóinne Visitor Centre

An exhibition of landscape photographs by Robert Ardill and Cathy Ardill of Ireland Up Close took place at the Brú na Bóinne Visitor Centre in October and November 2011.

About Ireland Up Close

Robert Ardill and Cathy Ardill are landscape photographers based in Slane, County Meath, beside the River Boyne. Robert is also a painter; Cathy is a graphic designer. They have photographed landscapes across Europe and in recent years have focused on the Irish countryside.

They are drawn to the subtlety of Irish scenery and the changing light: mists, clouds, and bursts of sunlight through the seasons. Dawn and dusk are a particular interest. Living in the Boyne Valley, they work close to Newgrange, Dowth, Knowth, the Hill of Slane, and the wider Meath landscape that appears throughout their Newgrange photographs on this page.

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