John Kelly
@jkphoto68
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Award winning photographer with the Clare Champion newspaper for 35+ years. Many, many photographs!...
Ennis
Joined October 2011
Thirty-five years ago today, I started my job @ClareChampion All I knew was how to use a camera, print B&W pics, & write captions. My photographic mind was completly blank canvas, ready to be filled with whatever the job brought. I'm still learning...
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Colm Scanlan, Ennis, November 2025 He said “Shur why would my picture be in the paper?”, to which I replied “Best dressed man in town today!” #blackandwhitephotography #leicam10 #streetphotography
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For the day that's in it....President Michael D. Higgins reaches out to greet well-wishers following the inauguration at Dublin Castle back in 2011 ahead of his two terms in office. Catherine Connolly will officially take on the role later today. #Aras25
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Kinsale, October 2025…#streetphotography #leicam10 “Old friends, old friends Sat on their park bench like bookends”…
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Double Take...Aaron Fitzgerald, captain of @CLGEireOgInis proudly displays both the Jack Daly football and Canon Hamilton hurling cups, following the @gaaclare Senior Football Championship county final in Cusack Park today. #gaa #peil #countyfinal Shot for @ClareChampion
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Last Orders...The coffin of well-known Ennis publican John O’Dea is carried from Ennis Cathedral to the hearse parked outside his beloved premises at 66 O’Connell Street, before making its final journey to Drumcliffe Cemetery after this morning’s funeral Mass. RIP John...
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The Windy City... A woman battles the gusty winds on O Connell Street, Ennis, with her fly-away umbrella, to the amusement of her two companions, during Storm Amy this afternoon. #LeicaM10 #streetphotography #blackandwhitephotography #StormAmy #dayoff
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Music To His Ears...Kilmaley man Cyril Barry stops a while to listen to a busker on O Connell street, Ennis. #Leicam10 #streetphotography #blackandwhitephotography
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Sleep Walker... A delivery man carries a mattress up through the main street on the way to it's new home in Ennistymon. #blackandwhitephotography #streetphotography #leicam10 #leica
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Thrilled to have won the award for Best Photograph at the 10th Annual Local Ireland Media Awards in Mullingar. The picture shows a fisherman checking the lines on a fishing boat sheltering at Liscannor in North Clare during Storm Ashley. #localireland #blackandwhitephotography
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Homeward Bound… Across the waters of the Shannon, Pattie McMahon’s final journey, on Thursday, brought her back to Scattery Island. It was here she was born and here her circle of life eventually came to rest... #homewardbound #blackandwhitephotography #dayoff #documentaryphoto
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Treading Carefully… Lagos, Algarve, Portugal, August 2025. #blackandwhitephotography #streetphotography #portugal
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Connected?… People with their phones, Lagos, Algarve, Portugal. #streetphotography #blackandwhitephotography
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Called in to see the old retired trains in Moyasta today. Can only imagine the major part they would have played in the lives of the people they once carried.. #train #dayoff #capturinghistory #LeicaM10 #streetphotography
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It was my great privilege, this weekend, to officially open  ‘Painting through the lens” an art exhibition by talented Kilrush artist Pauline Dunleavy, showing at Cultúrlann Sweeney, Kilkee. Well worth seeing. Wishing Pauline all the best with her wonderful show..👏👏 #art
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Going Back In Time...Local girl Kayla Power explores the old rooms, including the Chapel, at Cahiracon House during the launch of Paul Markham's book "Cahiracon On The Banks Of The River Shannon" last weekend. Shot for @ClareChampion #History
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