Summary of our May club meeting

Last night, we were delighted to welcome guest speaker Linda Kelly, who shared her views and insights on nature and the environment in and around Roscommon.

Linda gave the club a greater awareness of safety and the impact humans can have on animals. Her wonderful images and short videos were enjoyed by everyone in attendance. She also presented her research and reports on Mote Park, County Roscommon, located approximately 45 kilometres from Boyle.

Linda is passionate about educating young people and regularly brings her work to schools, helping children learn more about nature and wildlife. We wish her every success going forward, and as a club, we would like to sincerely thank her for taking the time to visit and speak with us.

Boyle Arts Festival Exhibition

Exciting News! We have a venue for our clubs Boyle Arts Festival Exhibition (stay tuned for updates) What we do know is the festival will run from July 16th - 25th

In the meantime, Members are encouraged to prepare for our annual Boyle Arts Festival Exhibition. We request that each member submit four high-quality images for consideration. One of these images will be selected for printing and inclusion in the exhibit. Submissions should preferably be made no later than the club’s May meeting.

NOTE: May meeting was the last time to get your images to the committee with a USB stick therefore since we have low numbers we will leave the dropbox link open for a further two weeks, the link can be found on our dedicated club WhatsApp group.

The four images submitted must include:

• One black and white photograph

• One portrait format photograph

• One landscape format photograph

• One Image of the member’s preference

Images to be printed at 16" X 12" and mounted.

Before submitting your images please resize your 4 images to suit.

Annual Weekend Away: Bellmullet, County Mayo.

Our yearly photography weekend trip to Bellmullet, County Mayo, is scheduled from June 26th to June 28th. Members planning to attend this friendly photography getaway are advised to book accommodation near the center of Bellmullet town as early as possible, as lodging may become fully booked if left too late. A range of activities will be planned for the weekend.

We also spoke to members about bringing their cameras to next months meeting

where we will set out on Boyle town for a walk with our gear to capture the fine details of Boyle.

Club Meeting - 12th May 2026

DOORS OPEN AT 7:45PM. MEETING BEGINS PROMPTLY AT 8PM! THE ENTRANCE FEE IS €5

          CARD PAYMENTS are now accepted at the door of our monthly meetings.  

          AGENDA FOR OUR MAY CLUB MEETING  IS AS FOLLOWS

    •     Chairpersons Address 

          ∙      Announcements 

          ∙      AOB        

   

    •     Motivation Slideshow  

          ∙      Presented by Garry Fitzgerald and Judged by Ann Doherty/Sara Andrews
                  The Theme for this Months Motivation was "Patterns and/or Textures" themed Photography
                  All entries can be seen HERE on Flickr   

          ∙     Entries can be uploaded before midnight Saturday 9th May via the following links:                                

                  Beginners - Click Here to upload your images for this category

                  Intermediate - Click Here to upload your images for this category 

                  Advanced - Click Here to upload your images for this category

                 

                 Please note: Links may not be available after due date.

                 Next Month Motivation: to be announced at next meeting

     •     Tea/Coffee Break           

          

     •     After Our Break

          

          ∙       Tonight we are joined by County Roscommon Photographer Linda Kelly. 

                  Linda enjoys her nature and environmental photography and invites us tonight to keep us

                  up to date on how she sees our furry creatures around us that we maybe missing on a day

                  to day basis.

                  Some of yous may already know Linda from sharing her world through exhibitions around

                  Roscommon and her Social media including Facebook/Instagram.

                  No animal or bird is too small or too big for Linda—she quietly shares her love for Ireland’s

                  beautiful wildlife.

                 

                  Her Facebook account & Her Instagram account.

                  So you are invited to come along and enjoy our May meeting with Linda and ourselves.

May Bank Holiday Outing to the Bluebells

We will be visiting Derreen Bluebells Woods in Boyle to enjoy the annual bluebell bloom and surrounding forestry.

To accommodate the majority of members, the main group will meet on Sunday 3rd May. However, for those who prefer, you are welcome to meet at the same time 10:00 AM on Bank Holiday Monday 4th May at the car park located through the woods adjacent to Derreen Woods, just off the N4 between Boyle and Carrick-on-Shannon.

Please check the forecast and if it does not suit on either date there is always the second day to decide.

If you wish, you are more than welcome to attend on both days and sit down later with coffee and a scone with other members at the local Ardcarne cafe.

                            Image credit: Garry Fitzgerald