From Taylor Swift to Dublin’s oldest jarvey: Nick Bradshaw’s Photographs of the Year
A selection of Irish Times visual journalist Nick Bradshaw’s photographs throughout the year and the story behind one of them.
'Padser' Harris and his four wheeled Cart. Padser was a Horse and Carriage operator in Dublin since the age of eight and retired this year. Photograph: Nick Bradshaw / The Irish Times
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I’m ahead of schedule and waiting on a photocall to promote the upcoming Smithfield Fleadh, when I glance in my car mirror and catch a glimpse of the end of a four-wheeled cart silently slipping by, without the distinctive clippity-clop of a horse-drawn cart. On further inspection, as the cart heads off down through Smithfield Plaza, it turns out a man in shorts is towing the vintage cart behind him.
A former marathon runner and fundraiser for the children’s hospital at Temple Street, Padser Harris (71), originally from Smithfield and now living in Ballyfermot, has been around horses for all of his life. Padser proudly claims that he is the oldest working jarvey in Dublin city, and that for more than 30 years he has been bringing tourists around the city to see the sights in his horse-drawn carriage.
A chilly outdoor Sunday Service on Bray Seafront, Wicklow. Photograph Nick Bradshaw / The Irish Times
Ladies Day at the Dublin Horse Show. Alex Doolan (10) from Roscommon during the show. Photograph Nick Bradshaw / The Irish Times
Taylor Swift took to the stage in Dublin on the opening night in Ireland of her Eras Tour. Photograph Nick Bradshaw / The Irish Times
Maddie and Felicity Comerford from Wexford with Aimee and Bobby O’Brien from Wexford and Amy Carney with baby Iarlaith from Co. Clare attended a ‘Latching On’ morning in Áras an Uachtaráin, as part of National Breastfeeding Week hosted Sabina Higgins. Photograph Nick Bradshaw / The Irish Times
Three generation's 'Indy' (grandmother), 'Faye' (mother) and
Marge (daughter) Charlesworth exiting a 1970's Series 3 SWB Landrover at the Bohernabreena Classic Car show and fair in the Church field. Photograph Nick Bradshaw / The Irish Times
The mild January may have encouraged the early appearance of these mating frogs (Rana temporaria) in South County Dublin, of the three species of amphibian’s found in Ireland the common frog is by far the most familiar. Photograph: Nick Bradshaw / The Irish Times
A ruffled starling on the East Pier, Dun Laoghaire. Photograph: Nick Bradshaw / The Irish Times
An Taoiseach Simon Harris TD with his wife Caoimhe as he was elected on the first count in the Greystones count centre. Photograph: Nick Bradshaw / The Irish Times
Seamus O'Brien, Head Gardener, at the the National Botanic Gardens, Kilmacurragh with the Silver Fir from 1790 which has been destroyed by Storm Darragh. Photograph: Nick Bradshaw / The Irish Times
Agnes Harrison with her dog Victor at the annual Peata Therapy Dog Carol Service in Christchurch Cathedral in Dublin. Photograph: Nick Bradshaw / The Irish Times
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