To photograph a travel story that’s about Ireland on the surface—but is really about the dark chapter in a marriage—it helps when the weather cooperates. And, while shooting on assignment for a feature story in our March/April 2017 issue, “it was pouring the majority of the time,” photographer Jooney Woodward says.
“Once, I got out of the car with an umbrella to get a shot, and the umbrella nearly broke from the wind,” she explains. “I’d never been anywhere so remote—it was a complete contrast to the hectic city of London, where I live and work. I rarely passed another car, and all I could see for miles was rugged coastline.”
Here are the images she captured between deluges.
![A view of the rooftops and colorful homes of Sligo.](https://afar.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/66fa1e7/2147483647/strip/true/crop/3872x4800+0+0/resize/1440x1785!/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fk3-prod-afar-media.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com%2Fbrightspot%2F41%2Fc1%2F87f61835ed9db6d3e3622b655d24%2Foriginal-ireland2.jpg)
A view of the rooftops and colorful homes of Sligo.
Photo by Jooney Woodward
![Knocknafaugher, a small town with a gorgeous coastline in the county of Sligo.](https://afar.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/5847683/2147483647/strip/true/crop/4800x3854+0+0/resize/1440x1156!/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fk3-prod-afar-media.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com%2Fbrightspot%2F44%2F73%2F9c4d970dd75d7b20ab7f5cf4fe58%2Foriginal-ireland54.jpg)
Knocknafaugher, a small town with a gorgeous coastline in the county of Sligo.
Photo by Jooney Woodward
![Damien Brennan and his wife, Paula Gilvarry, host Yeats Evenings at their home in Sligo.](https://afar.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/8f88804/2147483647/strip/true/crop/3739x4800+0+0/resize/1440x1849!/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fk3-prod-afar-media.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com%2Fbrightspot%2Fab%2F2c%2Fac6adde45c13ce98b8f1fd0e242a%2Foriginal-ireland3.jpg)
Damien Brennan and his wife, Paula Gilvarry, host Yeats Evenings at their home in Sligo.
Photo by Jooney Woodward
![Wood burning in the stove at Tricky’s McGarrigles pub in Sligo.](https://afar.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/5336675/2147483647/strip/true/crop/3499x5400+0+0/resize/1440x2222!/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fk3-prod-afar-media.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com%2Fbrightspot%2F87%2F23%2F6a2bbc01921c93873a34777c0481%2Foriginal-ireland28.jpg)
Wood burning in the stove at Tricky’s McGarrigles pub in Sligo.
Photo by Jooney Woodward
![Michael Cosgrove Sr. opened his delicatessen in 1898. Today his grandson, also named Michael, runs the place.](https://afar.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/b766ade/2147483647/strip/true/crop/5400x3593+0+0/resize/1440x958!/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fk3-prod-afar-media.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com%2Fbrightspot%2F2f%2F78%2F80ede4a81b027c2cde4964f19e99%2Foriginal-ireland32.jpg)
Michael Cosgrove Sr. opened his delicatessen in 1898. Today his grandson, also named Michael, runs the place.
Photo by Jooney Woodward
![The Carrowmore Megalithic Cemetery is one of four passage tomb sites in Ireland. It dates back to 3700 B.C.](https://afar.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/b0e20a8/2147483647/strip/true/crop/3940x4800+0+0/resize/1440x1754!/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fk3-prod-afar-media.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com%2Fbrightspot%2F47%2F34%2F6cfdef39ce648aeab6d0f3da11b0%2Foriginal-ireland48.jpg)
The Carrowmore Megalithic Cemetery is one of four passage tomb sites in Ireland. It dates back to 3700 B.C.
Photo by Jooney Woodward
![A glass of Remy Martin Louis XIII cognac awaits guests at Ashford Castle, a converted 1200s-era castle that's now a five-star hotel.](https://afar.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/2fd8030/2147483647/strip/true/crop/3871x5400+0+0/resize/1440x2009!/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fk3-prod-afar-media.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com%2Fbrightspot%2F25%2Fcd%2F356408c5f02492bc0af213e2c765%2Foriginal-ireland155.jpg)
A glass of Remy Martin Louis XIII cognac awaits guests at Ashford Castle, a converted 1200s-era castle that’s now a five-star hotel.
Photo by Jooney Woodward
![Poet W.B. Yeats drew inspiration for his writing from the beauty of Western Ireland.](https://afar.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/be93fe9/2147483647/strip/true/crop/4800x3933+0+0/resize/1440x1180!/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fk3-prod-afar-media.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com%2Fbrightspot%2F26%2F8e%2Febe49a5fd252a9ea1168e2d6f13f%2Foriginal-ireland7.jpg)
Poet W.B. Yeats drew inspiration for his writing from the beauty of Western Ireland.
Photo by Jooney Woodward