SEPTEMBER 1999 – The Hyde Bridge crosses the Garvoge River in Sligo, Co. Sligo, Ireland, on a sunny day. Photo © by Mark Zanzig/zanzig.com
The story behind the image
We spent a single night at Markree Castle in Ireland and began the next leg of our roadtrip through Ireland by visiting Sligo, the namegiver of County Sligo. It is a small town (pop. 20,600 in 2022) but it is still the pulsating core of the north-west with many shops, pubs, and restaurants.
For many years, Sligo was home to the poet and writer William Butler Yeats (1865-1939) who is one of the most important English-language writers of the 20th century and was awared the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1923 as the first Irishman. So it does not come as a surprise that you will find references to his person and his works across the town.
My photo shows the Hyde Bridge that crosses the Garvoge River in Sligo. The bridge was constructed between 1847 and 1852 to replace a narrow crossing where “two vehicles were only just able to pass each other.” It is considered a key mid-19th-century engineering and architectural heritage landmark in the town.
Design ideas
The high resolution image
| Capture Date | September 1999 |
| Location | Sligo, Co. Sligo, Ireland |
| Camera | Canon AE-1 Program |
| Image Source | Slide film |
| Digital Image Source | EPSON Perfection 4870 Photo |
| Digital Image Source Format | TIFF, 48 bits/pixel, sRGB |
| Edited Image Format | JPEG, 24 bits/pixel, sRGB |
| Edited Image Dimensions | 6571 x 4298 Pixels |
| Copyright | © by Mark Zanzig/zanzig.com |
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