Welcome

Welcome to my new website; the third ‘iteration’ of johnwesson.com.

This time I am hoping for an easier, more user friendly (for me!) site with less reliance on the help of ‘techy’ friends and Uncle Google. I have been hearing for a while now that the platform ‘Squarespace’ is the way to go. ‘Not unlike sharing a pic or two on social media, John!’ We will see…

My association with Co Kerry, and Valentia in particular goes back over thirty years now culminating in my book: Kerry: The Beautiful Kingdom. The book was published by The O’Brien Press in 2017, initially in hardback and now in paperback form (available through all good booksellers). I am currently gathering material for a follow-up book.

Restoring a small, abandoned building, was our first job/task on Valentia before we could establish a base and make ourselves comfortable. It took us seven years to complete, a labour of love for sure! We named it ‘Curlew Cottage’ after the many birds we would hear on the foreshore below. Please see an audio-video here (apologies for the rather poor print scans).

By the way John, who are you hoping to attract to your site? This is a good question. Well, in the first instance I will be using the site as a reference, a follow-up for those good folks that I have met along the way. Having had the good fortune to talk and interact; hopefully, after a quick look through the contents of the website, things should make more sense to them.

When out and about in the Kingdom with my books and mounted photographs, I meet some wonderful people. Very often, on realising that I am the author, their interest is peaked and taken to another level. This certainly helps to get the conversation going… and boosts sales! These days I only have Irish-based photography available commercially, (modest) and most of that is geared towards County Kerry tourists and visitors.

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Please see the two videos to get a better idea of my time spent in Kerry, or my County Kerry photo gallery