Hidden Stairs

Hidden Stairs, Kylemore Abbey, Gothic Church, Galway 92

Many years ago I was asked by the nuns of
Kylemore Abbey if i would take photographs
for a calendar to help in the restoration fund
for the beautiful but at that time neglected
gothic church which lay in the grounds of
the abbey.
When I arrived they politly but firmly warned
me that the bell tower was to dangerous to
enter and the door would be locked.Ignoring
what happened to the cat I found a loose
panel in the bottom of the door that once
removed would just about let me enter.My
reward, just enough natural light to
photograph these beautiful curving stairs
that dissapeared into the lost light of the tower.
The image often brings to mind one of my
favourite paintings 'meeting on the turrett stairs'
which hangs in the national gallery of Ireland.
The photograph never made the calander i was
too afraid to show it to the nuns.....