
on your wall
Gannet, Bull Rock, Co. Cork
Prints are made to order, so I can't take one back just because you've changed your mind, but if it arrives damaged or isn't what you ordered, I'll replace it at no cost. You can swap it within 30 days, though you'd cover the return postage.
The helicopter couldn't land. Wind too strong. So instead of flying back to the mainland that afternoon, I had an unexpected few hours stranded on the Bull Rock with absolutely nowhere to be. Best thing that could have happened.
I climbed up to the gannet colony on the upper part of the rock and planted myself on the helipad that sits right in the middle of it. The one they can't use when the birds are nesting. Bundled up in my coat, wind cutting through me, perfectly happy. This gannet was hovering almost motionless in the airstream, right in front of me. The wind was doing all the work. The bird just hung there, wings set, completely still against clean blue sky. Strong sunlight from the left picking out every detail. The golden yellow of the head, those pale blue-grey bill striations, the sharp black wingtips. I had time to compose carefully, which almost never happens with birds in flight. Usually you're grabbing frames and hoping.
When I eventually made my way back down to the lighthouse keepers' quarters, the Irish Lights crew were sunbathing in t-shirts. Dead calm down there, completely sheltered, while I'd been sitting in a gale for two hours. The Bull Rock sits about three kilometres off the tip of the Beara Peninsula, and it gave me this photograph by refusing to let me leave!
Shipping is free once your order passes a threshold that depends on where it's going:
- Ireland: free over €75, otherwise €9
- UK and Europe: free over €150, otherwise €20
- US and Canada: free over €250, otherwise €35
- Rest of the world: a flat €100, whatever the order value
Your exact shipping cost is specific to your location and is shown to you before you finalize checkout.
We produce all our prints to order, so you can be sure you're getting the best quality work to hang on your wall. As a result, in busy times it can take a while to process the orders. In the worst case, which is generally during the peak months of July-September, it can take 4-6 weeks to receive large framed prints. Large canvases generally take 2-3 weeks. Unframed prints are generally also 2-3 weeks at worst.
We aim to get prints out as quickly as possible, so we would expect and hope that you would receive them earlier than the above timeframes. If you have a particular need to get a print quickly, please let us know in the order notes and we'll prioritize it for you, or you can email us at info@petercox.ie.
Prints are well-packaged and in the unlikely event that it arrives damaged, we'll send a replacement free of charge.
When your order ships, you'll receive an email with your tracking number.
Thanks for your trust, and we hope you get many years of enjoyment from your new print!
































