Nocturne, Ballycotton, Co. CorkBallycotton Island on a perfectly still night, the lighthouse beacon throwing a column of red light straight down across the harbour. I waited for the sea to go completely flat for this. The water had to be calm enough to hold that reflection without breaking it up, and on this stretch of the Cork coast, that doesn't happen often. The sky was remarkably clear, the kind of winter night where the stars just keep appearing the longer you stand in the