WE’RE HEADING TOWARDS midsummer — meaning sunrise is happening pretty early at the moment.

If you were lucky enough not to have to get out of bed at the crack of dawn, here’s a pretty stunning photo of what it looked like in the ‘Garden of Ireland’.

The image (actually two shots merged together) was taken by Naoise Kelly at Knockadoo Hill, just inside Wicklow on the Kildare border at 5am.

He’s a professional photographer, as you might imagine.

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Did you see the sunrise this morning? It was pretty special in Wicklow...

Read: M50 a ‘car park’ this morning, as overturned truck causes traffic gridlock

Read: Look out Munster… Weather warning issued, heavy rain & spot flooding likely

Making a difference

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