Hi John,
I’m in Swords myself and some of the places near Swords I would go to are:
Broadmeadow/Malahide estuary, Portmarnock, Donabate, Portrane, Howth of course.
All either in Walking distance or short drive from Swords and all are good locations
particularly for sun rise.
There is also a not so well known location in the Ward River which can throw
up some opportunities. Its overgrown forest.
You can access it from the housing estate shown near the centre of this map: http://maps.google.co.uk/?ie=UTF8&ll=53.455809,-6.256242&spn=0.012598,0.038624&t=h&z=15
Martin
p.s….I’m also involved with the Swords Photo Group. You can contact me directly if
you would be interested in coming along to see what we do.