https://www.ysa-mendoza-portfolio.com/home daily 1.0 2026-10-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a85fa4273e5bc258e23d42b/c8b10a1c-9568-4a95-8ed3-8bf9b38a6af2/nbg.png https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a85fa4273e5bc258e23d42b/c351cf46-8d3e-4eb7-8910-5f5b5574c14d/ESPN_logos.png https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a85fa4273e5bc258e23d42b/c50c755c-819b-4648-9374-1f4ab8e48379/Texas_Longhorns_logo.svg.webp https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a85fa4273e5bc258e23d42b/449ab23a-81a8-4d00-818b-c18c12a842ff/dthead-01.png+-+Edited.png https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a85fa4273e5bc258e23d42b/4afdd4f3-5457-4443-be4a-cea77caef722/eater-logo-png_seeklogo-346953.png https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a85fa4273e5bc258e23d42b/2010c5fb-6b8d-41d0-84d0-0df880b0d505/DC7A9020.jpg Home - About Me Hello! My name is Ysa Mendoza and I am a photojournalist and photographer based in Austin, Texas. Currently attending UT Austin, I am a photographer for The Daily Texan covering the Longhorns’ football season and I am a Creative Development intern for Texas Athletics. 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The fair takes place on the first Monday of every month, and Dubliners of all ages and backgrounds get together with their horses in Smithfield Square. Due to recent Dublin City Council restrictions about horse riding on city streets, the fair has slowly turned into a protest demonstration. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a85fa4273e5bc258e23d42b/4eecde56-7ca4-4eb6-b3a9-72b0f7eee89b/IRE_HorseMarket_05102026__418.jpg Trots of Dublin Life The Smithfield Horse Fair is pictured from Skyview Tower in Dublin, Ireland on Sunday, May 10, 2026. Police were in attendance due to recent Dublin City Council restrictions, causing the once monthly fair, to now a gathering that can only happen twice a year (first Sundays of March and September), causing participants to hold unofficial gatherings on the first Monday of every month. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a85fa4273e5bc258e23d42b/b69e3571-71f3-4fba-9671-88091e896456/IRE_HorseMarket_05102026__260.jpg Trots of Dublin Life A woman rides her one-eyed horse at the at the Smithfield Horse Fair in Dublin, Ireland on Sunday, May 10, 2026. The horse market features a variety of horses in attendance; some have been rehabilitated, some are used for farming purposes and others for tourist businesses. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a85fa4273e5bc258e23d42b/1ee3ef96-173c-4c0d-9cac-d13aa3e9ed87/IRE_HorseMarket_05102026__90.jpg Trots of Dublin Life Philip Kavanagh walks his miniature pony with a family friend's daughter at the Smithfield Horse Fair in Dublin, Ireland on Sunday, May 10, 2026. Participants claim that most of the children in attendance own their own horse or pony, and are typically gifted one at just a few months old. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a85fa4273e5bc258e23d42b/12ea5773-d808-486a-966a-0fba11275cf4/IRE_HorseMarket_05102026__693.jpg Trots of Dublin Life A horse-drawn carriage turns onto the streets of the city centre in Dublin, Ireland after the Smithfield Horse Fair on Sunday, May 10, 2026. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a85fa4273e5bc258e23d42b/e06199e6-3c7d-4544-acaa-22e47371bcd5/IRE_05182026_O%27Dwyer_YsaMendoza_11.jpg Trots of Dublin Life Mark O'Dwyer reaches for his horse to pose for a portrait in the family Spitalfield stables on Monday, May 18, 2026. The O'Dwyer family has a family horse business, and provide horse-drawn carriage services for funerals, birthdays, tourism and more. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a85fa4273e5bc258e23d42b/02c0bb23-0220-47ba-a49e-c011ff2eb1aa/DC7A4317.jpg Trots of Dublin Life Tommy O'Dwyer sits in his stroller in the family stables in Spitalfields, Dublin, Ireland, while the O'Dwyers clean on Monday, May 18, 2026. The O'Dwyers clean the horse stables every Monday morning. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a85fa4273e5bc258e23d42b/99e6ee91-dc3e-4ba8-bee4-9df521ab030f/IRE_05182026_O%27Dwyer_YsaMendoza_24.jpg Trots of Dublin Life The O'Dwyer family stables in Spitalfields, Dublin, Ireland is pictured on Monday, May 18. The family typically keeps around 4-6 horses in the stable at a time, and rotate the working horses with the "grass" horses every 6 months. The "grass" horses live on a farm on the outside of Dublin. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a85fa4273e5bc258e23d42b/bc8e8bbc-4ac1-40b5-9d8a-f8d5030ccb27/IRE_05182026_O%27Dwyer_YsaMendoza_52.jpg Trots of Dublin Life Four generations of O'Dwyers discuss the week's events at the family stables in Spitalfields, Dublin, Ireland on Monday, May 18, 2026. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a85fa4273e5bc258e23d42b/3e668674-8658-4c25-9ff2-d3732c1ae04c/DC7A4433.jpg Trots of Dublin Life Trevor O'Dwyer, son of Mark O'Dwyer, cleans a horses' stable in Spitalfields, Dublin, Ireland on Monday, May 18, 2026. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a85fa4273e5bc258e23d42b/a16c9a01-c9bd-4622-80f2-2d2025c7ca43/DC7A4552.jpg Trots of Dublin Life A horse presses its eye against the bars of its stable in Spitalfields, Dublin, Ireland, on Monday, May 18, 2026. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a85fa4273e5bc258e23d42b/d0f2a282-f540-4ccc-89b8-8eb042fbafc9/IRE_05152026_Horses_YsaMendoza_14.jpg Trots of Dublin Life Patrick, a horse-drawn carriage business owner, poses for a portrait with his horse in St. Stephen's Green, Dublin, Ireland on May 15, 2026. Patrick claims that most of the tourist businesses in Dublin keep their horses in shared stables. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a85fa4273e5bc258e23d42b/82732c0a-6a9f-495c-83a5-80c6e8263217/IRE_05192026_Finglas_YsaMendoza_13.jpg Trots of Dublin Life Joe and Martin Joyce pose for a portrait with their stallion in Finglas, Ireland on May 19, 2026. The Joyce brothers train and raise horses to race on the streets of Dublin. 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