Reference code
IE CA PH/1/36/H
Title
Graiguenamangh, County Kilkenny
Date(s)
- c.1905 (Creation)
Level of description
Part
Extent and medium
Glass Plate Negative; 16.4 cm x 12 cm
Name of creator
(26 February 1875-20 August 1953)
Repository
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Scope and content
A view of Lower Main Street in Graiguenamangh, County Kilkenny, in about 1905. The image was probably taken (or acquired) by Fr. Angelus Healy OFM Cap. (1873-1953), a Capuchin friar who was a native of Graiguenamangh. A horse drawn carriage (called a ‘brake’) can be seen carrying passengers on the right of the road. These were extensively used in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries as a means of public transport and conveyance. Going in the opposite direction is what appears to be some sort of parade of horses and jockeys (in apparently elaborate silks).