A view of James (Jamesie) O'Flaherty in Kilronan, the main settlement on Inishmore, one of the Aran Islands off the west coast of Ireland, in about 1935. An annotation on the reverse of the print reads: ‘A special kind of footgear has been developed for negotiating the slabs of limestone with which the island is covered. Called the “Pampootie”, it is contrived of raw cowhide. In the photograph, an islander is seen making himself a pair of these novel shoes’.
An aerial view of Shelbourne Park Football Stadium in Ringsend, Dublin, in September 1936. The print forms part of a series of photographs taken by the Irish Army Air Corps for the Geological Survey of Ireland.
A photograph of Seamus Murphy, sculptor (1907-1975), a Cork-born sculptor, and an important figure in twentieth century Irish art. The photograph shows Murphy under the pillars of the old butter exchange building opposite the tower of the Church of St Anne, Shandon, in his native Cork.
A view of some traditional sailing vessels off the Aran Islands on Ireland's western seaboard in about 1940. The larger boats appear to be Galway Hookers. The smaller boats (being laid up on the beach) are currachs.
