- IE CA CP/1/1/2/7/5
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- c.1940
Part of Irish Capuchin Archives
An image of men collecting turf in traditional creels. A typescript annotation on the reverse of the print reads 'Turf gatherers from the West of Ireland'.
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Part of Irish Capuchin Archives
An image of men collecting turf in traditional creels. A typescript annotation on the reverse of the print reads 'Turf gatherers from the West of Ireland'.
Part of Irish Capuchin Archives
An image of a turf gatherer. A typescript caption on the reverse of the print reads ‘Turf: one seventh of Ireland is covered with turf, varying from one or two feet to twenty feet in depth’. The image is credited to Charles C. Fennell, Dundrum, County Dublin.
Turf Cutting, Allenwood, County Kildare
Part of Irish Capuchin Archives
An image of a turf-cutting competition at Allenwood in County Kildare. A typescript annotation on the reverse notes that the image was taken in June 1942.
Turf cutting in County Kildare
Part of Irish Capuchin Archives
An image of turf cutters at work. A manuscript annotation on the reverse reads ‘Turf cutting in County Kildare’.
Turf Collectors, Cill Éinne, Inis Mór (Inishmore), Aran Islands
Part of Irish Capuchin Archives
An image of turf collectors loading peat onto a traditional creel carried by a donkey. The location is the pier at Cill Éinne on Inis Mór (Inishmore), one of the Aran Islands off the coast of County Galway. The village in the distance is Cill Rónáin (Kilronan).
Turf Boat off the Aran Islands
Part of Irish Capuchin Archives
A view of men loading turf onto a small boat bound for the Aran Islands off the west coast of Ireland. A manuscript annotation on the reverse of the print reads 'Turf for Aran'.
Tuam Sugar Beet Factory, County Galway
Part of Irish Capuchin Archives
An aerial view of the Tuam Sugar Beet Factory in about 1940. Manufacturing operations began in the factory in November 1934. The factory was a mainstay of the local economy and remained the principal employer in Tuam and the surrounding countryside for much of the twentieth century. It was finally closed in January 1987 and the plant was subsequently demolished.
Part of Irish Capuchin Archives
A view of a truck and trailer at the entrance to Broadstone Station in Dublin in about 1935. An annotation on the reverse reads ‘A Chenard-Walcker tractor / trailer in the early 1930s / a forerunner of today’s juggernauts’.
Troops on Parade, Collins Barracks, Cork
Part of Irish Capuchin Archives
An image of Irish Army soldiers on parade in Collins Barracks in Cork. The print is credited to the 'Irish Press'.
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A clipping of an article from the ‘Saturday Herald’ (13 May 1916) reflecting on the official war list of former students of Trinity College Dublin who enlisted in the British armed forces during the First World War. The article notes that of the 2,200 individuals on the list, 130 had thus far been killed in action or died of disease with a further 115 wounded. The paper makes specific reference to the service of former Trinity students in the 10th (Irish) Division which fought in the Gallipoli campaign, most notably at Suvla Bay and Anzac Cove, in 1915. The Lieutenant Francis Lynch featured in the article (centre) is very likely Second Lieutenant Francis William Lynch who was killed in action on 26 April 1915. Born in Dublin, he was the third son of Henry Lynch, of Seaview House in Donnybrook. In October 1913, he entered Trinity College, and became a member of the Officers Training Corps. On the outbreak of the war, he volunteered for service as a Special Reserve Officer, eventually joining the Connaught Rangers. He died while leading his platoon in an attempt to capture a German trench north of Ypres. He was nineteen years old. He was buried in La Brique Military Cemetery in Belgium.