Catholic Archives

Father Mathew Statue, O'Connell Street, Dublin

IE CA CP/1/1/1/2/51
Parte
1938

A night-time view of the Father Mathew Statue and behind it the scaffolded façade of the Carlton Cinema on O’Connell Street in Dublin.

Maggie Dirrane, an actress in 'Man of Aran'

IE CA CP/1/1/1/3/1
Parte
c.1934

Parte de Irish Capuchin Archives

A photographic print of Maggie Dirrane (born Maggie Tom Ní Mhaoláin, 1899-1995), an Irish actress most noted for her role in the documentary film ‘Man of Aran’ (1934).

Spinner at Leenane, Connemara, County Galway

IE CA CP/1/1/1/3/5
Parte
c.1935

Parte de Irish Capuchin Archives

A photograph titled ‘spinner at Leenane in Connemara, County Galway’ in about 1935.

Connemara Turf Boy

IE CA CP/1/1/1/3/6
Parte
c.1940

Parte de Irish Capuchin Archives

A photographic print titled ‘Connemara turf boy’.

O’Callaghan’s Mills, County Clare

IE CA CP/1/1/1/3/8
Parte
c.1945

Parte de Irish Capuchin Archives

A view of the village of O’Callaghan’s Mills in County Clare in about 1945.

Shoemaking on the Aran Islands

IE CA CP/1/1/1/3/11
Parte
c.1935

Parte de Irish Capuchin Archives

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’.