Turlough Round Tower, County Mayo
- IE CA CP/1/1/1/2/35
- Part
- c.1960
Part of Irish Capuchin Archives
A view of Turlough Round Tower and the adjoining church in County Mayo in about 1960.
Turlough Round Tower, County Mayo
Part of Irish Capuchin Archives
A view of Turlough Round Tower and the adjoining church in County Mayo in about 1960.
Turf-Gatherers, Cashel, Connemara, County Galway
Part of Irish Capuchin Archives
An image of turf-gatherers carrying creels near Cashel, Connemara, County Galway, in about 1935.
Turf workers, Clonsast, County Offaly
Part of Irish Capuchin Archives
A print titled (on the reverse): ‘Turf / Lunchtime on the bog / Turf workers on Clonsast bog, County Offaly’. The image is credited to Charles C. Fennell.
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.