Traditional Wood-turning, County Wexford
Parte deIrish Capuchin Archives
A view of a turner working on a traditional pole lathe in County Wexford. A manuscript annotation on the reverse of the print reads 'Bowl-turning on the pole lathe. One of the oldest crafts and now almost extinct as an art'.
Family Group and Spinning Wheel
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A family group around a traditional spinning wheel outside a cottage in rural Ireland in about 1945. A manuscript annotation on the reverse of the print reads 'Ireland’s wheel of fortune'.
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A portrait photograph of a farmer from Ballycotton in County Cork in about 1935.
Traditional Rural Cottage Interior
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A view of the dining room in a traditional rural cottage.
Fishermen, West Coast of Ireland
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A view of men hauling in nets on board a fishing vessel off the west of the coast of Ireland (possibly off the Aran Islands) in about 1945.
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A view of the scenery around Glengarriff in County Cork. An annotation on the reverse of the print reads 'Bringing home the turf / Glengarriff'.
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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.
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A view of the lake-side scenery at Gougane Barra near Macroom in County Cork in about 1945.
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A view of the scenery around Mizen Head in County Cork, Ireland’s most south-westerly point, in about 1950. The building perched on the top of the cliff is Mizen Head Fog Signal Station built by the Commissioners of Irish Lights in 1906.