Catholic Archives

IE CA CP/1/1/1/3/14
Deel
c.1935

A portrait print of Pat Hernon of Kilmurvey on Inís Mór (Inishmore, the largest of the three Aran Islands), in about 1935.

Inishmann Fair, Aran Islands

IE CA CP/1/1/1/3/17
Deel
c.1940

Part of Irish Capuchin Archives

A view of two women at a fair on Inishmaan (Inis Meáin), one of the Aran Islands off Galway on Ireland’s Atlantic Coast, in about 1940.

Turf-Gatherers, Cashel, Connemara, County Galway

IE CA CP/1/1/1/3/19
Deel
c.1935

Part of Irish Capuchin Archives

An image of turf-gatherers carrying creels near Cashel, Connemara, County Galway, in about 1935.

Currachs at Baile-na-nGall, Smerwick Harbour, County Kerry

IE CA CP/1/1/1/3/20
Deel
c.1930

Part of Irish Capuchin Archives

A collection of currachs at Baile-na-nGall on the shores of Smerwick Harbour, County Kerry, in about 1930.

Lough Erne, County Fermanagh

IE CA CP/1/1/1/3/21
Deel
c.1930

Part of Irish Capuchin Archives

A view of an old ferry boat on Upper Lough Erne, County Fermanagh, in about 1930.

Spinner at Leenane, Connemara, County Galway

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

Part of 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
Deel
c.1940

Part of Irish Capuchin Archives

A photographic print titled ‘Connemara turf boy’.

Shoemaking on the Aran Islands

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

Part of 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’.