Reference code
IE CA CP/1/1/1/3/18
Title
‘Seanchas’, Aran Islands
Date(s)
- c.1940 (Creation)
Level of description
Part
Extent and medium
Black and white print
Name of creator
(1615-2023)
Repository
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Scope and content
An image of two inhabitants of the Aran Islands in about 1940. The title of the print is ‘seanchas’, an old Irish word referring to the act of storytelling and conveying an ancient tale handed down by oral tradition. A ‘seanchaí’ was a storyteller or a custodian of this tradition.