Cote
IE CA CP/1/1/1/3/18
Titre
‘Seanchas’, Aran Islands
Date(s)
- c.1940 (Création/Production)
Niveau de description
Partie
Étendue matérielle et support
Black and white print
Nom du producteur
(1615-2023)
Histoire archivistique
Source immédiate d'acquisition ou de transfert
Portée et contenu
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.