Clifden, Co. Galway, Galway, Ireland

This beautiful shot of Clifden in colour is unusual for a number of reasons, the colour, the seemingly aerial view and the relative modernity!..Thanks for the comments. ..Hear is a link to a short history of Clifden...History of Clifden ( http://clifdenheritage.org/history-of-clifden/ ) .."John D’Arcy (1785 – 1839)John D’Arcy founded Clifden in 1812. At the time, he was just twenty-six years of age, married and the father of three sons. He was also the proprietor of an estate that covered over 17,000 acres on the west coast of Connemara. The lands had been in the D’Arcy family for over 150 years, but they would be lost within a generation."..Photographer: Richard Tilbrook..Collection: Tilbrook Photographic Collection ( http://catalogue.nli.ie/Collection/vtls000191564# ) ..Date: Circa 1960..NLI Ref: TIL600 ( vtls000193983 ) ..You can also view this image, and many thousands of others, on the NLI’s catalogue at catalogue.nli.ie ( http://catalogue.nli.ie )