[Irish jaunting car and peasants. County Galway, Ireland]
Title from the Detroit Publishing Co., catalogue J foreign section. Detroit, Mich. : Detroit Photographic Company, 1905.. Print no. "12078". More information about the Photochrom Print Collection is available a... More
[Killary Bay, Connemara. County Galway, Ireland]
Title from the Detroit Publishing Co., catalogue J foreign section. Detroit, Mich. : Detroit Photographic Company, 1905.. Print no. "12052". More information about the Photochrom Print Collection is available a... More
[Clifden. County Galway, Ireland] view, photochrome print postcard.
Title from the Detroit Publishing Co., catalogue J foreign section. Detroit, Mich. : Detroit Photographic Company, 1905.. Print no. "12081". More information about the Photochrom Print Collection is available a... More
[Irish spinner and spinning wheel. County Galway, Ireland]
Title from the Detroit Publishing Co., catalogue J foreign section. Detroit, Mich. : Detroit Photographic Company, 1905.. Print no. "12058". More information about the Photochrom Print Collection is available a... More
[Kylemore. County Galway, Ireland] view, photochrome print postcard.
Title from the Detroit Publishing Co., catalogue J foreign section. Detroit, Mich. : Detroit Photographic Company, 1905.. Print no. "12057". More information about the Photochrom Print Collection is available a... More
[Ballinahinch. County Galway, Ireland] view, photochrome print postcar...
Title from the Detroit Publishing Co., catalogue J foreign section. Detroit, Mich. : Detroit Photographic Company, 1905.. Print no. "12056". More information about the Photochrom Print Collection is available a... More
A train track with a small building in the background. Ireland ballygl...
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A small boat floating in a large body of water. Ireland county galway ...
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A group of boats sitting on top of a lake. Ireland county galway water...
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A bridge over a river surrounded by trees. Ireland county galway cong.
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Kylemore abbey ruin monastery building. A stone building with a window...
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A train station with a train on the tracks. Ireland ballyglunin railwa...
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Kylemore abbey monastery county galway building. A large castle sittin...
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God bless your eyesight!, Ahascragh, Galway, Ireland
The catalogue description of this lovely Clonbrock image states "Clonbrock House, three women in crinoline dresses seated on portico". Given the size of the house, the distance involved, and without the benefi... More
One man and his gun, Galway, Ireland
One with very few clues today to end the week and what looks like an early Stereo Pairs shot. A man on his own standing on a stone jetty with a heavy cannon gun beside him. In the background is a conical bare... More
Main Street (Society Street), Ballinasloe, Co. Galway
An Eason image of Main Street, Ballinasloe in Co. Galway on a quiet day. Lots of pedestrians about but no traffic so one would suspect that it was a Sunday? Is that a great big hole on the right foreground or... More
Variations on a theme of shooting! - Public domain map
Today we visit the Clonbrock Collection for a shot of Edith Dillon and her husband with a pair of shooting devices. She holds a camera while he holds a pistol and they are gathered beside paper targets fixed t... More
Milady is the height of fashion!
The title on this Clonbrock image is "Spring 1918. Woman standing in parkland, wearing hat and button through coat." The dress style is so outdated and material looks like winter weight cloth for the chills of... More
Church interior showing altar and pews. Script over altar reads "Worsh...
1860-1930 gives us a date window of 70 years and yet there may be nothing in this photo which will allow us to significantly narrow that window? I am confident that we will get the location...In terms of locati... More
Robert French - What are they all looking at?
Labelled "Castle, Throne Room, Dublin" in the catalogue, no throne room ever looked so airy and informal. But then, of course, this is not Dublin Castle's Throne Room! Instead, a market/fair is in progress so... More
Old woman and two young boys in doorway of thatched cottage
Today is the day, the Photo Detectives exhibition ( NationalLibraryofIreland/posts/10159391458300038 ) opens at 12.30. I found a to-do-list on the other Marys desk earlier. It read: "Tan / Nails / Hair / Pedic... More
A view through the peephole of Market day in Clifden
A peephole view of Clifden on Market Day back in the 1890s. A small market but no doubt very important to the local population and the surrounding areas. Mr. Hargrave had a good eye for a shot and PoV!..Photo... More
Renmore Barracks, Galway City - once home to the Connaught Rangers.
The home station of the Connaught Rangers Regiment of the British Army is today's image from the Lawrence Collection. Once a proud and distinguished regiment with many battle honours, it became famous in the I... More
Robert French - Marconi Calling
Marconi Station Clifden, Connemara..I received a lovely gift of a biography on Marconi at Christmas. The book by Marc Raboy is subtitled "The man who networked the world". What an interesting man he was, I was... More
Robert French - But where's the Recess?
This beautiful landscape of Lough Inagh in Connemara in cabinet size by Lawrence is todays image! I always wondered about the name 'Recess' and where it came from. Perhaps today we might learn more?..While we ... More
To hell or to Connacht for dummies?
While Oliver Cromwell was indifferent about how the Irish were to get to either hell or to Connacht the late Queen Victoria was more helpful by providing a bridge to do so! This O'Dea shot from 1963 of the bri... More
Robert French - Old Church, Co. Galway?
An iconic if pooly captioned(?) image from the Lawrence Collection today. Galway is famous for many things and the window in the foreground is one of those, perhaps even more than the beautiful church in the b... More
Robert French - Williamsgate Street, Galway City, Co. Galway
Having been to Graigue by brake and back last week we start this week in Galway looking at the makers of the beautiful Claddagh Ring on Williamsgate Street in Galway City...Almost single-handedly, Niall McAuley... More
Robert French - Village of Leenane, County Galway
This picture of an idyllic scene, a tiny village from across a body of water with hills in the background, gives a romantic view of Ireland at the turn of the 20th century. It puts a gloss over the hardship an... More
Man in river, dredging for pearls. House, cart, at Oughterard.
Today Mason takes us to a place beloved of the 1916 leader, Padraig Pearse! Oughterard or Uachtar Ard in the Connemara region of County Galway. He captures an image of a man pearl fishing - with the duet from ... More
Robert French - Industrial Schools, Letterfrack, Co. Galway
Nestling under a twin of the Sugar Loaf Mountain is the Industrial School of Letterfrack. Set in the far wilds of Connemara it was known a feared place for its young occupants as much by reason of its dramatic... More
Robert French - Bringing home the turf!
A topical subject even if the shot is over 100 years old. Bringing in the turf for fires was an important source of fuel for most households and here are two fine loads in the Square in Tuam, County Galway!..S... More
Robert French - Aasleagh, Assleagh, Co. Galway
For Trusty Thursday we have an architectural mish mash of a house near the beautiful Aasleagh Falls...With thanks in particular today to contributions from B-59 ( /photos/66311327@N05/ ) , sharon.corbet ( /pho... More
Robert French - Fair Green, Ballinasloe, Co. Galway
Today we have a magnificent Fair Green in Ballinasloe which if my Irish serves me right translates as "The town of the gatherings (or crowds)". ..There was certainly plenty of room for such gatherings as might ... More
Elevated view of buildings in a town, one of the buildings has the sig...
An unusual Clonbrock shot today that I would have guessed was a Lawrence or even part of a Stereo Pair had I not seen the catalogue. There are a few more clues than S. Silk so this may be easier to crack.....A... More
Augusta Caroline Dillon seated in Clonbrock garden
Carrying-on from last week's other "100 years ago ( ...nlireland/20699573345/ ) " posting, here we have a Dillon family shot of Augusta Caroline Dillon seated in the gardens of Clonbrock house in County Galway ... More
George and Mary Mahon at Salthill County Galway
"Two little children bathing in seaside two other figures in distance, town visible in background"..This image is from the Clonbrock (Dillon family) collection, and is dated c.1900, but where did they spend the... More
Public domain images of Ireland: Long mountain valley (Unsplash)
Connemara National Park, Letterfrack, Ireland A view of a valley with mountains in the background. This image is from Unsplash and was published prior to 5 June 2017 under the Creative Commons CC0 1.0 Univers... More
Public domain images of Ireland: Waiting for you (Unsplash)
Connemara National Park, Letterfrack, Ireland A small boat tied to a rope on the grass. This image is from Unsplash and was published prior to 5 June 2017 under the Creative Commons CC0 1.0 Universal Public D... More
But where's the Recess? (34093328636)
National Library of Ireland Collection
Marking a family's tragedy the gravestone of Jane and Jane Alice Purve...
National Library of Ireland Collection
MAY YOUR DAYS be LONG & HAPPY! (31676412055)
National Library of Ireland Collection
Mick McQuaid's Cabin, Connemara, Co. Galway (30718412390)
National Library of Ireland Collection
Photograph of Photographs! (34460031941)
National Library of Ireland Collection
Photograph of Photographs! (34460031941)
National Library of Ireland Collection
Village of Leenane, County Galway (29901419006)
National Library of Ireland Collection
William Howis Senior - Near Garbally, County Galway
Picryl description: Public domain photo of landscape art painting, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.
Bringing home the turf! (26972149122)
National Library of Ireland Collection - A black and white photo of a horse drawn carriage, A black and white photo of two horse drawn carriages, A black and white photo of a horse drawn wagon, A black and whit... More
Kylemore Castle, County Galway LACMA M.2008.40.888
Ireland, circa 1865, printed circa 1865 Photographs Albumen print Image: 8 1/4 x 11; Mount: 13 x 16; Mat: 13 x 16 The Marjorie and Leonard Vernon Collection, gift of The Annenberg Foundation, acquired from Ca... More
Leename, County Galway LACMA M.2008.40.891
Ireland, circa 1865, printed circa 1865 Photographs Albumen print Image: 8 1/4 x 11; Mount: 13 x 16; Mat: 13 x 16 The Marjorie and Leonard Vernon Collection, gift of The Annenberg Foundation, acquired from Ca... More
Diamond Mt. Letter Frack, County Galway LACMA M.2008.40.895
Ireland, circa 1865, printed circa 1865 Photographs Albumen print Image: 8 1/4 x 11; Mount: 13 x 16; Mat: 13 x 16 The Marjorie and Leonard Vernon Collection, gift of The Annenberg Foundation, acquired from Ca... More
Kylemore Neo-Gothic Church Interior
Interior of the Neo-Gothic church of Kylemore Abbey (County Galway, Ireland), erected by Mitchell Henry as a memorial to his wife who died tragically in Egypt in 1874.
Twelve Bens
The Twelve Bens or Twelve Pins (Irish Na Beanna Beola) is a picturesque mountain range in Connemara in the west of Ireland.