I just recently came across these lovely colourised photos from circa 1930 which depict life as it was for most folks in Connemara and in the Claddagh area of Galway Town. What's striking, to me, is that the lifestyle shown would not have been much different even 100 years (or more) earlier! The conditions of rural Ireland all the…
ContinueAdded by Irish Homeland Photography on September 14, 2013 at 4:00pm — 4 Comments
In June of 2013, Chetham's LIbrary in Manchester, England published an album, containing about 120 excellent prints of coastal scenes of rural Galway. Many of them were dated to 1879. Founded in 1653, Chetham’s Library in Long Millgate, Manchester, is the oldest public library in…
ContinueAdded by Irish Homeland Photography on August 27, 2013 at 8:30am — 9 Comments
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