Aran Men carrying a Canvas Currach
Item
Title
Aran Men carrying a Canvas Currach
Description
Three men are holding a currach aloft on the seashore. Four more currachs, as well as more people, are visible in the background. Currachs are wooden framed boats covered in tanned leather. They are propelled by oars and are extremely light and fast. Until the middle of the twentieth century they would have been the main form of transport for the population of the Aran Islands, where this photograph appears to have been taken.
Contributor
Welch, Robert John (1859-1936) (Photographer)
Coverage
Ireland, West of
Aran Islands
Europe--Ireland--Galway
53.10520713735539, -9.648270606994629
19th century
Date
1894
Format
nonprojected graphic
285x365mm
Identifier
nuigalway:5135
local: P28/27
Publisher
NUI Galway Library
Subject
currach--transport--fishing
currach--transport--fishing--Ireland, West of--Aran Islands--19th century
Type
StillImage
black-and-white positive