'Young Firbolgs' Aranmore
Item
Title
'Young Firbolgs' Aranmore
Description
Large group of children, both boys and girls, mostly facing camera. They are standing in front of a cottage whose partially white-washed gable is visible. Many of the girls are wearing white pinafores. Some of the boys are wearing traditional Aran kintted clothing. Welch's use of the word Firbolgs" in the caption possibly refers to the legendary motif that the Aran islands was the last bastion of the Firbolgs a small dark race of people subsequently defeated by the Tuatha de Danann in Irish myth."
Contributor
Welch, Robert John (1859-1936) (Photographer)
Coverage
Ireland, West of
Aran Islands
Europe--Ireland--Galway
53.1058010150, -9.6655916466
19th century
Date
1894
Format
nonprojected graphic
285x365mm
Identifier
nuigalway:5126
local: P28/18
Publisher
NUI Galway Library
Subject
knitting--Aran knit--Irish mythology--Firbolg--Tuatha de Danann
knitting--Aran knit--Irish mythology--Firbolg--Tuatha de Danann--Ireland, West of--Aran Islands--19th century
Type
StillImage
black-and-white positive