Connemara Wool Spinning
Item
Title
Connemara Wool Spinning
Description
A woman working a spinning wheel stands outside a partially white washing thatched cabin. A man wearing a cap and knitted scarf stands in the doorway. A basket and a shovel are on the ground close to the spinning wheel. Wool spinning was seen as one of the few possible profitable occupations in Connemara where sheep could be reared on the mountains.
Contributor
Welch, Robert John (1859-1936) (Photographer)
Coverage
Ireland, West of
Connemara
Europe--Ireland--Galway
53.4522534885, -9.5632015727
19th century
Date
1894
Format
nonprojected graphic
285x365mm
Identifier
nuigalway:5132
local: P28/24
Publisher
NUI Galway Library
Subject
farming--wool--spinning--knitwear--cottages
farming--wool--spinning--knitwear--Ireland, West of--Connemara--19th century--cottages
Type
StillImage
black-and-white positive