A Bog cabin, Benlettery
Item
Title
A Bog cabin, Benlettery
Description
Six people are standing or sitting outside the entrance to a poorly constructed thatched cabin. The walls appear to be of dry stone construction and planks are used to weigh down the thatch. The girls in the photograph are barefoot but wearing white aprons despite the squalor of their surroundings.
Contributor
Welch, Robert John (1859-1936) (Photographer)
Coverage
Ireland, West of
Twelve Bens
Twelve Pins
Benlettery
Europe--Ireland--Galway
53.4696770059,-9.8529976353
19th century
Date
1894
Format
nonprojected graphic
285x365mm
Identifier
nuigalway:5143
local: P28/35
Publisher
NUI Galway Library
Subject
thatch cottage--children
thatch cottage--Ireland, West of--Twelve Bens--Twelve Pins--Benlettery--19th century--children
Type
StillImage
black-and-white positive