Aran book launch 1994, the Mac Duach hooker

Item

Format

JPEG

Title

Aran book launch 1994, the Mac Duach hooker

Identifier

VHP0035

Depiction

A Galway hooker in a calm harbour, with nine people aboard and flying a multicoloured banner.

Description

When The Book of Aran was to be launched on Inishmore in 1994, its editors decided to bring copies of the book across from Kinvara in the Galway hooker Mac Duach.
Among the people seen here are Anne Korff (leaning against the mast), one of the book's editors, with two of the contributors: Paul Walsh (holding one end of the banner) and Gordon Darcy (foremost in the prow).
This is one of 31 photos taken by Frank Imbusch on the day of the launch which was attended by numerous members of NUIG staff.

People

Anne Korff; Gordon D'Arcy; Paul Walsh

References

Personal communications: Frank Imbusch, John Waddell

Publications:
Ann Korff, Jeff W. O'Connell, John Waddell (eds), The Book of Aran: the Aran Islands, Co. Galway (1994).
Gordon D'Arcy, 'Aran Delivery', Ireland of the Welcomes, 43 (1994), 21-23. 

Contributor

Bibliographic Citation

F. Imbusch, J. Conroy, ‘Aran book launch 1994, the Mac Duach hooker’, Visual History Retired Staff Collection, University of Galway Digital Collections, Asset Id 13847, Archival Record Id VHRS

Text in image

[Ki]nvara
Mac Duach
The Book of Aran

Temporal Coverage

Period

1990s

Category

colour
group
off-campus
outdoors

Keywords

Galway hooker; boats

Language

English
Irish

Creator

Frank Imbusch

Publisher

University of Galway Library

Rights

This image may be used for non-commercial purposes under CC BY-NC-SA see https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/