Galway students in the National Museum, 11 April 1930

Item

Format

JPEG

Title

Galway students in the National Museum, 11 April 1930

Identifier

VH0037

Depiction

A man pointing upwards, surrounded by people also looking up.

Description

This photograph, taken on 11 April 1930 and published in the Irish Independent the following day, shows a group of about a dozen people surrounding Rev. John Hynes, who was at the time Professor of Archaeology and Registrar in University College, Galway. He went on to be President from 1934 to 1945.

People

John Hynes

Contributor

Bibliographic Citation

J. Waddell, J. Conroy, ‘Galway students in the National Museum, 11 April 1930’, Visual History Retired Staff Collection, University of Galway Digital Collections, Asset Id 13937, Archival Record Id VHRS

Text in image

[Newspaper title]
SATURDAY, Irish Independent, April 12, 1930
[Photograph title]
GALWAY STUDENTS IN DUBLIN
[Caption]
Students of Celtic archaeology from University College, Galway, under the directorship of Rev. John Hynes, M.A., B.D. (centre), Registrar and Dean of Residence, University College, Galway, photographed yesterday in the Celtic Art section of the National Museum, Kildare St., Dublin.

Temporal Coverage

Period

1930s

Category

b&w
group
off-campus
indoors

Language

English

Publisher

University of Galway Library

Rights

Photographic credit: the Irish Independent.
For any intended re-use permission must be obtained from the Irish Independent.