Outside the Men's Club, late 1940s
Item
Format
JPEG
Title
Outside the Men's Club, late 1940s
Identifier
VH0046
Depiction
A young man seated on steps leading down to decking beside a stretch of water with rowing boats, close to a building with oars propped against it; trees in the middle ground.
Description
This unidentified young man was very probably a friend of James Ward's mother, who was a medical undergraduate in the 1940s. The Men's Club was where students usually accessed the boats that they used to row up to Lough Corrib, or to train for rowing competitions.
This photo shows how the facility was laid out. The seats along the bank and the presence of over a dozen rowing boats are an indication of its popularity.
Recreational use of the boats at the Men's Club was an important feature of student social life, whether on group outings or in couples. At one time, if a woman student was invited 'to go for a row up the Corrib' it was considered to be a serious date.
By the 2020s the Rowing Club, or Boat Club, was one of the largest clubs in the University of Galway. Its women's and men's teams and individual competitors have been remarkably successful at national and international level. In 2022 the club took home 9 championship titles, making it the most successful club at the National Rowing Championships ('Rowing Club'). The present clubhouse with its gym and boat sheds is on the south side of the main campus, a 5-minute walk from its centre.
This photo shows how the facility was laid out. The seats along the bank and the presence of over a dozen rowing boats are an indication of its popularity.
Recreational use of the boats at the Men's Club was an important feature of student social life, whether on group outings or in couples. At one time, if a woman student was invited 'to go for a row up the Corrib' it was considered to be a serious date.
By the 2020s the Rowing Club, or Boat Club, was one of the largest clubs in the University of Galway. Its women's and men's teams and individual competitors have been remarkably successful at national and international level. In 2022 the club took home 9 championship titles, making it the most successful club at the National Rowing Championships ('Rowing Club'). The present clubhouse with its gym and boat sheds is on the south side of the main campus, a 5-minute walk from its centre.
References
'Boat Club', at https://nuigbc.wixsite.com/rowing, accessed 28. Oct. 2023.
'Rowing Club', at https://sport.universityofgalway.ie/clubs/rowing, accessed 28 Oct..2023.
Contributor
Bibliographic Citation
J. Ward, G.P. Creagh and J. Conroy, 'Outside the Men's Club, 1940s', Visual History Retired Staff Collection, University of Galway Digital Collections, Asset Id 14208, Archival Record Id VHRS
Spatial Coverage
Temporal Coverage
Period
1940s
Category
b&w
portrait
on-campus
outdoors
Subject
Keywords
boats
Language
English
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/
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