Rag Week, 1969 - Sleep-in
Item
Format
JPEG
Title
Rag Week, 1969 - Sleep-in
Identifier
VHS0001
Depiction
Three men partly covered by blankets, surrounded by a group of young people
Description
A fundraising charity sleep-in at Eyre Square, Galway during UCG Rag Week in February 1969. Two of the group are wearing the UCG scarf of maroon, white and green.
People
In the centre of the front row is Liam Murphy.
References
Galway City Tribune, February 17, 2017
Contributor
event
Sleep-in for charity
Bibliographic Citation
S. O'Grady, S. Mac Mathúna, 'Rag Week, 1969 - Sleep-in', Visual History Retired Staff Collection, University of Galway Digital Collections, Asset Id 14288, Archival id VHRS
Spatial Coverage
Temporal Coverage
Period
1960s
Category
b&w
Group
off-campus
outdoors
Group
off-campus
outdoors
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/
Provenance
A photograph from the Connacht Tribune, published again in the Galway City Tribune on February 17, 2017. Copy of newspaper provided by Séamus O'Grady to Séamus Mac Mathúna for the Visual History Retired Staff Collection in 2023 and scanned by Séamus Mac Mathúna