Rag Week, 1969 - Sleep-in · Visual History of the University of Galway, Retired Staff Collection

Rag Week, 1969 - Sleep-in

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: Séamus O'Grady
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: Eyre Square, Galway
Temporal Coverage: February 1969
Period: 1960s
Category: b&w
Group
off-campus
outdoors
Subject: College Week
Social life
Fundraising
Sleep-in
Eyre Square
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