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

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