Ollsgoil an Iarthair - Amharc an Éin
Item
Format
JPEG
Title
Ollsgoil an Iarthair - Amharc an Éin
Identifier
VHS0001
Depiction
Aerial photograph of a monumental quadrangular building surrounded by trees
Description
Aerial photograph of the Quadrangle, surrounded by trees, looking south. The date of the photograph is unknown, but, judging from the presence still of the old lamp standard at the centre of the Quadrangle, the apparent scarcity or possibly absence of cars (the image is unclear), the appropriateness of the Irish-language caption to the new role assigned by the 1929 Act to the College in relation to the provision of University education through Irish, and the use in it of the Cló Gaelach (which started to decline in favour of the Cló Rómhánach around 1950), the photograph was probably taken in the 1930s or 1940s. The caption itself, OLLSGOIL AN IARTHAIR - AMHARC AN ÉIN (= 'University of the West - Bird's-eye View'), credits S. Ó Coinnigh, C.T. for the photograph: this was obviously a Connacht Tribune photographer of that name, possibly related to Tom 'Cork' Kenny, editor of that paper till 1940. 'OLLSGOIL' is the old spelling of 'OLLSCOIL'.
References
Mícheál Ó Fathartaigh, 'Thomas Joseph Warren Kenny' in Dictionary of Irish Biography, https://doi.org/10.3318/dib.009781.v1 accessed on April 1, 2024.
Contributor
Bibliographic Citation
A. Walsh, S. Mac Mathúna, 'Ollsgoil an Iarthair - Amharc an Éin', Visual History Retired Staff Collection, University of Galway Digital Collections, Asset Id 14716, Archival Record Id VHR
Text in image
OLLSGOIL AN IARTHAIR - AMHARC AN ÉIN (S. Ó Coinnigh, C.T.)
(= 'University of the West - Bird's-eye View')
(= 'University of the West - Bird's-eye View')
Spatial Coverage
Temporal Coverage
Period
1930s or 1940s
Category
b&w
on-campus
outdoors
on-campus
outdoors
Subject
Language
Irish
English
English
Creator
C. Ó Coinnigh (C.T. = Connacht Tribune)
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/
Photographic credit: Connacht Tribune. For any intended re-use, permission must be obtained from the Connacht Tribune
Photographic credit: Connacht Tribune. For any intended re-use, permission must be obtained from the Connacht Tribune