View of several dwelling houses in The Claddagh, Galway City. The houses all single story 'cabins'. Each house has a thatched roof and a chimney. A group of over 10 children are visible outside one house, a solitary women is visible outside another house, a woman with her back to the camera and two children are visible outside another house. These dwellings remained as homes in the Claddagh area of Galway until the 1930s when they were demolished as unfit habitation.