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Connemara Wool Spinning
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Collection Balfour Album
Title Connemara Wool Spinning
Description A woman working a spinning wheel stands outside a partially white washing thatched cabin. A man wearing a cap and knitted scarf stands in the doorway. A basket and a shovel are on the ground close to the spinning wheel. Wool spinning was seen as one of the few possible profitable occupations in Connemara where sheep could be reared on the mountains.
Date 01/01/1894
Date Issued 24/08/2015
Resource Type Still image
Archival Record Id P28/24
Publisher University of Galway
Extent 285x365mm
Topic Spinning-wheel,Woolen and worsted spinning,Baskets,Shovels,Cottages,Women,Men
Geographic Connemara (Ireland),Ireland
Temporal Nineteenth century,Eighteen Nineties
Genre Black and White photograph
Creator / Author Name Robert John Welch