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A Bog cabin, Benlettery
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Collection Balfour Album
Title A Bog cabin, Benlettery
Description Six people are standing or sitting outside the entrance to a poorly constructed thatched cabin. The walls appear to be of dry stone construction and planks are used to weigh down the thatch. The girls in the photograph are barefoot but wearing white aprons despite the squalor of their surroundings.
Date 01/01/1894
Date Issued 24/08/2015
Resource Type Still image
Archival Record Id P28/35
Publisher University of Galway
Extent 285x365mm
Topic Cottages,Children,Women,Mountains
Geographic Connemara National Park (Ireland),Ireland
Temporal Nineteenth century,Eighteen Nineties
Genre Black and White photograph
Creator / Author Name Robert John Welch