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Photograph of a young man thatching a roof, Aran Islands.
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Collection Ritchie Pickow
Title Photograph of a young man thatching a roof, Aran Islands.
Description Photograph of a young man thatching the roof of a cottage, Inishmore, Aran Islands. The thatcher, in the right background, sits with both feet on a rung of a ladder tied onto the roof. There are bundles of rye grass on the roof beside him. The young man wears wellington boots, trousers, a jacket and shirt. He works with both hands. The cottage walls are white washed. The sky is visible in the left of the photo to the right background.
Date 01/01/1952
Date Issued 01/07/2022
Resource Type Still image
Archival Record Id p102701.jpg
Publisher University of Galway
Extent 60x60mm
Topic Thatched buildings,Thatched roofs,Cottages
Geographic Aran Islands (Ireland),Inishmore (Ireland)
Temporal Nineteen fifties,Twentieth century
Genre Black and white
Creator / Author Name George Pickow