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Photograph of currachs drawn up beside a large boat for provisions.
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Collection Ritchie Pickow
Title Photograph of currachs drawn up beside a large boat for provisions.
Description Photograph of a line of currachs drawn up beside a large boat for the unloading of provisions, Aran Islands. Four currachs wait to be loaded up. A man in each one holds on to the next. The currach closest to the boat contains a second man. He stands with his back to the camera and his hands on his hips. This currach also contains some sacks, unlike the other three. In the left midground is another currach with two men in it. A strip of land, a headland or island, can be seen on the horizon, in the back/midground.
Date 01/01/1952
Date Issued 01/07/2022
Resource Type Still image
Archival Record Id p101301
Publisher University of Galway
Extent 60x60mm
Topic Currachs,Boats,Household supplies,Island life
Geographic Aran Islands (Ireland)
Temporal Nineteen fifties,Twentieth century
Genre Black and white
Creator / Author Name George Pickow