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Cabins in the Claddagh
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Collection Balfour Album
Title Cabins in the Claddagh
Description 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.
Date 01/01/1894
Date Issued 24/08/2015
Resource Type Still image
Archival Record Id P28/13
Publisher University of Galway
Extent 285x365mm
Topic Dwellings,Cottages,Children,Women
Geographic Claddagh (Ireland),Ireland
Temporal Nineteenth century,Eighteen Nineties
Genre Black and White photograph
Creator / Author Name Robert John Welch