Images from Ireland in the 1920s and 1930s Taken from The Spirit of Ireland by Lynn Doyle Published by B.T Batsford Ltd in 1935

Contents

• 'Children of Mary', County Donegal.
• Eamon de Valera walks with church leaders.
• Priests at Maynooth.
• A priest blesses a garda.
• Going to mass in the west of Ireland.
• 'Boycott British Goods and Courts' protest in Dublin.
• Horse market at Ballinasloe, County Galway.
• Cattle fair at Cashel, County Tipperary.
• Sheep fair at Killarney, County Kerry.
• Nelson's column on O'Connell Street, Dublin.
• A family on the Blasket Islands.
• An old woman on Great Blasket Island takes a rest.
• A couple by the fireside in a cottage on Aran.
• Men from the Aran Isles.
• People at a hunt gathering.
• The Westmeath hounds in Mullingar, County Westmeath.
• A pack of hounds in Cork.
• An old woman in Cork.
• Girl from Kerry leading a donkey.
• Donegall Square in Belfast.
• Unionists celebrate the Twelfth of July in Belfast.
• Royal Avenue in Belfast.
• The walls of Derry.
• The law courts at Londonderry.
• Village thatcher at work in Fermanagh.
• A woman spinning in Donegal.
• Carrying turf in Donegal.
• Loading turf into a boat.
• The Claddagh at Galway, shortly before they were demolished.
• A man from Connemara.
• 'Tir Agus Teanga' ('Land and Language') meeting in County Galway.
• A shop in Galway.
• Gathering Carrageen at Cashla, County Galway.
• A storyteller at Carna Feis, County Galway.
• An illegal distillery, location unknown.
• A family in a cart.

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'Children of Mary', County Donegal.

Eamon De Valera walks with church leaders.

Priests at Maynooth.

A priest blesses a garda.

Going to mass in the west of Ireland..

'Boycott British Goods and Courts' protest in Dublin.

Horse market at Ballinasloe, County Galway.

Cattle fair at Cashel, County Tipperary.

Sheep fair at Killarney, County Kerry.

Nelson's column on O'Connell Street, Dublin.

A family on the Blasket Islands.

An old woman on Great Blasket Island takes a rest.

A couple by the fireside in a cottage on Aran.

Men from the Aran Isles.

People at a hunt gathering.

The Westmeath hounds in Mullingar, County Westmeath.

A pack of hounds in Cork.

An old woman in Cork.

Girl from Kerry leading a donkey.

Donegall Square in Belfast.

Unionists celebrate the Twelfth of July in Belfast.

Royal Avenue in Belfast.

The walls of Derry.

The law courts at Londonderry.

Village thatcher at work in Fermanagh.

A woman spinning in Donegal.

Carrying turf at Donegal.

Loading turf into a boat.

The Claddagh, shortly before they were demolished.

A man from Connemara.

'Tir Agus Teanga' ('Land and Language') meeting in County Galway.

A shop in Galway.

Gathering Carrageen at Cashla, County Galway.

A storyteller at Carna Feis, County Galway.

An illegal distillery, location unknown.

A family in a cart.

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