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Framing the west : images of rural Ireland 1891-1920 / editor, Ciara Breathnach ; foreword by Cormac Ó Gráda.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: Dublin ; Portland, OR : Irish Academic Press, 2007.Description: xxi, 266 p. : ill. ; 18 x 25 cmISBN:
  • 9780716528746 (paper)
  • 0716528746 (paper)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 770.92415 BRE
Contents:
\'All in a day\'s work\': Robert John Welch and his world / Vivienne Pollock -- Tuke\'s Connemara album / Sara Smyth -- Tools of the tourist trade: the photography of R. J. Welch in the tourist literature of late nineteenth- and early-twentieth century Connemara and the west / Marie Boran -- Ireland - in Birmingham / Maggie Burns -- Technologies and cultures: Robert J. Welch\'s western landscapes, 1895-1914 / Gail Baylis -- Picturing poverty: colonial photography and the Congested Districts Board / Justin Carville -- Robert John Welch, the accidental folklorist / Ciarán Walsh -- Fisheries in the west / Niamh Connolly -- Welch\'s Claddagh images / Lorna Moloney -- The agricultural work of the congested districts board / Jonathan Bell -- Smallholder housing and people\'s health, 1890-1915 / Ciara Breathnach -- Nurses and teachers in the west of Ireland in the late-nineteenth and early-twentieth centuries / Margaret Ó. Hógartaigh -- Occupied and earning: child, girl and women workers in County Donegal / Mary Clancy -- Well wear and soon tear : the clothes we once wore / Anne O\'Dowd.
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Standard Loan LSAD Library Main Collection 770.92415 BRE (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 39002100414524

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

This thematic book, based on Irish photographs 1891-1920, focuses on the importance of visual resources to scholars of Ireland. Some of the images belong to the Tuke collection held at the National Photographic Archive, Dublin but the majority of the images used in this volume stem from the extensive collections of Belfast-based photographer, Robert J. Welch. His professional career spanned almost sixty years and being a careful observer of all aspects of life inevitably his work carries a wealth of previously underused historical data. Prolific as he was, his images have been dispersed worldwide so this work endeavours to reunite the various strands of Welch's interests. To this end three of the contributors Dr. Vivienne Pollock, Ulster Museum, Marie Boran, Special Collections Librarian, NUI Galway (NUIG) and Maggie Burns, Librarian, Birmingham Central Library will account the provenance and nature of the Welch material held at their respective repositories. Sara Smyth, National Photographic Archive, Dublin, focuses on the Tuke collection held in Dublin, while Dr. Gail Baylis, University of Ulster, Coleraine, critically assesses the relationship between the photographer, lens and subject. Dr. Justin Carville, Institute of Art, Design and Technology, Dun Laoghaire, will describe the significance of Welch's contribution to colonial photography. Other contributors, Dr. Margaret Ã?Ã? hÃ?Ã?gartaigh (Victoria University, Wellington), Dr. Ciara Breathnach (UL), Dr. Anne O Dowd (National Museum of Ireland), Dr. Mary Clancy (NUIG), Dr. Jonathan Bell and Dr. Mervyn Watson (Ulster Folk and Transport Museum), Lorna Moloney (NUIG) and Ciaran Walsh (Siamsa TÃ?Ã?­re, Tralee) explore more specific themes like the impact of professionals on rural life, housing, dress, women's work, agriculture, regional differences and the notion of Welch as an ethnographer.Ã?Ã?

Includes bibliographical references (p. [253]-257) and index.

\'All in a day\'s work\': Robert John Welch and his world / Vivienne Pollock -- Tuke\'s Connemara album / Sara Smyth -- Tools of the tourist trade: the photography of R. J. Welch in the tourist literature of late nineteenth- and early-twentieth century Connemara and the west / Marie Boran -- Ireland - in Birmingham / Maggie Burns -- Technologies and cultures: Robert J. Welch\'s western landscapes, 1895-1914 / Gail Baylis -- Picturing poverty: colonial photography and the Congested Districts Board / Justin Carville -- Robert John Welch, the accidental folklorist / Ciarán Walsh -- Fisheries in the west / Niamh Connolly -- Welch\'s Claddagh images / Lorna Moloney -- The agricultural work of the congested districts board / Jonathan Bell -- Smallholder housing and people\'s health, 1890-1915 / Ciara Breathnach -- Nurses and teachers in the west of Ireland in the late-nineteenth and early-twentieth centuries / Margaret Ó. Hógartaigh -- Occupied and earning: child, girl and women workers in County Donegal / Mary Clancy -- Well wear and soon tear : the clothes we once wore / Anne O\'Dowd.

Table of contents provided by Syndetics

  • Contributors (p. vii)
  • Illustrations (p. x)
  • Foreword (p. xiii)
  • Acknowledgments (p. xvii)
  • Introduction (p. xviii)
  • 1 'All in a Day's Work': Robert John Welch and his World (p. 1)
  • 2 Tuke's Connemara Album (p. 29)
  • 3 Tools of the Tourist trade: The Photography of R.J. Welch in the Tourist Literature of Late Nineteenth-and Early-Twentieth Century Connemara and the West (p. 48)
  • 4 Ireland-in Birmingham (p. 61)
  • 5 Technologies and Cultures: Robert J. Welch's Western landscapes, 1895-1914 (p. 77)
  • 6 Picturing Poverty: Colonial Photography and the Congested Districts Board (p. 97)
  • 7 Robert John Welch, the Accidental Folklorist (p. 115)
  • 8 Fisheries in the West (p. 129)
  • 9 Welch's Claddagh Images (p. 145)
  • 10 The Agricultural Work of the Congested Districts Board (p. 163)
  • 11 Smallholder Housing and People's Health, 1890-1915 (p. 179)
  • 12 Nurses and Teachers in the West of Ireland in the Late-Nineteenth and Early-Twentieth Centuries (p. 197)
  • 13 Occupied and Earning: Child, Girl and Women Workers in County Donegal (p. 215)
  • 14 Well Wear and Soon Tear: The Clothes We Once Wore (p. 232)
  • Bibliography (p. 253)
  • Index (p. 259)

Author notes provided by Syndetics

Dr Ciara Breathnach is based at the University of Limerick and is the author of The Congested District Board of Ireland, 1891-1923: Poverty and Development in the West of Ireland.

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