Cabins in the Claddagh

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.

Publisher

NUI Galway Library

Date

1894

Contributor

Welch, Robert John (1859-1936) (Photographer)

Format

electronic resource
285x365mm

Type

StillImage
black-and-white positive

Coverage

Galway, Ireland
The Claddagh
Ireland, West of
Europe--Ireland--Galway
53.2664112354, -9.0573194979
19th century