currachs

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Bullock No. II

from National Library of Ireland on The Commons

  • Swordscookie said:
    The trials and tribulations of island life as felt by the poor auld cattle. It goes to show that horns on steers had their uses after all. If you can control the animals head you can control the animal! The poor thing must have been terrified?
  • National Library of Ireland on The Commons said:
    Swordscookie Presumably fairly traumatic! And it can't have been much fun for the men either.
  • Tammy said:
    oh the horror! : (
  • cuisle west ... away awhile said:
    Seems I read something about this in Tomás Ó Crohan's 'The Islandman' ... brutal, but what else to be done? Why, 'tis enough to curdle a cow's milk for life, and scare the hair of any self respecitng bull.
  • National Library of Ireland on The Commons said:
    cuisle west ... away awhile Presumably it was a case of "Thank God we're surrounded by water!" except when we have to transport livestock...

Donkey rides at Kilkee

from National Library of Ireland on The Commons

  • 26 older comments, and then…
  • derangedlemur said:
    Looks like this is all that's left of it: maps.google.ie/maps?q=Kilkee&hl=en&ll=52.680363,-...
  • derangedlemur said:
    It looks so much nicer on the 25" than in streetview. maps.osi.ie/publicviewer/#V1,488155,660047,7,9 It's all castles (site of, in gothic script) and Moore's Hotel and what have you. You can't tell that it's just a briar patch and a dingy windswept boarding house.
  • National Library of Ireland on The Commons said:
    derangedlemur Everything always looks nicer on the 25"!
  • Stuart said:
    Carol, so right. That poor neglected donkey, not that that ignorant peasant woman would know any different! People like her get to me.
  • guliolopez said:
    I can't imagine the genteel folk riding on that (unfortunately) tatty beast. Given the chains and harness, does it seem more likely that the unfortunate work-horsedonkey was used to move the bathing machines to and fro?

On the beach

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  • Niall McAuley said:
    Streetview of Dooagh beach in Achill.
  • DannyM8 said:
    There is a Dog and a Comedian rowing a boat.
  • National Library of Ireland on The Commons said:
    Niall McAuley If you keep on further down the road in your street view, the boats are still there!!
  • Mike said:
    What a great photo. Looks like a very dangerous beach to be launching and landing currachs. Incredibly skillful oarsmen (and some women) in those days. Many thanks.
  • Mike said:
    Looks a bit staged. Sitting into a currach while it is on rocks is and was a thing to be avoided, for obvious reasons.

Bullock No. I

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  • Alberto Giomix said:
    Wonderful.
  • National Library of Ireland on The Commons said:
    Alberto Giomix Tune in tomorrow for Bullock No. II... Will there be a happy ending?
  • Tammy said:
    oh, how sad!
  • Flapweb said:
    great piece of history.
  • National Library of Ireland on The Commons said:
    Flapweb Isn't it just!