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- 06/1937-09/1937
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Digital File see p135 --> archive --> OCR --> Box 15 -->Photographs --> 006 (white envelope Ireland)
Fifty six black and white photographs taken of Elizabeth and Helen O'Shaughnessy on a trip to Ireland in 1937. The photographs are mostly captioned and dated between June and September 1937.
Beginning with a photograph of her at Garron Tower (the colloquial name for St MacNissi's College) in Antrim. She is standing next to the gravestone of Urisk, the original owner's dog. Photographs of Helen O'Shaughnessy taken at Avoca. The photographs of the two sisters feature sights, and are taken around Northern Ireland including at the Giant's causeway and Bundoran, as well as Wicklow, Galway, Mayo, the Hill of Tara and Kerry. A photograph of Elizabeth at the causeway with some female companions is dated 22 Jun 1937. A great photograph of the market at Dungarvan, and a platform in Gort ahead of an address by de Valera (Gardaí and a tricolour are visible), picnic lunch in Killarney.
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26/06/2017
17/07/2025