View of the gothic style church at Kylemore, Connemara. The church was built by the then owner of the Kylemore estate, Mitchell Henry, between 1877-1881, as a memorial to his wife Margaret, who had died while travelling in Egypt.

built environment | gothic church | Mitchell Henry

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View of Gothic-revival style house known as Kylemore Castle, begun by the estate owner, Mitchell Henry, in 1867. Construction lasted four years cost over £29,000.

built environment | Architecture, Gothic | Kylemore Abbey

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The photograph depicts a group of mountain climbers on the summit of a mountian. Welch's caption informs us this is Ben Lettery.

Geographic feature | Mountain walking

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View depicting steep and rocky mountain terrain.

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View of Roundstone harbour and village facing west. A substantial fishing boat is moored beside the quay in the foreground with some smaller boats in the distance. A small boy sits on the quay looking into the boat. Substantial two and three-storey houses are visible in the backg

Built environment | Harbour | Fishing

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View of Roundstone village facing east. Most of the buildings are substantial two-storey houses which are still visible on Roundstone's Main Street today.

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View of two mountain climbers on steep rocky slope. Welch informs us this is Ben an Saighduir. Tradition suggests it is so called because a member of the Army Ordnance Corps was killed here during map surveying work for the first edition of the Ordnance Survey map in the 1830s.

geographic feature | people

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View of steep and rocky mountain.

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View of cabin with cultivated field in foreground and body of water to the rear. A mountain rises steeply in the background.

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View of river with rocky shoreline. Mountain rising in background. The Ballyinahinch river is a famous fishing ground in Connemara. The mountain in the background is Benlettery.

Fishing | geographic feature

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View of lake and dramatic pass between two mountains. A road threads its way along the lake shore on the right.

geographic feature

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View of lake and mountain scenery. A portion of the shoreline, on which some trees are growing, juts out into the water from the left. The mountain in the background appears to be the lower slopes of Corcog.

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