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Letter from Lady Clonbrock (Augusta Caroline Dillon (née Crofton), wife of Luke Gerald Dillon, 4th Baron Clonbrock) to Mrs Budson requesting help in the creation of sub-centres in County Galway for the collection of moss for surgical dressings. The moss was to be used for the tre

World War I, 1914-1918

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Object Letter from Lady Clonbrock to Mrs Budson, 19 April 1916has no cover

Scene of man bidding farewell to his family as he prepares to emigrate from Aran Islands.

A Sense of Place | The West | History

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Object Economic Pressure.has no cover

16 mm Bolex transferred to DVD, Shot in Connemara in 1962 while he was a student at Yale, this is Michael Craig-Martin’s only film to date. It captures the essence of the landscape in a style that would colour the rest of his career. The seemingly basic approach echoes the

A Sense of Place | Arts | Irish landscapes

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Object Film.has no cover

The large canvas depicts Ireland's Celtic heritage with sardonic eye and is anti-romantic comment on the fanciful idealisation of western peasant culture. He bases his scene on the old practice when, on 'pattern days', people would gather to pray at a holy site associated with a

A Sense of Identity | Celtic Revival | The West

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Object The Holy Wellhas no cover

This richly coloured watercolour is part of a portfolio of 43 sheets entitled 'Studies in Cunnemara [sic] County Galway'. A number of the studies were engraved as black and white illustrations in Mr and Mrs Samuel C. Hall's lavish guide book, Ireland: its Scenery, Charact

A Sense of Place | The West | Manners and customs

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Object Killary, near the Mouth of the Bundoracha River, Co. Galway.has no cover

Daniel O'Connell, M.P., (1775-1847), who campaigned for Catholic Emancipation, addressing his supporters at "The Monster Meeting of the 20th September 1843 at Clifden", County Galway, Ireland.

A Sense of Freedom | O'Connell, Daniel, 1775-1847 | Monster Meeting

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Object The Monster Meeting at Clifden in 1843has no cover