IDNO

P.7471.ACH1

Description

On Catalogue Card: Michael O’Donnel John, 53 years old. Colman Faherty Thomas about 6 [sic 60] years old. Both of Oghil. In front of the thorn bush by the Font of St Sournick at Oghil. Front. Aranmore.

Place

Europe British Isles; Ireland; Galway; Aran Islands; Aranmore; Inishmaan; Oghil

Cultural Affliation

Named Person

John Michael O’Donnel; Thomas Colman Faherty

Photographer

Haddon, Alfred Cort

Collector / Expedition

Haddon, Alfred Cort [Aran Island 1890 - 1891]

Date

1890 - 1891

Collection Name

Mounted Haddon CollectionHaddon’s Aran Photographs

Source

Haddon, Alfred Cort (Dr)

Format

Print Black & White

Primary Documentation

Other Information

Biographical Reference: Haddon, Alfred, 12 December 1892. ‘Ethnography of the Aran Islands’ read at the Royal Irish Academy. Published in the Precedings of the Royal Irish Acadamy, Vol. 18, 1891-1893. Image printed as Plate 22, where the age of Colman Faherty Thomas is given as approximately 60 years old. [JD 27/3/2007]

Publication: Frontal portrait of same group published in A.C. Haddon and C.R. Browne, 1893, ‘The Ethnography of the Aran Islands, County Galway’, Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy, Third Series, Vol. 2, pp.768-830, plate XXIII.1 & 2 with the following caption:
“Colman Faherty, Thomas, aged about sixty years, Oghil. Michael O’Donnell, John, No. 25, Oghil.
When there is more than one man of the same name in the Aran Islands, the individuals are distinguised by the addition of their father’s christian name, as in the foregoing cases. Faherty, who is a thirteenth child, is a very typical Aranite. O’Donnel’s ancestor came from Ulster. They are standing in front of St. Sournick’s thorn.” [JD 9/4/2009]