IDNO

P.9582.ACH1

Description

On Catalogue Card: “Coracles in the harbour, Great Blasket. Note the bladeless oars, the wooden frame and the tarred canvas covering. Also the hole for the mast in each bow thwart. Standing at the right Muiris O Suilleabhain (Maurice Sullivan) author of “Fiche Bliadhain ag Fas” (Twenty years a-growing) a native of the Blasket.” [Typed Text]

Place

Europe British Isles; Ireland; Kerry; Great Blasket Island

Cultural Affliation

Named Person

Maurice Sullivan

Photographer

Waddicor, Thomas

Collector / Expedition

Date

Collection Name

Mounted Haddon Collection

Source

Jackson, Kenneth

Format

Print Black & White Mounted

Primary Documentation

Other Information

Related Image: Same image held at UCD Folklore Department. The photorapher is attibuted to Thomas Waddicor, who worked with Kenneth Jackson on Blasket Island, Ireland. [Information by Ciarán Walsh, Cureator.ie, JD 4/10/2013]

Bibliographical Reference: Dáithi de Mórdha and Micheál de Mórdha, 2013. The Great Blasket – A Photographic Portrait/An Blascaod Mór, (Collins Press, Cork).
A similar photograph was published on p.44 and attributed to Thomas Waddicor. It had the following caption:
"Author, islanders and visitors, Muiris O Suilleabhain (wearing the hat) and George Thomson (top right) after landing in t he harbour. Taken by Thomas Waddicor."
Further information regarding Kenneth Jackson, Thomas Waddicor, Robin Flower and the Blasket Island photographic project by contacting Dáithí de Mórdha, Archivist, Great Blasket Centre, Ireland. [Information by Ciarán Walsh, Cureator.ie, JD 4/10/2013]