MAKE A MEME View Large Image Bringing home the turf! (26972149122).jpg A topical subject even if the shot is over 100 years old Bringing in the turf for fires was an important source of fuel for most households and here are two fine loads in the Square in Tuam County ...
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Keywords: Bringing home the turf! (26972149122).jpg A topical subject even if the shot is over 100 years old Bringing in the turf for fires was an important source of fuel for most households and here are two fine loads in the Square in Tuam County Galway Somewhat ignoring the fossil fuel laden carts today's discussion focused on the posters we see - for the Ormonde family's Vivograph entertainments which we learned were a form of early cinema which visited towns around the country and http //earlycinema gla ac uk/advert/503/ indeed Scotland in the first years of the 20th century We also got some insight into the Tuam Town Hall pictured to the rear which was significantly https //www google ie/maps/ 53 514644 -8 8511765 3a 15y 240 64h 115 44t/data 3m7 1e1 3m5 1stVdlgvvc_KYepYOl511GYA 2e0 5s20090401T000000 7i13312 8i6656 6m1 1e1 hl en remodelled in the decades immediately before this picture We also learned about the now 900 year-old https //en wikipedia org/wiki/Tuam Tuam High Cross which was rebuilt and moved to the Square in the 19th century before being moved again out of the middle of the now roundabout in the 1990s Photographer Robert French Collection http //catalogue nli ie/Collection/vtls000313414 Lawrence Photograph Collection Date c 1880-1900 likely c 1900 based on date on poster and comments below NLI Ref http //catalogue nli ie/Record/vtls000041541 L_ROY_06759 You can also view this image and many thousands of others on the NLI ™s catalogue at http //catalogue nli ie catalogue nli ie https //www flickr com/photos/nlireland/26972149122/ Bringing home the turf https //www flickr com/people/47290943 N03 National Library of Ireland on The Commons http //www nli ie/en/flickr-commons aspx National Library of Ireland on The Commons Flickr Commons 53 514940 -8 851257 source Flickr Flickr-no known copyright restrictions PD-Old PD-1996 National Library of Ireland on The Commons https //flickr com/photos/47290943 N03/26972149122 2016-05-24 13 10 38 No known copyright restrictions County Galway Images from the National Library of Ireland Robert French Tuam Crosses Urban squares
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