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Map of Sligo (Sligo Co. Library)

© Sligo County Library,Ordnance Survey 1885. Local History Collection No.982

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Streetscene of O'Connell St. from O'Connell Bridge (Dublin City Library)

Streetscene of O'Connell St. from O'Connell Bridge circa 1953. The tram rails are still embedded in the ground but the trams and overheads are gone. The flowerbed in the central isle was created for a tourism festival in 1953.

By kind permission of Seamus Kearns, Old Dublin Society

Image is present on following page(s): The Literary Revival: space & representation

Irish Language conversation group

Photograph of Irish Language conversation group in The Central Library, Dublin

By kind permission of Dublin City Public Libraries

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Dathad a h-aon - Front Cover

Front cover of Dathad a h-aon a translation by Nioclás Tóibín of a work by Alan Downey entitled "Forty-one". Based on events in 1641.

Carlow County Library

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An Lomnochtán - Front cover

Front cover of "An Lomnochtán" written by Eoghan Ó Tuairisc published in 1977.

Carlow County Library with permission of Rita E. Kelly

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LUAS tram approaches the Kingswood stop during testing

LUAS tram approaches the Kingswood stop during testing on 3rd December 2003

taken by Kieran Swords

Aisling Mhic Artáin - Front cover

Front cover of Aisling Mhic Artáin by Eoghan Ó Tuairisc a play published in 1978. At the time of writing the author lived at the Lock House at Maganey, a few miles from Carlow town.

Carlow County Library with permission of Rita E. Kelly

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Herbie Brennan

Herbie Brennan A professional writer whose work has appeared in more than fifty countries, Herbie Brennan is enjoyed by children and adults alike — sales of his books already exceed 7.5 million copies.

Carlow County Library

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Annie D'Alton

Annie D'Alton

John McDarby

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Eoghan Ó Tuairisc

Eoghan Ó Tuairisc (Eugene Rutherford Watters) was born in Ballinasloe, Co. Galway. He was educated at St Patricks College, Drumcondra, Dublin and graduated in 1939. Ó Tuairisc died in August 1982 and is buried in Ballinasloe.

Rita Kelly

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Biddy White Lennon

Biddy White Lennon

John McDarby

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A Mouse in Full

A Mouse in Full by Mairead O hEocha, 2006. Oil on Canvas 40X50cms

Mairead O hEocha

Sean Hardie

Sean Hardie former writer in residence in Carlow. Ran a writing group in Carlow County Library.

Carlow County Library

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Dialann sa Díseart - Front cover

"Dialann sa Díseart" was a joint work of poetry by Eoghan Ó Tuairisc and his wife Rita E. Kelly. It was dedicated to the poet Conleth Ellis. It won the Duais An Ríordánaigh at Oireachtas na Gaeilge, 1980.

Carlow County Library

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David Donohue

Portrait of David Donohue. Before David wrote "Walter Speazlebud", a highly acclaimed story for children, he had been successful in the world of film and music.

David Donohue

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L'Attaque le Eoghan Ó Tuairisc - Front cover

"L'Attaque" was the first novel written in Irish by Ó Tuairisc and was published in 1962. It won awards from an Club Leabhar and at the Oireachtas. It tells the story of the French landing at Killala in August 1798 and the races of Castlebar.

Carlow County Library

Image is present on following page(s): Leabhar Líosta, Eoghan Ó Tuairisc 1919-1982

Leanbh mo Chroí by Nioclás Tóibín - Front cover

Front cover in colour of "Leanbh mo Chroí" by Nioclás Tóibín. A translation of "Hetty Grey or Nobodys Bairn" written by Rosa Mulholland.

Carlow County Library

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GBS bust

George Bernard Shaw was born in Dublin on 26th July 1856. He was the son of George Carr Shaw and Lucinda Elizabeth Shaw (nee Gurly). His formal education finished early and he started work at the age of fifteen. Shaw’s ties with Carlow are particulary noteworthy. His uncle Dr. John Walter Gurly who died in 1899 bequeathed all his properties in the Carlow area to Shaw’s mother and thereafter to his six step sisters should they remain unmarried. However, they all did marry and so Shaw became the owner. One of the properties was the Assembly Rooms donated to the Technical Instruction Committee in 1919. In 1944, Shaw made a bequest of his entire Carlow properties to Carlow Urban Council. This became the basis of the Civic Improvement Fund. Many portraits of Shaw exist but this bust of Shaw is by the Sculptor, Sava Botzaris (1894-1965). He was born in the former Yugoslavia. The bust is housed in Carlow County Library, in Tullow Street, Carlow.

Carlow County Library

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Mim Scala

Mim Scala born in London in 1940. He was highly influential in the world of music and film liasing with pop and rock legends.

Carlow County Library

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Man writing circa 1848

Illustration of a man writing taken from the Illustrated London News 1848.

Carlow County Library

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Looking Good - Front cover

The front cover of Tracy Culleton's "Looking Good" published by Poolbeg Press 2003

Tracy Culleton

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Lux Aeterna - Front cover

"Lux Aeterna" is a collection of poetry in Irish by Eoghan Ó Tuairisc. It was published in the year 1964. It includes a major work called "Aifreann na Maibh" in 9 separate groups of stanzas named after the various parts of the mass.

Carlow County Library with permission of Rita E. Kelly

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Fornocht do Chonac - Front cover

Front cover of "Fornocht do Chonac" by Eoghan Ó Tuairisc. This play is set in the year 1979 in a small town in the middle of Ireland. It was first presented on November 25th 1979 in the Taibhdhearc, Galway. It also won the Pearse Commemorative prize in 1979.

Carlow County Library

Image is present on following page(s): Leabhar Líosta, Eoghan Ó Tuairisc 1919-1982

Oidhthe ar Bhárr Tuinne agus scéalta eile - Front cover

Front cover of "Oidhthe ar Bhárr Tuinne" by Nioclás Tóibín, a collection of short stories as gaeilge. There are eight stories in the collection.

Carlow County Library

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Play Paintball

Play Paintball by Mairead O hEocha 2006. Oil on Canvas 40X50cms

Mairead O hEocha

Na Clocha Nua

Na Clocha Nua translates as The New Stones is a selection of work from the Carlow Writers' Group. Contents Gumbeen by Lily Dempsey, Ireland vs. England by David Whelan, The Barrow Way by Anne O'Hara, Before the Bell by Phil Lyttleton, Love's Jesses Binding by Deirdre Brennan, Unlucky Ellie by Margaret O'Rourke, Changes by Christine Walker, Defendant, Aged Six by Dora Murphy, Apple by Martin Fennell, Behind the Shutters by Margaret O'Rourke, Whispering Sounds by Valerie Roche, Going Away by Sheila Kelly, A Change in the Timetable by Jill Conlon, Christmas by Martin Fennell, Two Birds by Martin Fennell, The Alexander Graham Bell Express Line by Marie Whitney, The Parish Social by Dermot McKenna, Greeting by Jill Conlon, Biddy's Bracks by Robert Duffy, Castletown by Amy Monahan, The Stream by Martin Fennell, Duilleoga Fomhair by Padraig o Snodaigh, Laethanta Saoire by Phil Lyttleton, An Taistealai by Deirdre Brennan, The Gipsy Lady by Sheila Kelly, The Miraculous Medal by Betty O'Gorman, The Day I met W.H. Auden by John Scott, Early Warning by Amy Monahan, The Crossroads Dance 1937 by Michael Neenan.

Carlow County Library

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Lunar Scenery

Lunar Scenery by Mairead O hEocha, 2006. Oil on canvas 40X50cms

Mairead O hEocha

MacGill Family Photo

Black and white photograph of Patrick MacGill with his family. The photograph includes Patrick MacGill and his wife, Margaret Gibbons, in the foreground, holding their twin baby daughters Patricia and Chriss Ursula. In the background, behind Patrick MacGill stands Mrs A.Gibbons, Mother of his wife Margaret, and behind Margaret stands her sister, Dolly Gibbons.

With permission of Donegal County Museum

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Photograph of Eoghan Ó Tuairisc

Photograph in black and white of the author Eoghan Ó Tuairisc who also wrote under his english name of Eugene Watters. This photograph featured in Fornocht do chonac.

Carlow County Library with permission of Rita E. Kelly

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Religio Poetae agus Aisti eile - Front cover

Front cover with photographic image in black and white for the book Religio Poetae agus Aisti eile by Eoghan Ó Tuairisc. These essays in the Irish language had been published originaly in various periodicals between the years 1961-1977. There is a full listing of all essays by this author at the back of this book.

Carlow County Library with permission of Rita E. Kelly

Image is present on following page(s): Leabhar Líosta

The Riverains

The Riverains is a selection of work by Carlow Writers’ Group. Contents the Wedding by Anne MacDarby, Youngsters by Brendan by Mason, Fear Og by Philomena Lyttleton, Child by Philomena Lyttleton, I Will Wrap Your Negative Around Me by Susan Lanigan, Quantum Outcomes by Susan Lanigan, Data by Susan Lanigan, The Parting by Margaret O’Rourke, The Honeymooners by Michael Neenan, The Flower You Gave by Valerie Roche, The Hourglass by Gregory Wall, Farmhouse Guests by Amy Monahan, The Perfectionist by Maire Ni Thoibin, Tranquillity by Betty Ryan-O’Gorman, The Joker by Martin Fennell, More Than I’d Hoped For by Bridgett O’Shea, Last Stop by Dermot McKenna, The Letter by Brendan Mason, Victim by Christine Walker, Trinity by Anne MacDarby, The Orchard by Moira Collins, Twice Bitten by Christine O’Hara, Bubbles by Robert Duffy, Poor Child by Karen McDonald, Regret by Karen McDonald, Yew by Colette Ni Aoidh, On Approaching One’s 60th Birthday by Maggie Brady, The Void by Doreena Jennings O’Connor, Judy Garland by John Scott, Moonligh Sonata by Lily Dempsey, Requiem by Christine Walker.

Carlow County Library

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The Short Way Around

The Short Way Around by Mairead O hEocha, 2006. Oil on Canvas 40X50cms

Mairead O hEocha