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Dublin farrier John Harding preparing a new horseshoe to be fitted, 1983.
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Copyright David Shaw-Smith
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Dublin farrier John Harding preparing a new horseshoe to be fitted, 1983. -
A hip-roofed scollop-thatched farmhouse.
A fine two-storied, hip-roofed scollop-thatched farmhouse near the River Suir, Ballylynch, Carrick-on-Suir, Co. Waterford. The single-storied thatched building on the left, was where the resident farm labourer lived. Livestock inhabited the slated buildings on the right.
Copyright David Shaw-Smith
Image is present on following page(s): Thatching, Thatching, Thatching, Thatching
A hip-roofed scollop-thatched farmhouse. -
A granite wall near Glencullen.
This area of Co. Dublin has numerous granite quarries, nearly all of them are closed now or worked infrequently.
Copyright David Shaw-Smith
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A granite wall near Glencullen. -
Preparing scollops for the thatcher.
Preparing scollops, or sprays, of hazel and black sally for the thatcher. These act as wooden staples and help to secure the rods, or ledgers, to hold the thatch in place.
Copyright David Shaw-Smith
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Preparing scollops for the thatcher. -
An example of scollop thatching in progress.
The roof is thatched in strips from the eaves upward, straw is being used here. The older thatch can be seen on the left.
Copyright David Shaw-Smith
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An example of scollop thatching in progress. -
Roped thatched house on Inishmaan, the Aran Islands.
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Copyright David Shaw-Smith
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Roped thatched house on Inishmaan, the Aran Islands. -
Re-thatching a thrust-thatched house.
With a beating pin in one hand, fletch of oaten straw in the other, Paddy Casey re-thatches a thrust-thatched house in South Wexford.
Copyright David Shaw-Smith
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Re-thatching a thrust-thatched house. -
A hip-roofed, thrust-thatched house.
A typical hip-roofed, thrust-thatched house with a loft bedroom, Kilmore Quay, South Wexford.
Copyright David Shaw-Smith
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A hip-roofed, thrust-thatched house. -
Fired, unglazed earthenware terracotta pots from the kiln.
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Copyright David Shaw-Smith
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Fired, unglazed earthenware terracotta pots from the kiln. -
Willie Cogley monitors the firing of the kiln.
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Copyright David Shaw-Smith
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Willie Cogley monitors the firing of the kiln. -
A rye-thatched, rope-tied barn.
The corner of a rye-thatched, rope-tied barn on Inis Meáin, the Aran Islands. Note the stepped limestone gable and the ropes secured to batons which help hold down the thatch.
Copyright David Shaw-Smith
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A rye-thatched, rope-tied barn. -
An Aran Island Fedín wall, on Inis Meáin.
This limestone wall is built to restrain sheep, who are put off from jumping the seemingly unstable top section of open and vertically placed stones.
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An Aran Island Fedín wall, on Inis Meáin. -
Moher flags and earthen banks near the Cliffs of Moher, Co. Clare.
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Copyright David Shaw-Smith
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Moher flags and earthen banks near the Cliffs of Moher, Co. Clare. -
William Devereux 1731
Sketch of inscription on stone wall in Piercestown, south county Wexford marking the residence of Fr. William Devereux in 1731.
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William Devereux 1731 -
Pat Murphy dresses (shapes) a stone with a lump-hammer.
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Copyright David Shaw-Smith
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Pat Murphy dresses (shapes) a stone with a lump-hammer. -
A fine example of limestone walls overlooking Lough Corrib, Co. Galway.
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Copyright David Shaw-Smith
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A fine example of limestone walls overlooking Lough Corrib, Co. Galway. -
Pat Murphy positions a large stone with a crowbar.
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Copyright David Shaw-Smith
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Pat Murphy positions a large stone with a crowbar. -
Luke Waddinge's Carol Table
Contents table of Luke Waddinge's Carols including first line of carol and air.
compiled by James Fortune
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Luke Waddinge's Carol Table -
'Garland of Pious and Godly Songs'
Title page of Luke Waddinge's 'Garland of Pious and Godly Songs'.
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'Garland of Pious and Godly Songs' -
Pat Murphy building his limestone wall.
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Copyright David Shaw-Smith
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Pat Murphy building his limestone wall. -
Kilmore Carol Singers 1972
Kilmore Parish carol singers: back (left to right) - Jack Busher, Johnny Devereux, James Kehoe. front - James Reville, Jack Devereux and Liam Sheil.
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Kilmore Carol Singers 1972 -
Pat Murphy building a stone wall.
Pat Murphy positions the walls largest stones every three feet as he builds the base of his wall. The initial trench can be clearly seen in the foreground.He builds a run of five yards (5 m) of wall at a time.
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Pat Murphy building a stone wall. -
Singing the Carols since 1937
Article on Johnny Devereux, carol singer from the Kilmore Parish journal no. 27 1998-1999.
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Singing the Carols since 1937 -
Tacumshane graveyard
Tacumshane graveyard where William Devereux is buried.
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Tacumshane graveyard -
Michael Murphy's manuscript
Jack Devereux states 'This carol book was found in a house in Mill Road, in the townland of Chapel, in a house formerly owned by a schoolteacher named Joseph Colfer who taught in Kilmore around 1860. The index page was later lost but it bore the date 1803, and was written by a Michael Murphy of Greyrobin, Kilmore, who must have been a local scribe as his name appears on several of the old carol books...'
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Michael Murphy's manuscript -
Jack Devereux (1910- 1999)
Jack Devereux, carol singer and folklorist pictured in Kilmore parish church, where he sang the carols each Christmas for over 60 years.
Kilmore Parish Journal collection
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Jack Devereux (1910- 1999) -
Decorating a pot with a roller.
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Copyright David Shaw-Smith
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Decorating a pot with a roller. -
Second Carol for Christmas Day
'Second Carol for Christmas Day' from Devereux's 'New Garland' , sung to the air of the 'Brown Little Mallet'.
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Second Carol for Christmas Day -
Song of Jerusalem
Carol sung at Kilmore, origin of carol unclear. Carol is sung at first mass on Twelfth Day.
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Song of Jerusalem -
The Irish College, Salamanca
The college was founded by King Philip II of Spain in 1592-3, when Spain and the Spanish Netherlands were the chief refuges of Irish students, soldiers, clergy, and merchants, exiled for faith and fatherland.
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The Irish College, Salamanca -
For Christmass Day
Waddinge's ' For Christmas Day' sung to the tune of 'I doe not Love cause thou art faire'
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For Christmass Day -
'The Wexford Carols' by Diarmaid ó Muirithe and Seoirse Bodley
Detail from the specially bound edition of 'The Wexford Carols' assembled by Diarmaid ó Muirithe and Seoirse Bodley. This book was dedicated to the Kilmore carol singers; Jack Devereux, Johnny Devereux, Jimmy Kehoe, Jack Busher, Paddy Busher, Liam Shiel.
Diarmaid Ó Muirithe
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'The Wexford Carols' by Diarmaid ó Muirithe and Seoirse Bodley