Skip to main content

Connacht Collection

Background imageConnacht Collection: Galway Gossips, c1887, (c1930). Creator: Sir Ernest Albert Waterlow

Galway Gossips, c1887, (c1930). Creator: Sir Ernest Albert Waterlow
Galway Gossips, c1887, (c1930). Rural scene in the west of Ireland: a woman on a horse stops to chat to a man leaning on a low wall

Background imageConnacht Collection: The New Castelkerke, c1850s. Creator: Unknown

The New Castelkerke, c1850s. Creator: Unknown
The New Castelkerke, c1850s. View of Castlekirk on Lough Corrib, a lake in Galway in the west of Ireland. Landscape view, possibly from an illustrated account by the Rev Alexander RC Dallas on his

Background imageConnacht Collection: The Distress in Ireland: Outside the Courthouse, Galway - Waiting for Relief, 19th century

The Distress in Ireland: Outside the Courthouse, Galway - Waiting for Relief, 19th century

Background imageConnacht Collection: The Turog Stone, 3rd century BC

The Turog Stone, 3rd century BC
The Turoe Stone, in La Tene style, possible an Omphalos. In County Galway in Ireland, 3rd century BC

Background imageConnacht Collection: Burning seaweed for kelp, Aran Islands, Ireland, 1922. Artist: AW Cutler

Burning seaweed for kelp, Aran Islands, Ireland, 1922. Artist: AW Cutler
Burning seaweed for kelp, Aran Islands, Ireland, 1922. From Peoples of All Nations, Their Life Today and the Story of Their Past, volume IV: Georgia to Italy

Background imageConnacht Collection: Ballinasloe, 1845. Creator: Unknown

Ballinasloe, 1845. Creator: Unknown
Ballinasloe, 1845. Market-place in Ballinasloe, a town in the west of Ireland. Though a small place, it is one of the most prosperous towns in the county of Galway

Background imageConnacht Collection: Sketches in Ireland - Newport-Mayo, 1845. Creator: Unknown

Sketches in Ireland - Newport-Mayo, 1845. Creator: Unknown
Sketches in Ireland - Newport-Mayo, 1845. Newport-Mayo, in the county Mayo, is situated on a little river that empties itself into Clew Bay, on the western coast of Ireland

Background imageConnacht Collection: The Twelve Pins of Binabola, c1870

The Twelve Pins of Binabola, c1870. The Twelve Bens or Twelve Pins, a quartzite mountain range in Connemara, County Galway, on the west coast of Ireland

Background imageConnacht Collection: Clare Island, Clew Bay, c1870

Clare Island, Clew Bay, c1870. Clare Island at the entrance of Clew Bay in County Mayo, Ireland, famous as the home of pirate queen Grainne O Malley

Background imageConnacht Collection: Cong Abbey, 1898. Creator: Unknown

Cong Abbey, 1898. Creator: Unknown
Cong Abbey, 1898. Ruins of a former Augustinian abbey mostly dating to 13th century in Connacht, Ireland. Cong Abbey was suppressed sometime after 1542 and later fell into ruins

Background imageConnacht Collection: Selling the Irishmans Staff of Life, the Potatoe Market, Galway, Ireland, 1901

Selling the Irishmans Staff of Life, the Potatoe Market, Galway, Ireland, 1901
Selling the Irishmans " Staff of Life", the Potatoe Market, Galway, Ireland, 1901. rom " Underwood and Underwood Publishers, New York-London-Toroto Canada-Ottawa Kansas."

Background imageConnacht Collection: On the Coast, Connemara, 1881. Creator: Joseph Farquharson

On the Coast, Connemara, 1881. Creator: Joseph Farquharson
On the Coast, Connemara, 1881. Child riding a horse along the beach in the west of Ireland. From " Modern Art Monographs"

Background imageConnacht Collection: Church Island, Lough Gill, Sligo, c1908. Artist: Robert John Welch

Church Island, Lough Gill, Sligo, c1908. Artist: Robert John Welch
Church Island, Lough Gill, Sligo, c1908. From Penroses Pictorial Annual, Vol. XIV, edited by William Gamble. [A.W. Penrose & Co. Ltd, London, 1908-9]

Background imageConnacht Collection: Cheering Lord Randolph Churchills name on hearing of his resignation, Loughrea, Ireland, 1887

Cheering Lord Randolph Churchills name on hearing of his resignation, Loughrea, Ireland, 1887. Churchill was a staunch supporter of the Unionist cause in Ireland. Sketches in Ireland

Background imageConnacht Collection: Outside the National Rent Office after the arrest of O Brien and Dillon, Loughrea, Ireland, 1887

Outside the National Rent Office after the arrest of O Brien and Dillon, Loughrea, Ireland, 1887. A scene during the Irish Land League agitation

Background imageConnacht Collection: Police raid on the National Rent Offices at Loughrea, Ireland, 1887

Police raid on the National Rent Offices at Loughrea, Ireland, 1887. A scene during the Irish Land League agitation. Founded in 1879, with Charles Stewart Parnell as its president

Background imageConnacht Collection: Castle MacGarrett, County Mayo, Ireland, home of Lord Oranmore, c1880

Castle MacGarrett, County Mayo, Ireland, home of Lord Oranmore, c1880. A print from A Series of Picturesque Views of Seats of the Noblemen and Gentlemen of Great Britain and Ireland

Background imageConnacht Collection: The Old Gaol, Roscommon, Ireland, 1924-1926. Artist: W Lawrence

The Old Gaol, Roscommon, Ireland, 1924-1926. Artist: W Lawrence
The Old Gaol, Roscommon, Ireland, 1924-1926. A photo from Hutchinsons Britain Beautiful, edited by Walter Hutchinson, Volume 4, 1924-1926

Background imageConnacht Collection: Waiting for the doctor in remote Galway, Ireland, 1922. Artist: AW Cutler

Waiting for the doctor in remote Galway, Ireland, 1922. Artist: AW Cutler
Waiting for the doctor in remote Galway, Ireland, 1922. From Peoples of All Nations, Their Life Today and the Story of Their Past, volume IV: Georgia to Italy

Background imageConnacht Collection: Street in Galway, showing the house of Thomas Lynch, 1893

Street in Galway, showing the house of Thomas Lynch, 1893
Street in Galway, Ireland, showing the house of Thomas Lynch, 1893. Lynch was Mayor of Galway, but was expelled from his post and house in 1654 by Peter Stubbers, the English military governor

Background imageConnacht Collection: The Distress in the West Ireland: Bringing in Fuel from the Hills near Kylemore, 19th century

The Distress in the West Ireland: Bringing in Fuel from the Hills near Kylemore, 19th century

Background imageConnacht Collection: Queens College, Galway, 1900

Queens College, Galway, 1900. Irish university endowed by Queen Victoria. Illustration from The Life and Times of Queen Victoria by Robert Wilson, Volume IV, (Cassell and Company, London, Paris)

Background imageConnacht Collection: West doorway of Clonfert Cathedral, 12th century

West doorway of Clonfert Cathedral, 12th century
West doorway of Clonfert Cathedral, in the Romanesque style, 12th century

Background imageConnacht Collection: The Turoe Stone, 1st century

The Turoe Stone, 1st century
The Turoe Stone, a celtic stone in La Tene art style, 1st century

Background imageConnacht Collection: Mermaid on the chancel arch of Clonfert Cathedral, 12th century

Mermaid on the chancel arch of Clonfert Cathedral, 12th century
Mermaid on the chancel arch of Clonfert Cathedral in County Galway, Ireland, 12th century

Background imageConnacht Collection: The Castlestrange Stone, 1st century

The Castlestrange Stone, 1st century
The La Tene style Castlestrange Stone, from County Roscommon in Ireland, apparently a pagan Celtic religious object, 1st century

Background imageConnacht Collection: Irish Potato Famine, 1842

Irish Potato Famine, 1842
Irish Potato Famine, Government potato store being attacked by starving inhabitants of Galway. From The Illustrated London News, June 1842. Wood engraving


All Professionally Made to Order for Quick Shipping