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The photograph depicts a group of mountain climbers on the summit of a mountian. Welch's caption informs us this is Ben Lettery.

View depicting steep and rocky mountain terrain.

Gleninagh in Maytime indicates when Welch took this photograph and this is further reinforced by a substantial gorse bush in flower on left of photograph.

View of Derryclare Lake with mountain in the background. Two cattle, one with horns, are standing in the lake.

At least three cabins of differing quality, are visible. The building in the foreground has a thatched roof and a single window and door. In the distance is a more substantial white-washed cottage with several windows and doors. The roof of another…

A view taken from inside St. MacDara's oratory. The sea is visible through the window in the gable which has been constructed out of cut stone.

View of a thatched and partially white-washed cabin which appears to have been extended or may have a barn for housing animals at one end. A substantially cultivated garden with ridges ready for planting is visible in front of the cabin surrounded by…

Six people are standing or sitting outside the entrance to a poorly constructed thatched cabin. The walls appear to be of dry stone construction and planks are used to weigh down the thatch. The girls in the photograph are barefoot but wearing white…

A stone pillar carved with ogham writing. The pillar is covered with lichen and stands against a background of ferns and other vegetation.

A view of an arched doorway leading into a stone church building.The building is of cut stone. Heads are carved on the outer portion of the arch. A man is visible half behind the arched doorway.

A wall constructed of substantial cut stones is visible, surmounted by a large growth of ivy. The doorway in the centre narrows from the ground towards the lintel and is described by Welch as cyclopian. The door way and building are substantially the…

A substantial arch within a stone building is visible. A young man leans against the right hand wall underneath the arch giving an indication of the scale of the wall and the arch. There is a window in the centre of the wall underneath which is a…

Almost two-thirds of the photograph is taken up by a mound of limpet shells. The seashore is visible in the background. Welch identifies the setting as Dog's Bay. A shell midden is an archaeological feature, often exposed by sands being blown off…

The photograph shows a whitewashed thatched cabin with a door and two windows. The small garden in front is surrounded by a dry-stone wall. A woman wearing a shawl and an apron is standing in front of the cottage looking at the camera. A dog sits on…

Five children are visible on either side of a stone opening. A stone pillar inscribed with a cross is visible beside them. The girl standing is wearing a print dress with a check shawl over her shoulders. A rocky field is visible in the background.…

View of substantial stone built gable building, described by Welch as St. Macdara's Oratory. There is a doorway in one gable. Though much of the roof is gone it is possible to see that it too was made of stone. The sea is in the background. St.…

View of Cashel Mountain or Hill with the road running below it along the shore of Cashel Bay. A thatched cabin, with an outbuilding, is visible in the foreground. A more substantial white two-storey, possibly slated building, is visible in the…

A woman working a spinning wheel stands outside a partially white washing thatched cabin. A man wearing a cap and knitted scarf stands in the doorway. A basket and a shovel are on the ground close to the spinning wheel. Wool spinning was seen as one…

The photograph depicts a poorly constructed stone cabin with a thatched roof secured with ropes. A plank rests against the thatch at the right hand end of the building. A doorway is visible in the left hand end. The whole building is only a few…

View of Roundstone harbour and village facing west. A substantial fishing boat is moored beside the quay in the foreground with some smaller boats in the distance. A small boy sits on the quay looking into the boat. Substantial two and three-storey…
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