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…
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…
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…
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 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.
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…
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…
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…
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 depicting steep sloping rocky mountain terrain. Welch's first love was natural history and this is evident by the caption where he wishes to draw the viewer's attention to the effect of glaciation on the rock face.
The photograph shows a collection of neatly thatched stone built cottages, some of which are whitewashed. Two children sit on the wall while a man stands outside the gate. A woman is visible in front of the door way of the cottage.
View of pier with boat at anchor in harbour. There is a large crowd on the pier. The local people can be distinguished from the visitors by their dress. Welch indicates that this is a visit to the Aran Islands by members of the Irish Field Club Union…
View of the gothic style church at Kylemore, Connemara. The church was built by the then owner of the Kylemore estate, Mitchell Henry, between 1877-1881, as a memorial to his wife Margaret, who had died while travelling in Egypt.
View of Gothic-revival style house known as Kylemore Castle, begun by the estate owner, Mitchell Henry, in 1867. Construction lasted four years cost over £29,000.
