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Photograph of 3 men digging up potatoes beside Kilmurvey graveyard, Aran Islands. A dry stone wall in the near background.

Photograph of a man singing, with a woman sitting behind him in the hearth listening, Aran Islands. The man is Pat Phaddy Hernon and the woman is Annie Hernon.

Photograph of men trying to catch a pig prior to loading it onto the ferry on Kilronan Pier, Aran Islands.

Black and white contact print of men and boys waiting to head out in currachs at the beach in Inis Oírr.

Black and white photographic contact print of two men chatting while they wait to head out to the ferry in currachs at the beach on Inis Oírr.

Image of painting by Dr. Heinrich Becker of one of the roadside memorial stones or leachtai on the Aran Islands.

Black and white photographic print of Heinrich Becker with two Aran Islanders sitting in the stern of a Pucán on Galway Bay.

Black and white photographic print of man bending a timber rib for the frame of a currach being made on the Aran Islands.

Black and white photographic print of boy in mask playing a whistle, possibly as a wren boy, taken by Dr. Becker to illustrate the beliefs and customs of the Aran Islands.

Black and white photographic print of man checking a wicker lobster pot in a currach on Galway Bay.

Black and white photographic print of group of men thatching a cottage on Inis Oírr.

Black and white photographic print of man mending fishing net, Aran Islands

Black and white photographic print of a young boy in traditional outfit on the Aran Islands.

Black and white contact print of a story-teller telling a story to a group of young people in a class-room on the Aran Islands.

Black and white photographic print of man re-thatching on Inis Oírr, showing him hammering in screeds of straw into place, mending previous thatch.

Man having tea on wickerwork tray by fire in a cottage on the Aran Islands.

Black and white photographic print of street from the Claddagh, showing thatched cottages, people walking and electricity lines.

Black and white photograph of Heinrich Becker sitting by fireplace in cottage on Aran Islands, smoking a pipe.

Black and white photographic print of an old couple by a fireplace in a cottage in the Aran Islands with some of their family and their cat.

Colour slide photograph of turf on Kilroran Pier, Inismore, waiting to be loaded onto a hooker.