Aloysius O'Kelly - Breton women in a kitchen, 1905.

Roderic O'Conor 1860-1940, artist from Co Roscommon.

Working mainly in France, he painted many portraits of the #Breton people.

'The Interior of a Rural Inn', 1912, by Norman Garstin.

Painted in #Brittany.

“I say to my people that they are holy, that they are august despite their chains." - Patrick Pearse, teacher, barrister, poet, & 1916 leader, who was born in Dublin, 10th November 1879.

'St. Patrick's Church' - J.P. Rooney, an artist who lives & works in Co #Derry.

Down by the Shore - J.P. Rooney.

The white-washed house & cragged rocks are reminiscent of the west of Ireland.

Traditional headpieces are important; they help bind one to the group, affirm loyalty/station, & discourage unmanly vanities. #Tweedcap

In the Elizabethan era, all males over six were required to wear a woolen cap due to trade wars with the Spanish.

Irish flat cap origins:

Women in full handmade Irish knitwear, Inis Meáin. The last of the Gaelic dress tradition.

#AranIslands

The traditional Aran woolen jumper worn on Ireland's west coast to protect fishermen from the wild Atlantic. Each clan had a unique stitch, so that if a man drowned, the stitch would identify him.

The Caubeen is a beret, previously worn by Irish peasants.

Dated from 17th Cent, & means 'old shaggy hat' (cáibín) in Irish. Today it's used as the headdress of Irish regiments in Commonwealth armies

Poulnabrone Dolmen in the Burren, Co #Clare.

Dated to the Neolithic period, 4200-2900 BC.

The Cliffs of #Moher on the rugged Atlantic coast of Ireland.

In Irish called 'An Mothar' - a placename meaning ‘the ruin’.

Sunset above the clouds at the Cliffs Of Moher, in Co. Clare, Ireland.

Farmers stack hay on their farm in County #Cork - 1927.

A family stands outside their cottage in county #Cork, Ireland, 1927.

Two fishermen take a break in Spidéal, #Galway, 1913.

The boy is dressed in a skirt; a common safeguard against the fairy-kind.

A young girl knits a colourful woolen garment in Ardara, Co #Donegal, 1927.

A pair of girls collect turf for the fire - June, 1963, #Ireland.

A way of life that existed for hundreds of years but has now vanished.

"Irish children with their pony 'Gypsy' in Clondalkin, #Dublin - a metropolis where cars still dodge horse-drawn carts hauling vegetables to market."

- National Geographic, 1994

In the Irish tradition, the 'long arm' signifies 'power at a distance': supernatural & regal ability. Sometimes depicted as a club, example: Ogma