Fairy bush. Old hawthorn in field at Dromintee associated with fairy lore.

‘Mickey the Ree’ Rafftery - as ‘Rov-er-tee’, aged 82. Now living in Council cottage, Dromintee, formerly of ‘The Bog’, Ballinamaddy, Dromintee.

Threshing hay with flails.

Home of the late Tom Dunne, storyteller, Dromintee.

Harrowing land in preparation for the planting of potatoes. Horse visible, used for harrowing.

Barney Loche and Mickey Kelly (on right). Kelly is referred to in South Armagh collection and diaries.

Late Peter Toal, Dromintee. His arm around Mary Ketty (widow Mrs. McDonald), Dromintee, Newry. In a harvest field in Dromintee around 1930s - early 1940s. Mary died in the 1950s.

Two-roomed house, with wooden partition, Dromintee. Once used as a dance-house. Paddy Feety's. Loft over room.

(back) Barney McCooey; Another; Sullivan (Murphy); Owen Murphy (brother of Michael J. Murphy); Mickey O'Hare (Racker);- behind him, Barney Gallagher; 'Wee Charlie' Mulholland. (front) Micky Harte; Myles Mallon; 'Skug' Michael Murphy, Paddy Mulholland, Ned Murphy, Michael J. Murphy; behind, Tomy Gallagher.

Threshing hay with flails.

"Mickey the Ree" (Rafferty - pronounced as 'Rov-er-tee') aged 82. Now living in Council cottage, Dromintee, formerly of "The Bog", Ballinamaddy, Dromintee.

Maggie Mullholland, Rosie Mullholland, Mickey O’Hare (’Racker’), Sarah Mallon. All from Dromintee.

The late Michael O'Hare (Mickey the Racker) narrator, at Dromintee with "The Ould Mare" (called Lily).

Late Michael O’Hare (’Mickey the Racker’), at Dromintee with ‘The Ould Mare’ (Lily) -- with which writer (Michael J. Murphy) also worked.

St. Patrick's Roman Catholic Church, Dromintee.

Michael J.'s father (Michael Murphy), Alice (Michael J.'s wife) and Michael J. at Mick Dinny’s, Dromintee. Photo by Ellen Ettlinger, Feb 1947.

House clusters; Callans and Babes. Known as "The Bahwin" (Bawn). Also O'Hare's and Kearney's.

Harvest scene. Reaping oats, Slieve Gullion in the background. On the reaper is Paddy the Racker O’Hare going to tie a sheaf and the late Johnny Babe.

Arthur Morgan, aged 94, with wife Mary Alice Morgan (née Morgan), Dromintee Parish, Newry.

House clusters; Callans and Babes. Known as "The Bahwin" (Bawn). Also O'Hare's and Kearney's.

The Mountain Road, Dromintee Parish.

Peter Toal, Dromintee, a Scots visitor, M.J. Murphy. (Visitor was a farm labourer at this time; used to work for Toal among others.)

Michael J.'s father (Michael Murphy), Alice (Michael J.'s wife) and Michael J. at Mick Dinny’s, Dromintee. Photo by Ellen Ettlinger, Feb 1947.

At Joe Mulholland's shop, Dromintee; about 1922-23. L to R: Maggie & Rosie Mulholland; Mickey O'Hare (Racker); Sarah Mallon.