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Selection of photographs from the National Folklore Collection which illustrates the work of the Irish Folklore Commission and its successors.
still image
The Wren boys (Green and Gold), Dingle.
Mummers in Miltown Malbay, 26/12/2001.
Uppsala, May Day, 1953.
St Patrick's Bush.
St Valentine’s Day gifts in shop-window, O’Connell Street.
Group of people gathering for the Wren Boys, West Clare c. early/mid 1980s, West Clare.
Wren Boys, Athea.
The Wren in Dingle.
Landscape view with a large bonfire in the background.
Brídeóga, Kilgobnet.
Carcur Mummers.
May Fire.
St. John's fire, Athea.
Painted Easter Eggs.
St Brigid's Crosses, Department of Irish Folklore.
The Wren boys (Green and Gold), Dingle. Making the straw head-dress.
May Day Bonfires, Sligo Town.