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Rathfarnham 1904

Abstract: Small, hard bound, green photograph album titled 'Rathfarnham 1904' containing 23 black and white photographs (of uniform size), mainly of the gardens, grounds, buildings, Sisters, pupils and staff in Loreto Abbey Rathfarnham. Some of the photographs are captioned, many are not. The title was attributed by a previous archivist, and cannot be attributed to the photographer, M. Michael Corcoran.

In collection M. Michael Corcoran's Photograph Albums

Original version
M. Michael Corcoran
Date created:
Type of Resource
still image
Physical description
1 album (23 photographs) : b&w and sepia
14 x 18 cm
Presentation: Paged
Physical description: Photograph dimensions: 7.5 x 10 cm as viewed through mount.
Scope and content
Photographs of the gardens, grounds, buildings, Sisters, pupils and staff in Loreto Abbey Rathfarnham, and a church possibly on the African continent. Also included are a photograph of Sisters on a beach (most likely Balbriggan); the grotto in Rathfarnham; and buildings in Loreto Abbey Rathfarnham identified as St. Anthony's wing, St. Joseph's, Red House, Laundry, etc., Science & Art Rooms etc. Various images of harvest time on the Abbey farm include farm labourers working with a threshing machine where children are also present and Sisters working with hay at harvest time. The album concludes with a photograph of a sea view, with a man ploughing a field in the distance, possibly a view taken from the front of Loreto Convent Bray. The third photograph in the album captures M. Michael Corcoran IBVM (standing) with M. Stanislaus Murphy IBVM, Provincial Spain (seated centre), with other Sisters and pupils in the background, at the beach in Balbriggan.
Numbering/sequence
Previous reference number: IR/24.
Languages
English  
Genre
Photographs   linked data (gmgpc) Photograph albums   linked data (gmgpc)
Subject
Institute of the Blessed Virgin Mary --Photographs
Loreto Abbey (Rathfarnham, Ireland) --Photographs
Loreto Convent (Bray, Ireland) --Photographs
Nuns--Ireland--1900-1910
Convents--Ireland--1900-1910
Schools--Ireland--1900-1910
School children--Ireland--1900-1910
Balbriggan (Ireland)--Photographs
Rathfarnham (Dublin, Ireland)--Photographs
Farming--Ireland--1900-1910
Location
https://doi.org/10.7925/drs1.ucdlib_262001
Location
Institute of the Blessed Virgin Mary. IBVM (Loreto) Institute & Irish Province Archives . MC/PHO/1
Suggested credit
"Rathfarnham 1904," held by IBVM (Loreto) Institute & Irish Province Archives. © Institute of the Blessed Virgin Mary, IBVM (Loreto). Digital content by University College Dublin, published by UCD Library, University College Dublin <https://digital.ucd.ie/view/ucdlib:262001>

Record source
Descriptions created by staff of UCD Library, University College Dublin based on information provided by IBVM (Loreto) Institute & Irish Province Archives. — Metadata creation date: 2019-10-14

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