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1961 Photographic Tour of Ireland (part 5)

Posted on December 28, 2014 by Gearoid O'Neary

Seaweed ready for harvesting in Clifden Bay

For this leg of the Parkers’ holiday tour, the family car continued its way along the N59 road beyond Clifden in County Galway, heading for Killary Harbour.

Kylemore Abbey on the banks of the Pollacappall Lough

The Mweelrea mountain of County Mayo in the distance, beyond the Killary Fjord

Looking back at the Maumturks range in County Galway

Connemara ponies by Killary Harbour, the Republic of Ireland’s only glacial fjord

Connacht’s highest mountain, Mweelrea in Mayo, overlooking Killary Harbour

1961 Photographic Tour of Ireland (part 4)

Posted on December 21, 2014 by Gearoid O'Neary

Between Oughterard & Maam Cross, Co. Galway

Boys at work and play on the road to Maam Cross

As the Parkers motored westwards into Connemara, the sights and scenes got very rural and rugged once again …..

The boys in this photograph are Pat Healy on the donkey, his brother John Healy, and Patrick Thornton on the right. The cottage in question is located about one mile west of Oughterard. In 1961 this cottage was the home of Pat and Barbara Healy, grandparents of the two boys in the photograph. It has now been modernised and extended to the rear by a great- grandson of Pat and Barbara.

Info from Leslie Lyons, 2021