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Archives1
Textiles1

Count of Collection group

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Brotherton Collection1
Gypsy, Traveller and Roma Collections1
International Textile Collection1

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Ireland2
Aran Islands1
Buttevant1
Cork1
Galway1

Textile

woven belt

20th-mid 20th Century

A woven belt in green, yellow, white, pale blue and black warp stripes and fringing, probably from the Aran Islands. Each family had its own design. The belts were said to be worn by fishermen when th...

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Archive Item

Horse Fair, Cork, Ireland. 1951.

15/Jul/1951

Photograph of Gypsy/Traveller wagons and cars with typed caption on reverse, "Fair Sight in Ireland. Cahirmee, Buttevant, Co. Cork: This sight, reminiscent of yesteryear, was part of the two-day horse...

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