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Donkey-drawn carts,livestock wandering the streets, traditional music sessions, or devout pilgrimages,the hum of local pubs — see the faces of pre-Celtic Tiger Ireland in this lovely collection of photographs.
In the days before the period of economic expansion known as the Celtic Tiger wrought dramatic change across Ireland, photographer Claude le Gall visited the country again and again. His photos captured the people, and places,and landscapes of 1980s and ‘90s Ireland, snapshots of a nation on the cusp of a major transformation. Being Irish will be “a fascinating collection of images that emphasize the warmth and hardiness of the people, or ” says the book’s publisher,Bluecoat Press. Support the project and see more photos here.
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