Exhibition | People & Places: Ireland in 19th, 20th & 21st Centuries
Bridget Sweeney at the Gap of Dunloe, Killarney, Co. Kerry, c. 1860 - 1870 (STP _2852)
Look back through the camera lens at 160 years of life in Ireland in images selected from some of our most popular photographic collections.
The National Library of Ireland holds over five million photographs in our collections, and they create a unique and fascinating record of life in Ireland.
This exhibition showcases 50 of those photographs, revealing the people and places of the island of Ireland from the 1850s to the 21st century in images.
People and Places comprises photographs taken between 1858–2021, covering the age of analogue photography up to digital photography in Ireland. Featured collections include the Clonbrock Photographic Collection, Lawrence Collection, Poole Collection, The Wiltshire Photographic Collection, and the 2020-2021 Press Photographers of Ireland "Life Under Covid-19 in Ireland" collection video, which was exhibited at the National Photographic Archive for the first time since the collection’s recent donation to the National Library. Photographs on display include early forms such as salt paper print and stereo-pair up to more contemporary photography.
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