Peatcutters returning home in a rainstorm in Connemara, in 1970: "When I photographed the two men with their donkeys, they looked pitiful drenched to the skin after a heavy downpour, one man still holding a sodden sack over his head. The animals moved wearily; the men too tired to speak to each other. At that time I had not yet read The Painted Woman by Liam O’Flaherty, but when I read the story a few years later, it brought new meaning to the photograph, illuminating the harsh lifestyle of such men."
people kneeling saying the rosary at a farmhouse in Co Waterford, 1991
Photo by
Eoin O'Hara
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Men hoping to sell their horses wait patientaly for a potential buyer at the Puck Horse Fair in Kilorglin,Co Kerry in 1971
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Eoin O'Hara
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Michael Hussey plays the tin whistle at the fireside, entertaining his young neighbour Joe Casey, and two dogs. at his farmhouse near Sneem, Co Kerry, in 1970.
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Eoin O'Hara
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four white nuns visit the seaside at Tramore beach, Co Waterford, in the summer of 1975.
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Eoin O'Hara
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A man is carrying a coffin home on his bicycle, at Ballintlea, Co Waterford in 1992. To superstitious people, a black dog on the road forcast a death in the locality, in rural communities the loss is known to everyone.
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Eoin O'Hara
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A young girl cuddles her pet kitten as she sits in the doorway of a farmhouse at Lyre, Co Waterford, Ireland,1989
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Eoin O'Hara
