📖 Ancient Restoration

Thatched Cottage, Connemara, Co Galway, by John Hinde

The Silver Strand, Co Wicklow, by John Hinde

Glengesh Pass, near Ardara, Co Donegal, by David Noble

Bloody Foreland, Co Donegal, by David Noble

Collecting Turf from the Bog, Connemara, Co Galway, by John Hinde

Coliemore Harbour, Dalkey, Dublin, by Elmar Ludwig

Irish Thatched Cottage, Bunratty, County Clare, by Elmar Ludwig

Technicolor photos from rural West Ireland & more in the mid-20th century.

Technicolor photos from rural West Ireland & more in the mid-20th century.

The Irish word for dragon is 'dris', which is a cognate of the Greek 'drákōn'. Both stem from the Indo-European root 'derḱ' - 'to see clearly'. Hence in the Irish tradition, the dragon is capable of many feats by sight alone: possession, mutilation, enchantment…

The Irish word for dragon is 'dris', which is a cognate of the Greek 'drákōn'. Both stem from the Indo-European root 'derḱ' - 'to see clearly'. Hence in the Irish tradition, the dragon is capable of many feats by sight alone: possession, mutilation, enchantment or corruption.

Mountain Stage, near Drom, Co Kerry, 1880s. Photo was taken around the time of the Land War, when Irish farmers were subject to mass-eviction by exploitative landlords.