Photograph
Collection object
2002.0316
Print H. 13.3 W. 20.4 Sheet H. 16.6 W. 21.5
Photograph, b/w, print. Old Clare St - Long Can, Limerick, July 1971, by Michael Cowhey. View from corner of O'Sullivans Place eastwards, stone wall with ivy growing down l. foreground, then terrace of two storey houses with blocked up windows and doors. R. foreground, ruined two storey red brick house abutting city wall, then occupied two storey house, a van and a motor car parked outside them. Chimney and buildings of Good Shepherd Convent in distance centre. Woman crossing street in foreground, a dog sniffing in the gutter beyond, some cars parked along l. and r. Pile of rubbish on street at corler l. foreground. Margin around, widest below, with title white on black strip stuck on, number 11 in black r. R/ Rubber stamped in bottom r. corner, triangle enclosing Cowhey & McMahon / Ballinacurra / Limerick / (061) 46231. In blue biro centre, J3-14.
Michael Cowhey (photographer)