Black and white photograph of woman from the Aran Islands dressed in a traditional island shawl, taken from the front.

Black and white photograph of woman from the Aran Islands man carrying some brushwood, helped by a toddler.

Black and white photograph of thatched stone cottage on Inisheer, Aran Islands.

Black and white photograph of chimney of a ruined thatched cottage with a nest in it.

Black and white photograph of gable end of an outhouse attached to a thatched cottage, with crosses painted on some of the stones.

Black and white photograph of group of children at the gable end of a ruined cottage.

Black and white photograph of rounded gable end on a stone-faced thatched cottage.

Black and white photograph of old thatched cottage built onto a wall, two boys sitting at the gable end.

Black and white photograph of thatched cottage, hen in the yard in front of it. Possibly somewhere near Dublin.

Black and white photograph of thatched cottage in Ireland, farmyard in the background.