Black and white photograph of a whetstone sitting in a wooden socket made for it, attached to a wall of a house

Black and white photograph of a rope tied to a stone set in a wall.

Black and white photograph of a whetstone tied to a peg on the wall of a house.

Black and white photograph of a whetstone tied to a peg on the wall of a house.

Black and white photograph of a man from the Aran Islands wrapping a rope around a rock on the beach, possibly to secure a currach.

Black and white photograph of an old man from the Aran Islands utilising a ladder to help tension a fishing longline.

Black and white photograph of an old man from the Aran Islands utilising a ladder to help tension a fishing longline, attaching a float.

Black and white photograph of an old man from the Aran Islands utilising a ladder to help tension a fishing longline, attaching a float.

Black and white photograph of an old man from the Aran Islands using hooks to repair a longline attached to a ladder.

Black and white photograph of a group of men on the Aran Islands, shore netting, dragging a net up onto the beach.