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    Sidney Robertson Cowell collects music in Ireland

    The images presented in this gallery illustrate the collecting work of Sidney Roberston Cowell on the Aran Islands in the 1950s, and the wider context in which she collected. More information on this topic, and on these images, can be found in the accompanying blog:
    Sidney Robertson Cowell records in the Aran Islands and Conamara, 1955-56

    Maggie Dirrane (1899-1995) at her back door in Eoghanacht, Árainn, August 1956, courtesy of the Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections / Sidney Robertson Cowell
    Bríd Iarnáin (1869-1965) by her fireside, Sruthán, Árainn, August 1956. She broke her hip some years before and her crutch can be seen behind her chair. Courtesy of the Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections / Sidney Robertson Cowell
    MFV Ros Éinne coming ashore, with Maidhlín Mhaidhcilín Seoighe astern and his fellow crewmembers, August 1956, courtesy of the Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections / Sidney Robertson Cowell
    Sidney Robertson Cowell and Maud Karpeles, September 1950, courtesy of the Music Division, Library of Congress (Sidney Robertson Cowell Collection, ML31.C78, Box 26, Folder 2) / [unidentified photographer]
    Eibhlín Bean Mhic Choisdealbha (centre, standing) among fellow delegates at Oireachtas na Gaeilge 1913, courtesy of the Town Hall Theatre, Galway, and the Curran Family / [unidentified photographer]
    Bairbre Quinn at home in Cill Mhuirbhigh, Árainn, 1950s, courtesy of Mary Conneely / [unidentified photographer]
    Jean Ritchie listening to her recording of Séamus Ennis playing uilleann pipes, 1952, courtesy of the Ritchie-Pickow Collection, James Hardiman Library, NUI Galway / George Pickow

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