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| WALSH/LANGAN INTRODUCTION - HOME |
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| Getting Around in County Mayo, Ireland | |
| The Irish peasant traveled from his/her home to the bogs to harvest peat and to
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to sell and buy animals at the fairs. Many men also traveled seasonally to England and Scotland to
harvest crops and earn better wages than they could in Ireland. As the picture above indicates there were sometimes significant distances between the cottage and town. The most common way to get around was probably on foot. Other means were: boat, horse, donkey, and various kinds of "cars". The railroad came to Ballinrobe, Co Mayo in 1892.
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There are numerous images of the Irish walking: to market, to church, to emigrate.
The rock walls in this images are very similar to those around the townland of Mohorra (the birth place of Maggie Langan Walsh and her mother, Penelope Byrne). In addition, the spacing of the houses is similar to that of the houses around the Byrne Cottage in Mohorra, Shrule Parish. The main difference is that the area in Shrule parish is less hilly than that portrayed in this picture. No postmark | |
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| Taking the Short Cut
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| Boats | |
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| Riding a Donkey | |
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| Donkey Carts | |
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Posted 1907 |
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"Going to market"
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| Stoddard lectures Ireland, 1901 | |
Jaunting Cars and Other Horse Drawn Vehicles
In June 2010 Sean Quinn wrote:
" what we would call a "jaunting car" was used by my mother's family for going to mass etc, but she called a "back-to-back" for obvious reasons". |
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"Jaunting Car Ireland" Cab or Car Drivers No postmark |
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| Printed on back
"Jaunting Car, Ireland- The jaunting car used in Ireland somewhat resembles our "dog cart" with the exception that it is not as high and carried four passengers with a driver instead of two. The passengers are seated sidewise, as may be seen from the picture." | |
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| Frank Leslie's Popular Monthly, April 1880, collection of Maggie Land Blanck | |
| "A country car"
Postmarked 1903 |
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| "The Capabilities of the "Oirish Jauntin' Car"
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| "Irish jaunting car"
Not posted, however, the clothes would suggest early 1900s |
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| "An Irish jaunting car"
Date unknown, however, the clothes suggest the 1930s. |
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| "Touring on an Irish jaunting car"
Date unknown, however, the clothes suggest the 1930s. |
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| Low Back Cars | |
| "The Low-Backed Car"
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| Other Types of Horse Drawn Cars | |
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| Print collection Maggie Land Blanck | |
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Book collection Maggie Land Blanck
A LITTLE TOUR IN IRELAND BY AN OXONIAN, S.
REYNOLDS WITH ILLUSTRATIONS BY JOHN LEECH, 1892 | |
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Postcard collection Maggie Land Blanck Pat & his wife going to Market Posted 1904 | |
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Postcard collection Maggie Land Blanck Ready for work on an irish farm Not posted | |
| Horseback
In the Hollywood movie, Captain Boycott,
Stewart Granger plays an Irish peasant
with a love of fast riding horses. Captain Boycott was a Mayo Landlord and the Boycott portrayal in the movie, Captain Boycott, is pretty true to the story. Captain Boycott himself was a good rider who liked to race horses. |
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Print collection Maggie Land Blanck
RETURNING FROM MARKET, A SCENE IN THE COUNTY OF KILKENNY
The Illustrated London News, January 24, 1857 | |
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SKETCHES OF THE PEASANTRY IN MAYO
The Illustrated London News, Nov. 20, 1880 | |
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A TURF CARD AND GOING TO MARKET
The Graphic, Dec 13, 1879 | |
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Book collection Maggie Land Blanck
A LITTLE TOUR IN IRELAND BY AN OXONIAN, S.
REYNOLDS WITH ILLUSTRATIONS BY JOHN LEECH, 1892 Saddles did not seem to be known, and the bridles, chiefly, were of rope and twisted hay. | |
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To see photos of the Byrne cottage in Mohorra, Shrule Parish, click on the cottage.
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| Amusements — With IMAGES of traditional Irish pastimes & traditions | |||
| Farm animals — With IMAGES of animals found on many Irish farms | |||
| Birth, Marriage and Death — With IMAGES relating to customs at brith, marriage and death | |||
| Chores — With IMAGES of grinding corn, cooking, spinning etc. | |||
| Cottages - Exteriors — With IMAGES of the Exteriors of Irish cottages | |||
| Cottages - Interiors — With IMAGES of the Interiors of Irish cottages | |||
| Emigration — With IMAGES of Queenstown (the most frequent port of departure of the Irish Emigrant), boats, & trains, the "American letter", the "American Wake" and other images | |||
| Fairs and Markets — With IMAGES of markets | |||
| Famine — History | |||
| The Great Famine — Contemporary Illustrations of the Famine | |||
| Famine/Distress in 1880 — images form contemporary articles | |||
| Furniture — Images of Irish cottage furniture | |||
| Immigrant ships — Images of ships that the Walh/Langans immigrated on | |||
| Inheritance | |||
| Land Issues, Eviction, Boycotting, Murders: — — With images of evictions, boycotting, Land League issues, etc. | |||
| Landlords | |||
| Language — With illustrations of written Irish Gaelic | |||
| Literacy and Education — with images | |||
| Maps — of Ireland, County Mayo, Ballinrobe and Mohorra | |||
| 1777 Map — Dunmore to Ballinrobe | |||
| Occupations — with images of farming, weaving, fishing, thatching, etc. | |||
| Odd Bits of Interest — with images of a visit from a doctor, a Fenian flag, surrender of arms and petty session (court) and more | |||
| The Pale | |||
| People — with images of men, women and children | |||
| Population | |||
| Potato and other crops — with images | |||
| Religion and the local priests — with images | |||
| Turf — with images | |||
| Transportation — with images | |||
| Villages — with images | |||
| Yards — with images | |||
| Mathias Langan | |||
| WALSH/LANGANS INTRODUCTION | |||
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| This page was created in 2004: Latest update, August 2013 |