A blackthorn seller wearing the knee breeches and cutaway coat which all but died out in Ireland during the later nineteenth century. The photograph is among 250 images of Ireland at the turn of the last century collected by Laurence O’Connor in “Lost Ireland” reviewed today. This particular photograph was later transformed into a popular postcard showing the blackthorn seller as a jovial “Oirishman.”
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Press, 28 December 1985, Page 14
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64A blackthorn seller wearing the knee breeches and cutaway coat which all but died out in Ireland during the later nineteenth century. The photograph is among 250 images of Ireland at the turn of the last century collected by Laurence O’Connor in “Lost Ireland” reviewed today. This particular photograph was later transformed into a popular postcard showing the blackthorn seller as a jovial “Oirishman.” Press, 28 December 1985, Page 14
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