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Traditional Irish Knitwear, An Spidéal, Galway, Ireland 1 May 1913 (Left), 14 Year Old Girl From The Claddagh Wearing Traditional Claddagh Dress. Galway, Ireland, 26th May 1913 (Right) | Bored Panda Traditional Irish Clothing, Irish Knitwear, Irish Dress, Irish Clothing, Ireland History, Irish Women, Colorized Photos, Irish Culture, Old Irish

When you think of old photos or historical pictures, you naturally think in terms of black and white, but as you can see from these stunning vintage photos from the turn of the 20th century, color pictures have been around for a lot longer than you think.

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TWO women out walking on Inishere ware traditional coloured shawls Stock Photo: 47382657 - Alamy Historical Irish Clothing, Traditional Irish Clothing, Celtic Dress, Celtic Clothing, Irish Clothing, Aran Islands, Irish Style, Celtic Heritage, Irish Design

Download this stock image: TWO women out walking on Inishere ware traditional coloured shawls, Aran Islands Co Galway Ireland - CN2D1N from Alamy's library of millions of high resolution stock photos, illustrations and vectors.

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McCain's Corner: The Gaelic Wise Woman of Claddagh 1913 Historical Irish Clothing, Traditional Irish Clothing, Irish Witch, Ireland Cottage, Celtic Dress, Irish Dress, Irish Clothing, Ancient Ireland, Images Of Ireland

This is the oldest colour photo of an Irish 'wise woman' and was taken in 1913. The woman's anglicised name is Nan (Anne) O'Toole. She was born in Claddagh, west Galway town in 1877. She was a native 'healer, what we would call a 'granny doctor' in the South. She had cures for many ailments. For infants suffering with bowel problems Nan prescribed sacred well water mixed with burnt turf dust, which was then fed to the child. Babies born prematurely were hung in a fishing net over a basin of…

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