Irish fisherman

Irish Aran Fisherman Sweaters - steeped in our island history

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A moment of pure merriment captured in Portmagee, Kerry. All of us here at the National Library would like to thank Mossy Carey, Gerard and staff of the Moorings Bar, and the wider community of Portmagee, Co. Kerry for their help in identifying our lovely fisherman. Thanks to their hard work, we now know that this is Tadhg Devane, who would have been around 58 at the time this photo was taken. Tadhg died in 1968, aged 63. As Mossy reports: "He was a fisherman, boat-builder and, as read on…

Comfortable, cosy, luxurious, warm, woollen, knitted, patterned, intricate, authentic, stylish, designer and textured are but a few words that can be used to describe an Irish Aran sweater but what is an Aran sweater? It is a style of sweater, also known as a fisherman’s sweater, which originated in the Aran Islands in Connemara, off…