Family in Carraroe

Description:A photograph of a woman and nine children taken in a house in Carraroe, county Galway. The photograph was taken in 1898. The woman is wearing a shawl. She is sitting down and breast feeding an infant. There is a fire place behind the group. There are clothes drying on a line overhead. The caption at the bottom of the photograph reads "A Very Distressed Family, Carraroe.".

Subject headings: Connemara -Adults -Women -Children -Breast Feeding -Poor Persons -Shawls -Laundry -Fireplaces