LynnMGallagher:
This is a beautiful heavy weight "Galway Shawl" which was worn by many women throughout Ireland until about 1930. Though they were called Galway Shawls, they were woven in Paisley, Scotland.
LynnMGallagher:
Here you can see both sides of the weave. These Galway shawls were given to a daughter upon her marriage by her mother.
LynnMGallagher:
This is a close up of the "Galway Shawl". These shawls were woven on a loom in Paisley, Scotland, and shipped to the Aran Islands. In some cases the fringe was added at the factory, but in other cases the women fringed them themselves.
LynnMGallagher:
Traditional men's clothing from Inis Oírr that were displayed in the small museum there. Notice that the hat worn by men on Inis Oírr is not the same as the Tam-O-Shanter knit hat worn on Inis Meáin.
LynnMGallagher:
This is a light weight shawl that would have been worn both indoors and out.
LynnMGallagher:
Note the photo on the wall next to me showing Aran Islanders wearing the same type of shaw.
LynnMGallagher:
A traditional deep red wool skirt worn with a linen blouse. The skirt is made extra-large at the waist and attached to a tie so that it can be expanded during pregnancy.
LynnMGallagher:
Most of the clothes are made of wool since it stays warm even when wet. An undyed heavy wool underwear was worn beneath the pants. Note the colorful belt, called a crois.
LynnMGallagher:
This is THE traditional pattern for knitting socks on Inis Oírr. So I guess that means that Synge was wrong, people couldn't identify their washed up dead sailors by the pattern on their socks.
LynnMGallagher:
Our basket weaving instructor discussing his work. We had classs in the morning, but we did activities in the afternoon such as knitting, sewing, singing, dancing, drawing, and walking tours conducted in Irish
LynnMGallagher:
My fellow classmates at Feicim Irish Language School showing off the baskets we made.