National Heritage Week 2012: The Irish Headhunter moves to Inis Mór, Aran Islands

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Poster for National Heritage Week 2012 event organised by Ciarán Walsh, www.curator.ie in Coláiste Ó Direaín, Inis Mór, The Aran Islands, Co Galway, featuring the photographs of Charles R. Browne, The Irish Headhunter. The event is an exhibition of photographs taken by Browne during ethnographic surveys that stretched from Dingle to Conemara and Mayo. The poster features a young boy in traditional Aran costume. It was taken in 1891 and is among the earliest surviving photographs of the Aran Island. For Information: Coláiste Ó Direáin, Gort na gCapall, Oileáin Árann, Co na Gaillimhe, Éire. (ph) 353 (0)99 61264 (mob) 353(0) 87 6979979. info@odireain.com