Irish Photographic Social Portraits

A Visual Companion to Angela McCourt's Ireland

A fully illustrated guidebook to the many beautiful towns and places of interest to visit along the Wild Atlantic Way.

Ireland’s premier photographers, The Lensmen, captured the essence of life in Ireland during the 1950s in their stunning and thought provoking images.

Dublin, being the capital of Ireland, has the trappings of power, big business, government and national culture. Cork has the tallest building in Ireland, the longest building in Ireland, the best hurling, football and rugby players and road. The images in this text show these two great cities at their best.

John Wesson celebrates Kerry’s people and lifestyle, its moods and its magnificence. Come and explore this phenomenal natural wilderness, nestled on the Atlantic’s edge. Here there is room to be alone … but never lonely.

Fair Faces: Images from a Disappearing Ireland is a truly remarkable collection of unique pictures, which have never been published before. Readers may even find themselves, friends, or relatives captured within its pages.

Large format Hardcover and the dust cover slightly shop soiled.

Return to Sender pairs John Hinde’s iconic, instantly recognisable postcards from the 1950s, ‘60s and ‘70s with corresponding contemporary photographs.