Emmetts Rowing Club Team, Black & White Photographs of (2), 1929
TitleEmmetts Rowing Club Team, Black & White Photographs of (2), 1929
RepositoryGalway County Council Archives Services
ReferenceGS09/01
Date1929
CreatorEmmetts Rowing Club
Production date 1929-07-04
Scope and Content
Two black & white photographs of the Menlo, Galway, based rowing team.
(a) Formal full-length black & white mounted photograph of Emmetts Rowing Club senior eights crew, attired in their sports clothes, with 6 large trophies resting on the floor at their feet. All but the man in the middle are standing with folded arms, he has his hands resting on the largest trophy.
Left to right Michael Faherty (2); Malachy Wards, bow; J Donnell (5); Mike Ward (6); [Denis] Hickey, cos; T Savage (3); M Connell (7); M Lawless, stroke; John Faherty (4).
(b) Black & white photograph of a rowing eights crew in gentle motion on the water with landscaped area in the background.
Extent2
Archival historyBrothers of St. Patrick were founded in the town of Tullow, Co. Carlow, on 2nd February 1808. Because there was no Catholic Intermediate School for boys in Galway city, Bishop John McEvilly asked Bro. Paul to open such a school and St. Joseph's Seminary was established at Nuns' Island in 1862. Because of the bishop's close connection and active support the Seminary was generally referred to as "the bishop's school" and to this day is known in the city and county as "The Bish."
The Patrician's Brothers College, commonly called the 'Bish' acquired its own clubhouse in 1955, with the old Emmetts club donating their existing premises to be used by the developing school club.
The photographs were found in the clubhouse and passed to the Order's archives, which in turn donated them as a gift to Galway County Council Archives in 2009.
The Patrician's Brothers College, commonly called the 'Bish' acquired its own clubhouse in 1955, with the old Emmetts club donating their existing premises to be used by the developing school club.
The photographs were found in the clubhouse and passed to the Order's archives, which in turn donated them as a gift to Galway County Council Archives in 2009.
Persons keywordEmmetts Rowing Club
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