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Shearing sheep, Clonbrock, Ahascragh, Co Galway, 1899

1899/1899

National Library of Ireland

National Library of Ireland
Dublin, Ireland

Sheep were an increasingly important commodity on farms as the numbers of live sheep exported from Ireland rose considerably in 1898. Here, members of the Dillon family look on at the sheep shearing, done by hand.

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  • Title: Shearing sheep, Clonbrock, Ahascragh, Co Galway, 1899
  • Date: 1899/1899
  • Location: Ahascragh, County Galway, Ireland
National Library of Ireland

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