Born in Strabane, County Tyrone, Robert John Welch (1859-1936) was an Irish photographer interested in natural history, particularly mollusca. He was the son of an accomplished Scottish amateur photographer.
Welch specialized in outdoors photography and took thousands of photographs of the towns and scenery of Ireland. He was a skilled craftsman and his studies of Ireland and Irish life in the late 19th and early 20th centuries are today justly famous. A permanent exhibition at the Ulster Museum features twenty enlarged photographs of his works on the subject of travel and transport.
Welch was a member of the Royal Irish Academy as well as serving as president of both the Belfast Naturalists' Field Club and the Conchological Society of Great Britain & Ireland. In 1923, to recognize his work Queen's University Belfast awarded him an honorary Master of Science degree.
Welch was also hired by the shipyard Harland and Wolff to take photographs of the constructions of R.M.S. Olympic and R.M.S. Titanic.
These amazing photos from Public Record Office of Northern Ireland were taken by Robert John Welch that documented everyday life of Northern Ireland around 1888.
Welch specialized in outdoors photography and took thousands of photographs of the towns and scenery of Ireland. He was a skilled craftsman and his studies of Ireland and Irish life in the late 19th and early 20th centuries are today justly famous. A permanent exhibition at the Ulster Museum features twenty enlarged photographs of his works on the subject of travel and transport.
Welch was a member of the Royal Irish Academy as well as serving as president of both the Belfast Naturalists' Field Club and the Conchological Society of Great Britain & Ireland. In 1923, to recognize his work Queen's University Belfast awarded him an honorary Master of Science degree.
Welch was also hired by the shipyard Harland and Wolff to take photographs of the constructions of R.M.S. Olympic and R.M.S. Titanic.
These amazing photos from Public Record Office of Northern Ireland were taken by Robert John Welch that documented everyday life of Northern Ireland around 1888.
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Belfast. High Street |
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A Holy Well in Northern Ireland |
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A view of Donaghadee from Fort |
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Antrim. Garron Tower, Coast Road |
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Antrim. View of Antrim Castle from the river |
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Ballintoy. A rock vista |
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Ballycastle. Quay Road |
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Belfast. Albert Memorial |
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Belfast. Cave Hill & Belfast Castle |
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Belfast. Donegall Place |
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Belfast. High Street |
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Belfast. Irish Mud Cabin at Bladon Park |
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Belfast. Linen Hall |
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Belfast. Presbyterian College |
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Belfast. Queens Bridge |
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Belfast. Queens University |
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Belfast. Royal Avenue |
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Belfast. View of Belfast from Methodist College |
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Browns Bay near Larne |
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Carnlough |
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Carrick-A-Rede & Larriban Cliffs |
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Carrickfergus Castle |
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Carrickfergus from East Pier |
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Carrickfergus. A Wading Party coming in |
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Carrickfergus. Old North Gate |
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Causeway Cottages. (Widow Laverty telling tales of Finn McCool) |
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Children building another moat in the sand |
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Crawfordsburn House |
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Donaghadee Mound |
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Giant's Causeway. Kanes Royal Hotel |
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Giant's Causeway. Lord Antrims Parlour |
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Giant's Causeway. Portcoon Cave |
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Giant's Causeway. The Giants Fan |
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Giant's Causeway. The Giants Honeycomb |
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Giants Well |
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Glenariffe from above Ess-Na-Crub |
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Glenariffe. “Black Waterfall” |
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Glenariffe. The meeting of the waters |
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Glenarm Bay. Harbour & Garron Point |
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Glenarm Castle. Barbican Bridge |
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Glenarm Castle |
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Glenarm. A View of Glenarm |
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Irish Country Life. Carrying home the Turf |
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Larne. Glenoe |
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Larne. Glenoe |
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Larne. The "Tree waterfall", Ballyrudder |
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Larne. The "Tree waterfall", Ballyrudder |
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North Antrim Coast. East End of WhiteParks Bay |
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Straidkilly & Carnlough |
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Stream in Glenarm Glen |
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ReplyDeleteactual vintage photos on vintag.es for a change
what a nice surprise
the rest of it the last month or two can blow but this is nice
These are really beautiful photos, thank you so much for sharing these!!! J
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