

Padraig Kennelly Senior and Friends in Dunquin
1st August 1955; Padraig Kennelly Senior and Joe treacy with a group in Dunquin on the day of the opening of the Bru na Graige Hostel. The boy is Gearoid O'Cathain, 'The lonliest boy in the world', aged 8 years. Gearoid was the last schoolboy on the Great Blasket Island before it was evacuated in 1953.
Photo ID: QBK022
Created: August 01, 1955
Author: © Padraig & Joan Kennelly/Kennelly Archive
© Kennelly Archive
Photo size: 20.1 Mpixels (57.4 MB uncompressed) - 5625x3569 pixels (18.8x11.9 in / 47.6x30.2 cm at 300 ppi)
Photo keywords: 1955, Co. Kerry, Dunquin, Fifties, Ireland, Openings, Padraig Kennelly Senior, Pubs, Related Images 550561, The Kennelly Family

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