Gathering seaweed for food, Ireland 1883

Scenes showing men, women and children gathering seaweed for food on the coast of Clare, west of Ireland. They are also shown picking, drying and selling d'hlisk, and gathering corrigan'. These alternatives were necessary due to the failure of the staple crops such as pototoes

Alternatives Clare Corrigan Crops Drying Failure Picking Seaweed Staple

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