The effervescent islanders of Achill, Co Mayo, in the early-1900s captured by America painter Robert Henri, he of the Ashcan school.
Unmarried male senior citizens on the Island were obliged to wear codpieces.
From top; Mary Lavelle,Thomas Cafferkey, Mary O’Donnell, Johnnie and Biddy Cummings, Brian O’Malley and Anthony Lavelle.
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