Resistance Images 1887
The Kavanaghs of Croghan and their Evicted Neighbours (1887)
Here's another incredible photo from The Croghan/Coolgreany Eviction series from 1887. It features Michael Kavanagh nursing his daughter Margaret and seated beside him are his parents Michael and Margaret. In the background are their neighbours who were evicted by the local landlord, his agents and backed by the authorities at the time. The Kavanagh family remained in their home, however other families were not so fortunate, and as a result the Kavanaghs provided temporary housing for the ten evicted families in their outhouses. I used this image for a publication back in 2009 and have always loved it. There is so much detail when you can get a chance to see this on a large screen and the colour I added just now adds another connection.
You can view interviews about this eviction in these You Tube links while you can read more about the evictions in this old project link of mine.
http://www.michaelfortune.ie/Mike_Kavanaghs_Grandfather.html
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MjeItotV1oY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jYynNj0SMoM
text: Michael Fortune
Here's another incredible photo from The Croghan/Coolgreany Eviction series from 1887. It features Michael Kavanagh nursing his daughter Margaret and seated beside him are his parents Michael and Margaret. In the background are their neighbours who were evicted by the local landlord, his agents and backed by the authorities at the time. The Kavanagh family remained in their home, however other families were not so fortunate, and as a result the Kavanaghs provided temporary housing for the ten evicted families in their outhouses. I used this image for a publication back in 2009 and have always loved it. There is so much detail when you can get a chance to see this on a large screen and the colour I added just now adds another connection.
You can view interviews about this eviction in these You Tube links while you can read more about the evictions in this old project link of mine.
http://www.michaelfortune.ie/Mike_Kavanaghs_Grandfather.html
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MjeItotV1oY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jYynNj0SMoM
text: Michael Fortune
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The bize with an effigy of their landlord at an anti-eviction rally in Bodyke Co. Clare, 1887.
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