A life for the fiddle, Tommy in front of his house in the Burren, Connemara, Galway 1990
Young couple in Dublin, 1990
Forest of signs between stone walls, 1989
in 1990, Slievemore Village, the setting of Böll's "Diary", was just a skeleton of a village
On the west coast a farmer had to pull us out of the bog with his tractor, 1990
Cattle market during the "Puck Fair" in Killorglin in County Kerry, 1990
Talk of the Town, here in Killorglin, County Kerry
A morning at Dick Mack's Pub, Dingle
His reverence the Archbishop comes to Inishmaan, Aran Islands, 1990
View from the monk's island Skellig Michael to the smaller bird island "Little Skellig", 1989
Beehive-shaped monastic cells of the early Christian monastery on Skellig Michael, 1989
Votive offerings in honor of Our Lady, St Brigid's Well near Liscannor, County Clare 1990
Tea with milk as a reward for climbing to the summit of the pilgrimage mountain Croagh Patrick, 1990
Jimmy the fisherman, taking a break from planting potatoes, West Coast 1990
Farmers move their sheep from Tory Island to a smaller island, 1990
RV Ranga shipwreck from 1982 at Dunmore Head on the Dingle Peninsula, 1990
Ballinasloe Horse Fair, largest horse market in Europe, 1990
A handshake seals the deal at Ballinasloe horse market, 1990
Toner's Pub, traditional Victorian pub, Dublin 1989
"The Long Room", the oak-vaulted library in Trinity College, Dublin, 1990
"The Long Hall", Dublin's pub with the longest bar, 1990
Guinness advertising is part of the street scene, 1990
St. Patrick's Day, celebrated every year on March 17th is a national holiday, 1989
Caring father in Dublin city centre, 1990
The Irish are horse crazy, horse racing is nearly every day, 1990
On over 270 race days, the Irish bet a fortune on racehorses, 1990
Puxley Mansion, once destroyed by the IRA, was long used as a cowshed, County Cork, 1989
Morrisey's Pub and Grocery, Abbeyleix, County Laois 1990
Supply chain, milk delivery in the remote west of Ireland, 1990
View over Finnan's Bay to Puffin Island and the Skelligs, County Kerry 1990
Little Skellig, bird island in the Atlantic, County Kerry, 1990
670 stony steps lead up to the abandoned monastery on Skellig Michael, 1990
Tommy, 86, was once a famous fiddler on the West Coast,1989
The bachelor brothers Paddy and John, enjoy music in their cottage near Lisdoonvarna, 1989
Abandoned houses in Connemara rapidly fall into disrepair, 1990
"Gone to America - back soon!" Not even the door was locked, 1989
The wind as an artist, abandoned village on the west coast, 1989
Amusement arcade in the seaside resort of Salthill, County Galway, 1990
The seaside resort of Salthill with a diving platform from the 1950s, County Galway, 1990
Cliffs of Inishmore, the largest of the Aran Islands, Galway, 1990
On Inishmore, the stacked stones make walls for green pastures, Galway 1990
Dun Aengus, an early fort on the cliffs of Inishmore, 1990
The Aran Islands, made of rocks in the Atlantic, 1990
"Travellers", Ireland's nomads, with their idol Elvis, in front of a caravan, 1990
Idols of the daughters, the "Travellers" or "Tinkers" wander with the fairs, 1990
Willie Clancy Festival and Summer School in Milltown Malbay, County Clare 1990
Everyday life in Belfast: the children have become accustomed to the civil war, 1989
British Army patrol in Belfast, 1989
Work, life balance in our lovely VW van, 1990
We always had amiable visitors, 1990
Weekly cattle auction in Carndonagh, Co. Donegal, 1990
200 meters high, the Cliffs of Moher - the last visitors in the evening are a few goats, 1990
The 40,000 basalt columns of the Giant's Causeway were formed 60 million years ago, Antrim 1990
Michael, Junior World Champion in stepdancing with sister Catherine, 1990
The pulse of a small Irish town, 1989
All the time in the world in Ireland's west

Pictures from Ireland 1990

Heinrich Böll's "Irish Diary" sparked our interest in the "Emerald Isle". Although romanticized, it led us on a search for the soul of Ireland off the beaten track. Armored cars and barbed wire still dominated the streets of Belfast. And analog times still prevailed. No internet or cell phones. Armed with rolls of film, Michelin road maps, printed books and handwritten addresses and recommendations, we roamed the "green" island. Every day brought new surprises. With a Post van converted into a camper van, we not only searched for lonely sandy beaches and uninhabited islands in the Atlantic, but above all for the people and their everyday lives, which are shaped by tradition. Many of the situations, places and people shown are long gone. Published with Jackie's sensitive texts by her own KaJo publishing house, "Pictures from Ireland" was awarded the prestigious Kodak Photo Book Prize in 1990.