| ID | 14480 |
|---|---|
| Collection | Redmond Photographic Collection |
| Collection Description | Donated to Laois County Library by the Redmond family in 2002, to mark the 25th anniversary of the death of Terry Redmond, a popular professional photographer based in Portlaoise from the 1950s to the 1970s. The collection is significant and comprises over 300 images documenting local, social and family history and recording significant local sites and events in Laois. The complete Redmond archive comprises approximately 300,000 negatives, the majority of which relate to County Laois, and to Portlaoise in particular. It is likely to be the largest pictorial record of any regional Irish town. The archive is maintained by Terry Redmond’s son, Brian, a professional photographer based in Roscrea. The collection also includes images from 50/50 Vision, an exhibition that illustrated changing Portlaoise streetscapes over a century, by juxtaposing photographs taken by Brian in the early 2000s with those captured by Terry in the 1960s and the Eason Collection, dating from the early 1900s. |
| Collection Web Address | https://laoislocalstudies.ie/portfolio/the-redmond-collection/ |
| Reference | |
| Description | Resource is partially digitised. Images documenting life in Laois and particularly Portlaoise town in the mid-twentieth century. |
| Access | Contact Repository |
| Web Address | https://laoislocalstudies.ie/photographs/ |
| Date | 1950-1975 |
| Century | 20th |
| Keywords | |
| Note | Copyright is held by the Redmond family. |
| Repository Name | Laois Local Studies |
| Address | Laois Library Headquarters Old Mill Church Street Portlaoise County Laois |
| Eircode | R32 HDA3 |
| Telephone | (057) 859-4985 |
| Telephone 2 | (057) 859-4982 |
| Email Address | localstudies@laoiscoco.ie |
| Email Address 2 | https://laoislocalstudies.ie/ |
| Repository Web Address | https://laois.ie/departments/libraries/local-studies-2/ |
| latitude | 53.03604 |
| longitude | -7.29732 |