Black-Eyed Bridget

Black-Eyed Bridget


A carte-de-visite portrait of 'Black-Eyed Bridget,' an Irish girl who sold poitin [often Anglicised as potcheen] — and also her portrait in carte format — to tourists in the Gap of Dunloe in County Kerry.

A pencilled inscription in the lower margin reads 'Queen of the Gap.'

Photographer unidentified.
 


Code: 127866
© Paul Frecker 2024