File 1 - J.R. Bainbridge

28 items; 21.5 cm x 16.5 cm; Black and white print

Photographic prints by James Roland Bainbridge, 26 Shandon Park, Knock, Belfast. Most of the prints are annotated on the reverse. The covering envelope is dated 20 Aug. 1957. The file includes the following images:

• Religious sisters perusing flowers on a cart during the October market in Belfast.
• Pinnacle Rocks, Garretstown, County Cork.
• A female weaver at work.
• Ardboe High Cross, County Tyrone.
• Bantry Harbour, County Cork.
• The Fairy Glen, Rostrevor, County Down.
• The River Barrow near New Ross, County Wexford.
• Athy, County Kildare.
• Whitepark Bay, County Antrim.
• Cottage in Dunseverick, County Antrim.
• Fishermen on the shores of Lough Neagh, County Antrim.
• Harvesting in County Fermanagh.
• Newcastle Bridge, Ballymahon, County Longford.
• Strangford Lough, County Down.
• Fishing on Castle Lake near Bailieborough, County Cavan.
• Mount Errigal, County Donegal.
• Killary Fjord, County Galway.
• Spelga Pass, Mourne Mountains, County Down.
• A village in County Tyrone.
• Pollan Bay, County Donegal.
• An elderly woman on a donkey and trap crossing the bridge at Kenmare, County Kerry.
• Knocklofty Bridge near Clonmel, County Tipperary.
• Cliffs on the North Antrim coast.
• Belfast street. The print is annotated: ‘Sunday in the city / a sunshine study’.
• Lower Lough Erne, County Fermanagh.
• Portstewart Strand, County Derry.
• Male and female bathers at Ballintoy, County Antrim

James Roland Bainbridge (1891-1967) was an English-born photographer who is now best known for his vivid images of life in Ulster during the Second World War. Biographical information and a collection of some of Bainbridge’s vibrant images of wartime life in Ulster are accessible at https://archives.wartimeni.com/person/james-roland-bainbridge/