Aird guides at the Giant’s Causeway
Aird guides at the Giant’s Causeway
These photographs were kindly contributed to the project by Brian Bolt.
As more and more visitors began to travel to the Giant’s Causeway in the 18th century, a local tourism industry began to develop. Local people would take tourists to the famous Causeway stones and coastline. They regaled them with tales and facts about the area.
These photographs show local guides from the Causeway in the early 20th century.
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- Edwardian visitors in front of the Old Causeway School building – now the Nook restaurant.
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- Local guides from Aird.
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- These men like many local guides, were fishermen who routinely carried baskets of fish up from the steep bays of the Causeway and who were able work as guides to supplement their incomes.
This record was collected as part of Causeway Coast and Glens Heritage Trust’s Uncharted Histories of the Causeway Coast Project. Please click here to learn more about this project.
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Uncharted Histories of the Causeway Coast
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Causeway Coast and Glens Heritage Trust
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28-03-2023