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Ogie, Maisie and a vanishing Ireland
I HAPPENED to run into Ogie Nolan the other day. I told him that there were some great photographs of him in circulation. He did not seem too impressed. His attitude was that as long as his image was not adorning a 'Wanted – dead or alive' poster, then he had no reason to be overly concerned.
The photos of Enniscorthy's favourite rascal are part of a collection published in a book called 'Vanishing Ireland: Recollections of our Changing Times' with pictures by James Fennell and words by Turtle Bunbury. In the past, the pair have made their reputation by turning lens and pen on that grand old institution, the Irish pub.
This time, they jumped into the car and toured the land simply chatting to people. They met assorted blacksmiths, coal miners, mattress makers and cattle drivers, representatives of professions that have largely been overtaken or altered beyond recognition by new practices and procedures.
The authors visited farms in Kerry and Clare, turf sheds in Limerick and Tipperary. They drank cups of tea, or glasses of whiskey, in the kitchens of Sligo and Dublin. They crossed cobbled yards around Wicklow and Tipperary in search of their quarry. They visited the hills of Leitrim and Donegal. And they hit on two right ones in Enniscorthy.
