I left Wexford just before 7 am this morning and headed towards Corrandulla in Co. Galway where I documented two lovely dressers in two homes. As soon as I was done, I headed an hour up the road to Loughglynn in County Roscommon where I was greeted with a scene like you wouldn’t believe.
The owner of the house, had been in contact with me for the past couple of months and was wanting me to visit her family home. A very remote and rural location down a long narrow boreen and then down another lane off that and then through a field to a single story house that hasn’t changed much since the late 1800s.
It was another one of those cases where it felt like you were stepping back in time and you could be anywhere from between 1850 to 1950, as the dresser, open fire, old kitchen table and settle bed were still intact. Everywhere you looked and turned, you could see things of unreal beauty from old homemade altars to the detail and decoration in the ceiling.
Like a family museum, containing objects and photos of the previous owners, carefully organised and kept safe by the owners.
Most of all though, it was the welcome this woman and her family had for me. They couldn’t believe I drove 4 hours from Wexford to see the house and wouldn’t let me leave without giving me some bog oak and honey from Roscommon.
Attached are just some photos of the home (which the owners have given me permission to share) and the dresser and one of the family members will most certainly feature in the new 2026 Irish Dresser Calendar. In the meantime feast your eyes over these.
