Approximate date of this photo, Co. Wexford

[Wexflyer]

Maybe taken Tombrack. Looking for approximate date.
Unfortunately the original seems to be saturated for much of the clothing.

[McGroger]

Couldn't hazard a guess at the date but I've lightened the image a little and posted it directly on to the board so others can have a good look and perhaps give it a go.
Peter

[Gadget]

My best estimate is  late 1920s-mid 1930s.

Gadget

[Treetotal]

My best estimate is  late 1920s-mid 1930s.

Gadget

Me too.
Carol

[Wexflyer]

Those date guesses are what I was afraid of. I also think the photo has a 1920s/30s look, but therin lies the difficulty.

This photo has an inscription on the back, saying it is "Dad's Mom" written by a daughter, so that would make the woman in the photo her grandmother.
Now issues are:
- The most likely grandmother died late 1929, registered as 70, actually older as in late 70s early 80s. Older than the woman in the photo.
-  The other grandmother died 1917, registered as aged 66, actually 71. Not from the side of the family where the photos is supposed to have been taken.
- Can't be the a mistake for the dad's wife, as that was the writer's mother - she would surely have recognized her own mother.
- The dad was alive and around to identify who was in the photo. He did not die until 1978.

[Calleva]

A couple of observations from me -

It looks like a heather roof is on the house in the photo, and I first wondered if this could help to date it.

https://www.landmarktrust.org.uk/news-and-events/latest-news/causeway_house_preserving_art_of_heather_thatching/

However further Google search shows this type of roof, and people to repair them, can still be found in Ireland so not conclusive dating evidence.

https://www.wicklow.ie/Portals/0/Documents/Planning/Conservation%20Built%20Heritage/Traditional%20Buildings/3.ROOFS.pdf

Second, very much a personal view, I would not be surprised if the woman was in her seventies when the photo was taken.

Look forward to seeing other’s thoughts.

[Wexflyer]

It looks like a heather roof is on the house in the photo, and I first wondered if this could help to date it.
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Second, very much a personal view, I would not be surprised if the woman was in her seventies when the photo was taken.

No, not heather, reed is pretty universal (sometimes straw) in Ireland. Thatched cottages are a tourist attraction in Wexford.

Trouble with the woman being in her 70s and being my great-grandmother is that we have a photo of her in her latter years where she looks very different - noticeably old and broken down, whereas the woman in the photo is spry. I can only imagine it is my great-grandmother if the photo is early to mid 1910s, or even earlier. Is that possible?

[maddys52]

The problem with "dad's mum" is whose dad. I have some photos in my mother's handwriting which note "dad's sister" and I know the photo is of my aunt (my father's sister). So the note on your photo could mean someone different to her grandmother. Hope that makes sense.

[Gadget]

The problem with "dad's mum" is whose dad. I have some photos in my mother's handwriting which note "dad's sister" and I know the photo is of my aunt (my father's sister). So the note on your photo could mean someone different to her grandmother. Hope that makes sense.

Yes.  Carol and I have seen this very often over the years of dating.

The lady Looks much younger than the description suggests (see hair style in particular)

Gadget