Dorinish Island

Sunday Independent columnist Des Moore on Dorinish Island, January 1970 - Lyons0020484.jpg  Sunday Independent columnist Des Moore on Dorinish Island, January 1970 A view of Croagh Patrick from Dorinish Island, January 1970. - Lyons0020485.jpg  A view of Croagh Patrick from Dorinish Island, January 1970. Passing the Dorinish buoy on the way to the island, January 1970 - Lyons0020486.jpg  Passing the Dorinish buoy on the way to the island, January 1970 Sean Kettrick on Dorinish Island, January 1970 - Lyons0020487.jpg  Sean Kettrick, Westport skipper who brought Liam and Des Moore Sunday Independent journalist to Dorinish Island, January 1970
Tommy and Paddy Gibbons from Inis Lyre Island on their way to Dorinish Island, January 1970 - Lyons0020489.jpg  Tommy and Paddy Gibbons from Inis Lyre Island on their way to Dorinish Island, January 1970 Tommy and Paddy Gibbons from Inis Lyre Island , January 1970 - Lyons0020488.jpg  Tommy and Paddy Gibbons from Inis Lyre Island , January 1970 Sid Rawle attempting to plant vegetables on Dorinish Island,  August 1971 - Lyons0020490.jpg  Sid Rawle attempting to plant vegetables on Dorinish Island,  August 1971 Sid Rawle playing a tune on his hand-made flute on Dorinish Island., August 1971 - Lyons0020492.jpg  Sid Rawle playing a tune on his hand-made flute on Dorinish Island., August 1971
Sid Rawle at work on Dorinish Island, August 1971 - Lyons0020491.jpg  Sid Rawle at work on Dorinish Island. In the background is the boat Liam Lyons came out in.  August 1971 Sid Rawle picking winkles for his breakfast on Dorinish Island, August 1971 - Lyons0020493.jpg  Sid Rawle picking winkles for his breakfast on Dorinish Island, August 1971 Sid Rawle " High Priest " of the hippy commune on Dorinish Island, August 1971 - Lyons0020494.jpg  Sid Rawle " High Priest " of the hippy commune on Dorinish Island, Clew Bay which was owned by Beatle John Lennon and who gave permission to Sid Rawle to try and live there with his followers. The island is a wind swept island in Clew Bay with little or no shelter. Behind Sid can be seen the ruins of a former homestead on the island. August 1971 Photographer Liam Lyons stands in for a photo on Dorinish Island, August 1971. - Lyons0020495.jpg  Photographer Liam Lyons stands in for a photo on Dorinish Island, August 1971.
Sid Rawle " High Priest " of the hippy commune on Dorinish Island, August 1971 - Lyons0020497.jpg  Sid Rawle " High Priest " of the hippy commune on Dorinish Island, August 1971 Domestic life on Dorinish Island, August 1971 - Lyons0020496.jpg  Domestic life on Dorinish Island, August 1971 Living on Dorinish Island, August 1971 - Lyons0020498.jpg  Living on Dorinish Island, August 1971 A young mother on Dorinish Isalnd, August 1971 - Lyons0020499.jpg  A young mother on Dorinish Isalnd, August 1971
Family life on Dorinish Island, August 1971 - Lyons0020500.jpg  Family life on Dorinish Island, August 1971 Family life on Dorinish Island, August 1971 - Lyons0020501.jpg  Family life on Dorinish Island, August 1971 The hippy community/their tents on Dorinish Island.  August 1971 - Lyons0020503.jpg  The hippy community/their tents on Dorinish Island.  August 1971 Family life on Dorinish Island, August 1971 - Lyons0020504.jpg  Family life on Dorinish Island, August 1971
Working in the cabbage garden on Dorinish Island, August 1971 - Lyons0020502.jpg  Working in the cabbage garden on Dorinish Island, August 1971 Working in the vegetable garden on Dorinish Island, August 1971 - Lyons0020505.jpg  Working in the vegetable garden on Dorinish Island, August 1971 Photographer Liam Lyons stands in for a photo on Dorinish Island, August 1971. - Lyons0020508.jpg  The commune on Dorinish Island, August 1971 Some of Sid Rawle's commune on Dorinish Island, August 1971. - Lyons0020506.jpg  Some of Sid Rawle's commune on Dorinish Island, August 1971.
Working in the vegetable garden on Dorinish Island, August 1971 - Lyons0020507.jpg  Working in the vegetable garden on Dorinish Island, August 1971 Home life on Dorinish Island, August 1971 - Lyons0020509.jpg  Home life on Dorinish Island, August 1971 Home life on Dorinish Island, August 1971 - Lyons0020510.jpg  Home life on Dorinish Island, August 1971 Sid Rawle on Dorinish Island, August 1971 - Lyons0020513.jpg  Sid Rawle on Dorinish Island, August 1971
Photographer Liam Lyons stands in for a photo on Dorinish Island, August 1971. - Lyons0020512.jpg  The hippy community on Dorinish Island, August 1971 Home life on Dorinish Island, August 1971 - Lyons0020511.jpg  Home life on Dorinish Island, August 1971 The ruins of former dwellers, Dorinish Island, August 1971 - Lyons0020514.jpg  The ruins of former dwellers, Dorinish Island, August 1971