Photographers [Oo] Sea & City | Francis Browne (1912-1944)

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Photographers [Oo] Sea & City | Francis Browne (1912-1944)Biscay2BSunset2B1924
Fr. Browne, The Marconi Room: Titanic, 1912             Fr. Browne, Biscay Sunset, 1924
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At Keem Beach, Girl Combing Her Hair. Achill Island, Co. Mayo, 1939       Fr. Browne, On Garton Strand, Yorkshire, 1931

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Girls on Cliffs, Dun Aengus, Aran Islands. Co. Galway, 1938            On Garton Strand:Bathers and Breakers (Surf Riders), Yorkshire, 1931

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Fr. Browne, Eddystone Lighthouse, Near Plymouth, 1925
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Taxi Rank, Dublin, 1930               ‘Window Shopping’ Kodak’s Shop, Dublin, 1930
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Car Turning in Snow. Virginia, Co. Cavan, 1943        Fr. Browne, St Stephen’s Green in Fog. Dublin, 1944

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Fr. Browne, Balbriggan, 1946             Fr. Browne, Town Crier with Bell. Knock,Co. Mayo, 1938

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Live Wires, Post Office Linesmen, Emo, Co. Laois, 1937
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Miss Riley Nosing Around Slea Head, Dingle, Co. Kerry, 1932       Gravel buckets supplying cement works, Drogheda 1942
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^ Fr. Browne, Boys watching Mail being set up for collection by the Travelling Post Office
Fr. Browne, Get your hair cut, Dublin, 1931 ^

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^ Fr. Browne, Our Boys :”Shooters Shot”. Buttevant, Co. Cork, 1930

Fr. Browne, Carmel Bowers at Alphonsus Court, Drumcondra On Her First Communion Day, Dublin, 1940 ^

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Fr. Browne, Self at hairdressers, Dublin, 1942          Fishing the River. Near Foxford, Co. Mayo. 1938
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Fr. Browne, Golden Youth of Tipperary: Photographer at Golden National School. Co. Tipperary, 1929
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Francis Browne (1880 – 1960) was a distinguished Irish Jesuit and a prolific photographer. His best known photographs are those of the RMS Titanic and its passengers and crew taken shortly before its sinking in 1912.

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