Looking Back: Haymaking in Castlemartin

This intriguing photograph of Castlemartin House during autumn haymaking came to the Diary courtesy of PJ Lydon, writes Brian Byrne. It had been in the possession of the Nolan family of Logstown — Pat Nolan recently passed away in Seattle.

The photograph is undated, and the original is very dark, but what fascinates are the two children on the haystack in the foreground, their clothes suggesting late 1800s or early 1900s. Although the child on the left is dressed in girls' clothing, it could be a little boy as it was the fashion of those times have boys so dressed when they were very small.

It would be really nice to know who they were. The Castlemartin estate became the property of the Blacker family in the mid-1800s, so it is likely they were Blackers.

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