Why we turned Ireland s black and white past into colour
Updated / Friday, 30 Oct 2020
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All aboard: passengers on a mail car near Black s Royal Hotel, Eyre Square, Galway circa 1880. From Old Ireland In Colour (Merrion Press)
The Old Ireland in Colour project began in 2019 as an Instagram account when John Breslin, a professor from NUI Galway, developed an interest in historic photo colourisation, enhancement, and restoration. He began working with DeOldify a programme that had been developed by Jason Antic and later
Dana Kelley. In early 2020, Sarah-Anne Buckley, a lecturer in History in NUI Galway, joined John to create what is now the