Doorways

Romanesque doorways at Ballintubber Abbey, Co. Mayo, Ireland. The abbey was founded in 1216 by King Cathal O'Connor. Ballintubber means "well town", and a holy well can be seen on the property. Here St. Patrick baptized the pagans in 441 AD. Although suppressed and damaged by the Protestants during the Reformation, restorations have taken place in 1966 and 1997. This photo was taken in August of 1983 with a Ricoh Singlex TLS 35 mm SLR equipped with a 55 mm f/1.7 Prinz Auto Rexatar lens on Kodak Kodacolor VR100 film. The negative was enlarged optically with a Beseler 23CIIXL enlarger and a 50 mm f/2.8 Rodenstock Rodagon lens on Kodak Panalure Single Weight Fiber Base silver gelatin photo paper. Processing was done using Kodak chemistry.

8" x 10" Print