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English: Watercolor Three farm labourers waiting to be hired for work, Samson Towgood Roch (1757-1847) From the collection of National Museum of Northern Ireland, catalogue number HOYFM.66.2009.52. Workers carry one-sided facks (feac is Irish for 'spade') which was common in the south-east of Ireland. Thy might be seasonal workers from the south-west of Ireland, who were known as spailpíní "spalpeens". Museum description postulates the one-sided flack to be a type of a loy, although the thickened heel typical for a loy is absent at the painting.
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Author Samson Towgood Roch (1757-1847).

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