Vintage Hats from 1920's - 40's Ireland Question

[velvetackbar]

Leaving Galway today.

Quick notes: there is an excellent exhibit at the Galway museum that includes one hat. American flat brimmed fedora that belonged to a soldier in the Irish Army that was executed--Liam Mellows, iirc.

The stores here now only sell mass market flat caps from Macron and a few fedora shaped things for people to keep the rain off their heads.

Plenty of photos of people wearing caps, but as was told to me by the clerk where I bought my cap, "it's too windy here for hats and umbrellas".

Galway is devoid of a hat store.

 

[Rmccamey]

Galway is devoid of a hat store.

But, boy, what a great city. Such a fun town with so much to do. I took a day trip from Galway to Donegal to buy a Hanna flat cap "from the factory".

 

[Leather_nube]

Leaving Galway today.

Quick notes: there is an excellent exhibit at the Galway museum that includes one hat. American flat brimmed fedora that belonged to a soldier in the Irish Army that was executed--Liam Mellows, iirc.

The stores here now only sell mass market flat caps from Macron and a few fedora shaped things for people to keep the rain off their heads.

Plenty of photos of people wearing caps, but as was told to me by the clerk where I bought my cap, "it's too windy here for hats and umbrellas".

Galway is devoid of a hat store.

Go to Kevin and Howlin in Dublin.

 

[Leather_nube]

Go to Kevin and Howlin in Dublin.

Just for you. My HWM + Kevin and Howlin hat. It doesn’t work, but kinda does

 

[belfastboy]

Leaving Galway today.

Quick notes: there is an excellent exhibit at the Galway museum that includes one hat. American flat brimmed fedora that belonged to a soldier in the Irish Army that was executed--Liam Mellows, iirc.

The stores here now only sell mass market flat caps from Macron and a few fedora shaped things for people to keep the rain off their heads.

Plenty of photos of people wearing caps, but as was told to me by the clerk where I bought my cap, "it's too windy here for hats and umbrellas".

Galway is devoid of a hat store.

Sadly, much of the world is devoid of good hat stores. Galway at least has swans!

 

[Leather_nube]

Sadly, much of the world is devoid of good hat stores. Galway at least has swans!

https://www.kevinandhowlin.com/about

 

[belfastboy]

https://www.kevinandhowlin.com/about

I import fabric (mostly Scottish tweeds) and have my tailor make it up for me here.

 

[Leather_nube]

I import fabric (mostly Scottish tweeds) and have my tailor make it up for me here.

I prefer to keep it on the island.

 

[Edward]

Leaving Galway today.

Quick notes: there is an excellent exhibit at the Galway museum that includes one hat. American flat brimmed fedora that belonged to a soldier in the Irish Army that was executed--Liam Mellows, iirc.

The stores here now only sell mass market flat caps from Macron and a few fedora shaped things for people to keep the rain off their heads.

Plenty of photos of people wearing caps, but as was told to me by the clerk where I bought my cap, "it's too windy here for hats and umbrellas".

Galway is devoid of a hat store.

Yes, the weather is definitely a big deal. Even now I'm away on the island next door nearly twenty-six years, as far south as here in London there are days I'll reach past the brims for a cap rather than risk the wind lifting it. The Old Country gets a lot of wind, particularly coming in off the Atlantic and hitting the west.

Just for you. My HWM + Kevin and Howlin hat. It doesn’t work, but kinda does View attachment 641603

Lock Stock vibes...

 

[Granville]

"it's too windy here for hats and umbrellas".

It blew my mind last time I was in Ireland how nobody wore a hat in the rain, and it rained non-stop for a week. I'm heading to Dingle in June and have been considering bringing a straw to wear in the sun. At least a linen flat cap.

 

[Jon Crow]

It blew my mind last time I was in Ireland how nobody wore a hat in the rain, and it rained non-stop for a week. I'm heading to Dingle in June and have been considering bringing a straw to wear in the sun. At least a linen flat cap.

Aye Erin gets a lot of rain haha almost as much as across the sea in Wales, my family are north, in Derry, I don't remember many into hats, not like me here in Madrid, prerequisite

 

[Leather_nube]

Yes, the weather is definitely a big deal. Even now I'm away on the island next door nearly twenty-six years, as far south as here in London there are days I'll reach past the brims for a cap rather than risk the wind lifting it. The Old Country gets a lot of wind, particularly coming in off the Atlantic and hitting the west.





Lock Stock vibes...

Closer to snatch I would have thought. See my thumbnail

 

[Leather_nube]

It blew my mind last time I was in Ireland how nobody wore a hat in the rain, and it rained non-stop for a week. I'm heading to Dingle in June and have been considering bringing a straw to wear in the sun. At least a linen flat cap.

Dingle is fun. Bring a hat alright in case of sun. Bring a poncho for the rain. Bring a song for the pub.

 

[Leather_nube]

Aye Erin gets a lot of rain haha almost as much as across the sea in Wales, my family are north, in Derry, I don't remember many into hats, not like me here in Madrid, prerequisite

When people ask how much rain I find it can be useful to draw the parallel with the Amazon rainforest. In some parts of the mountainous west there is nearly the same amount as the wetter parts of the Amazon (3 meters). You know it’s a lot when you measure in meters

 

[Jon Crow]

When people ask how much rain I find it can be useful to draw the parallel with the Amazon rainforest. In some parts of the mountainous west there is nearly the same amount as the wetter parts of the Amazon (3 meters). You know it’s a lot when you measure in meters

And anywhere in between haha remember taking the ferry once across the sea going to Peel and it was a complete storm