Gaelic Script Triumph Typewriter

Description

A Triumph typewriter which was specially modified in Germany to type in a Gaelic font. It is capable of writing in the Irish language as it features the fada and séimhiú characters.

Object Name(s): typewriters

Object Category: MISCELLANEOUS

Creator: Triumph

Production date: 1920s

Linear Dimensions Depth: 37

Materials: metal
Material Part: body

Provenance Summary: Donated by Bláthnaid Bean Uí Rathaille. The typewriter was custom-made in Germany by Triumph to be used in the legal practice of her father Seán Ó hUadhaigh.

Credit Line: National Print Museum, Dublin

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