Last Years and Legacy

Gracedieu Road, 1943

Gracedieu Road, Waterford City, 1943. Photograph taken by Annie Brophy.

© Waterford City Archives.

Gracedieu Road, 1943
© Waterford City Archives.

Gracedieu Road, 1943

Gracedieu Road, Waterford City, 1943. Photograph taken by Annie Brophy.

© Waterford City Archives.

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Annie Brophy retired in 1978 after a very long and successful career, which had spanned five decades.

Following her retirement, she moved to 22 Morley Terrace in the city. She died on Friday 21 November 1986, aged eighty-seven years.

In 2005, Waterford City Council purchased Annie Brophy's collection of over 60,000 negatives. These are deposited in the City Archives.

Jail Wall Disaster, 1943

Jail Wall Disaster, Waterford City, 1943. Photograph taken by Annie Brophy.

© Waterford City Archives.

Jail Wall Disaster, 1943
© Waterford City Archives.

Jail Wall Disaster, 1943

Jail Wall Disaster, Waterford City, 1943. Photograph taken by Annie Brophy.

© Waterford City Archives.

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There are several public exhibitions of Annie's photographs each year. The Annie Brophy Collection, with its wide-ranging photographs of Waterford's people and buildings, tells us many important things about the social history of twentieth-century Waterford.