Development Association, Robert Lloyd Praeger, Alexander Hogg, and Arthur Stelfox. By the time of his death, Welch had taken thousands of photographs. A collection of roughly 5,000 of his glass plate negatives, lantern slides, prints, diaries, field notes and annotated maps were acquired by friends and family after his death and presented to the Belfast Museum and Art Gallery, now the Ulster Museum. A permanent exhibition at the Ulster Museum now features twenty enlarged photographs for public display. The glass negatives of the photographs Welch took for Harland & Wolff are featured in the Ulster Folk and Transport Museum. An Ulster History Circle, also known as a Blue plaque was unveiled in Welch's honour on the 26 March 2010, at the home in which he was born in 19-21 Main Street, Strabane, County Tyrone. Welch was also featured in an educational BBC programme, Ulster In Focus. Featured work Some books featuring his works and contributions include: ‘Framing the west: images of rural Ireland 1891-1920’ ‘A list of the photographs in the R.J. Welch collection in the Ulster Museum’ ‘Ireland's eye: the photographs of Robert John Welch’ ‘A history of the land and freshwater Mollusca of Ulster’ ‘Official guide to County Down and the Mourne Mountains.’ ‘Sister Ships Olympic and Titanic, March 6, 1912’ ‘Photograph album. A collection of views taken mainly in Belfast and Ulster c.1870-c.1890.’ ‘A list of photographs in the R.J. Welch Collection in the Ulster Museum. Vol. 2: Botany, geology, and zoology.’ ‘Praeger, Robert Lloyd, M.R.I.A. (1865-1953): collection of photographs relating to R.L. Praeger, in the Library of the Royal Irish Academy.’ ‘Album of Belfast views.’ ‘The Gobbins cliffs and caves, Co. Antrim’ Gallery References External links Robert Welch, photographer of Ireland, birmingham.gov.uk; accessed 27 July 2015. Robert John Welsh Countryside and City, irelandseye.com; accessed 27 July 2015. Biodata, culturenorthernireland.org; accessed 27 July 2015. 1859 births 1936 deaths Irish people of Scottish descent People from County Tyrone Place of death missing 19th-century Irish photographers 20th-century Irish photographers