A SERIES of photos from Irish history have been brought back to life in incredible animations.

The images, taken in Ireland from 1870 to 1910, were sourced from files at the Library of Congress in Washington DC, USA.

3 A boy at Ballynahinch lake in Galway

Creator Matt Loughrey took inspiration following a project at a US museum which saw life imagery of the US Civil War restored in a similar fashion.

Here images are taken from areas around Ireland including Galway, Kerry and Monaghan.

Particularly striking images include a young boy at the edge of a lake in Ballynahinch taken in 1905.

Another photograph taken outside a school in Monaghan shows a group of young girls and boys, also captured in 1905.

3 Kids play outside a Monaghan school building

3 A man from Denbeigh at Killarney, Co Kerry

The final image from 1904 shows a man from Denbeigh in the streets of Killarney in Co Kerry.

The creator behind extraordinary images Matt Loughrey said on the project: "Stereoviews were an interactive way for an audience in the 1900s to visit other parts of the world, in fact, it's not dissimilar to today's VR technology.

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"Only, somewhere along the way, stereoviews have been forgotten and separated by libraries and museums.

"Rediscovering them was not an easy task nor was making them animate as originally intended.

"It's been a success and it invites a new sense of relatability that spans many decades."