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A postcard view of the exterior of St Muredach’s Cathedral in Ballina, County Mayo. Construction of the cathedral commenced in 1827. Work on the building’s spire was completed in 1855. The postcard was produced by the Milton Postcard Company.

The Church of St. Laurence O’Toole on the corner of Seville Place and Lower Sheriff Street in Dublin.

An aerial view of St. Patrick's Hospital, Belmont Park, Waterford. St. Patrick's Hospital was a psychiatric hospital and institution run by the Brothers of Charity.

An image of a holly seller in Cork in about 1940.

A view of a group of children dancing a jig on Great Blasket Island (An Bhlascaod Mór) off the coast of County Kerry in about 1940.

An image of two inhabitants of the Aran Islands in about 1940. The title of the print is ‘seanchas’, an old Irish word referring to the act of storytelling and conveying an ancient tale handed down by oral tradition. A ‘seanchaí’ was a storyteller or a custodian of this tradition.

A view of the landscape around Slemish, a small mountain near Ballymena in County Antrim in about 1935. According to tradition, Slemish (or Slieve Mish as it was historically called), is the first known Irish home of Saint Patrick.

A print titled 'Above Bay Lough', near Clogheen, County Tipperary. The print is dated May 1934.

A view of the horse fair in Ballinasloe, County Galway, in about 1940. Held annually in October, the Ballinasloe Fair is one of the oldest horse fairs in Europe dating back to at least the eighteenth century.

A view of a turner working on a traditional pole lathe in County Wexford. A manuscript annotation on the reverse of the print reads 'Bowl-turning on the pole lathe. One of the oldest crafts and now almost extinct as an art'.