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An image of Oldtown Bridge and in the distance, the Cathedral of St. Eunan and St. Columba in Letterkenny, County Donegal. Oldtown Bridge, a triple-arch road bridge over the River Swilly, was built in about 1720.

A profile of the sculptor Oliver Sheppard by John Crampton Walker published in ‘Irish Life’ (19 January 1917). The article includes an image of Sheppard’s ‘The Death of Cuchulainn’ (1911-2).

A view of the banks of the River Liffey and the Islandbridge area in Dublin. The Wellington Monument obelisk in the Phoenix Park is visible in the background. A manuscript annotation on the reverse of the print reads 'Showery Weather'.

A image captioned 'On the Kenmare Road near Glengarriff' in County Cork.

A scene on the road to Slane in County Meath in about 1955.

A photographic print titled 'On the road to Achill, County Mayo'.

An anti-conscription and anti-English handbill issued with the aim of persuading members of the Royal Irish Constabulary not to support the British war effort. It reads ‘Private Hodgins would have his work cut out for him here but for you. You are the eyes and the ears for him. Do you think that your own people are likely to forget the fact? What do you think Private Hodgins would do if the German stranger was in England and gave him a gun?’.

A view of the open-air swimming pool (the Lee Public Baths) at Victoria Cross in Cork city in about 1945.

A clipping of an article reporting on the opening of the Tuam Art Exhibition by Archbishop Joseph Walsh. Reference is made to the kindness shown by Fr. Senan Moynihan OFM Cap. in lending fifteen artworks ‘of outstanding merit’ to the exhibition. The article is taken from the ‘Tuam Herald’ (7 April 1945). (Volume page 238).

An image of St. Finbarr's Oratory at Gougane Barra near Macroom in County Cork.