A view of biplanes (and a autogyro) over Longford Town in about 1935. The larger plane is apparently an Airspeed Ferry, a ten-seat passenger biplane built in the early 1930s. The photograph is related to an aviation display organised by Alan Cobham (1894-1973). Cobham organised displays of various aircraft, ranging from single-seaters to modern airliners, with many skilled pilots. He toured both Britain and Ireland, calling at hundreds of sites, some of them regular airfields and some just fields cleared for the occasion. Generally known as ‘Cobham's Flying Circus’, it was hugely popular, giving thousands of people their first experience of flying. These displays continued until about 1935.
A poem written by William Woodlock (1801-1803) for his grand-daughter Frances Woodlock 'on receiving from her a lock of her hair'. The poem is dated 12 June 1877 at Bruges, Belgium. This William Woodlock was the father of William Woodlock (1832-1890), the barrister and Dublin Police Court Magistrate.
A view of Pollan Bay near the village of Ballyliffin situated in the north-west of the Inishowen Peninsula in County Donegal. A manuscript annotation on the reverse of the print reads 'View over Pollan Bay near Malin Head / mountains of Inishowen outlined'.
An image of construction work on the Pollaphuca (Poulaphouca) electricity generating station in County Wicklow. A manuscript annotation on the reverse reads 'Poulaphouca Water Scheme / unfinished / awaiting completion / showing turbines'. The photograph is credited to Frank O'Brien, Fermoy, County Cork.
Photographic prints of Pope Paul VI (1897-1978) compiled for publication in 'The Capuchin Annual'. Most of the prints are annotated on the reverse. The photographs are mostly press agency prints from the United Press International Agency and Pontificia Fotografia Felici. The file includes the following images: • The pilgrimage to the Holy Land by Pope Paul VI in January 1964. The photographs show the Pontiff greeting various dignitaries in Israel and Jordan including Patriarch Athenagoras I of Constantinople and King Hussein of Jordan. • The visit to the United States by Pope Paul VI in October 1965. The photographs show him greeting U Thant, United Nations Secretary General, his address to the UN General Assembly, and celebrating a mass for peace at Yankee Stadium, New York. The file also includes some film negatives. • The visit to Turkey by Pope Paul VI in July 1967. The prints show the Pontiff greeting Shenork I Kaloustian, the Armenian Patriarch of Constantinople, and various Orthodox Christian Prelates. • The visit to Uganda by Pope Paul VI in August 1969. One of the prints shows Fr. Killian Flynn OFM Cap. (1905-1972), an Irish Capuchin missionary, greeting Pope Paul VI.
A view of the River Barrow at Portarlington in County Laois. A manuscript annotation on the reverse of the print reads 'Portarlington / where the Barrow is the border between Leix and Offaly'.
An image of the interior of Portland Prison in Dorset, England. The caption reads ‘Portland Prison, Inside the New Hall, showing exterior of cells / Iron ladders & corridors. Life saving nets etc’.
An image of the coastline at Portnoo in County Donegal. The view shows Inishkeel island located in Gweebarra Bay. A printed annotation on the reverse of the print credits the image to Keogh Brothers' Studio, 124 St. Stephen's Green, Dublin.
