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An image captioned 'the River Boyne at Slane, County Meath'. The photograph shows the bridge and beyond the ‘Old Mill’ building and complex on the north bank of River Boyne at Slane.

An image of the ruins of Baldongan Church (also known as 'Baldongan Castle') near Skerries in North County Dublin.

The ‘Amerigo Vespucci’ tall ship, a sail training vessel of the Italian Navy ('Marina Militare') at the Port of Dublin.

A view from Great Blasket Island ('An Blascaod Mór') with the mainland in the distance. A manuscript annotation on the reverse reads 'On the Blasket Islands / looking from Great Blasket towards the mainland'.

A view of the small harbour at Roundstone, Connemara, County Galway, in about 1960.

A view of the old Franciscan Monastery just outside the village of Roundstone in County Galway in about 1960. The Franciscan Brothers left Roundstone and their monastery was sold to the Irish Development Authority (IDA) in 1974. The building was subsequently demolished, and the site was repurposed by the IDA into Michael Killeen Park, a small indigenous craft centre with various factory shops. All that remains of the former monastery is the bell tower.

A view of cottages in Baile na nGall in Ring (An Rinn) in the Irish-speaking Gaeltacht na nDéise in County Waterford.

A view of Ashford Castle Boat House on Lough Corrib on the Galway-Mayo border in about 1960.

An image of a farmer with a draught (dray) horse pulling a plough in West Cork in about 1960.

A view of Shop Street in Galway City in about 1955. The street is the principal thoroughfare through Galway. As the name suggests, it is the city’s main shopping street, and contains numerous old brick buildings, storefronts, and an array of bars. To the right in the photograph is Lynch’s Castle, the only complete secular medieval building left standing in Galway.