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Photographic prints (stills) from the 1936 film 'The Dawn'. This was the first full-length Irish feature film with sound. 'The Dawn' was made by Hibernia Films and was produced and directed by Tom Cooper. Scenes from the film were shot in and around Killarney, County Kerry. The film tells a tale of romance and tragedy set against the backdrop of the War of Independence. The cast included 250 amateur actors drawn from the locality. Some of the cast were IRA veterans of the War of Independence. Several of the prints show reconstructions of an ambush on British forces.

A view of Cavendish Row looking northwards towards Parnell Square and Frederick Street in Dublin in about 1935.

The woodenworks fronting the quay in Wexford in about 1930. The offices of the Wexford Steamship Company, operated by James Stafford (1860-1947), are visible in the background of the image.

An image of a Ford dealership on MacCurtain Street, Cork, in about 1945.

A view of what are presumably two religious sisters in the Phoenix Park in Dublin in about 1945.

An overhead view of St. Patrick’s Street, the principal shopping and commercial street running through the centre of Cork.

A view of Haulbowline Island in Cork Harbour in about 1940. The western side of the island is the main naval base and headquarters for the Irish Naval Service.

A view of Dún Laoghaire harbour, County Dublin, in about 1930.

The clock tower of the Anglican Church of St. Anne, containing the famous 'Bells of Shandon', in Cork.