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An image of a large group of pilgrims from Boston, Massachusetts, preparing to disembark from a tender at Cobh in County Cork in August 1949. The group were part of a pilgrimage organised by Richard Cushing (1895-1970), Archbishop of Boston.

An image showing a procession leaving Soissons Cathedral in France following a ceremony to mark its official re-opening. A typescript annotation on the reverse of the print reads 'Soissons cathedral re-opened 15 years after German bombing / The Soissons historic cathedral, one of the finest gothic buildings in the world, which was bombed by the Germans in 1915 and seriously damaged, was solemnly reopened today by Cardinal [Charles] Binet and many bishops / The cathedral is partly restored / The procession leaving the cathedral'.

Two photographic prints showing Bedouin Arabs in Bethlehem, Palestine, in about 1930. The original captions for the prints are as follows: (top) ‘The Bedouin Arabs from all parts of Judea come into the market at Bethlehem to sell their flocks of goats and camels to local Christians. The market is held every Saturday but very few tourists find their way to this interesting spot in the ancient city’. (bottom) ‘Bethlehem – an unusual scene. The market place is a spot off the track for pilgrims and tourists’.

A view of the interior (the organ and choir) of St. Patrick's Roman Catholic Cathedral in Armagh in about 1930. The postcard was published by H. Allison & Son of Armagh, Newry and Warrenpoint.

Two views of the elaborate Celtic cross memorial over the grave of John Keegan Casey (1846-1870), poet and Fenian activist, in Glasnevin cemetery in Dublin.

A mother and daughter in a traditional Irish cottage on Great Blasket Island (An Blascaod Mór) off the coast of County Kerry in c.1930.

A view of a craftsman making traditional clay pipes in Belfast in about 1930.

A portrait print of Pat Hernon of Kilmurvey on Inís Mór (Inishmore, the largest of the three Aran Islands), in about 1935.

A view of two women at a fair on Inishmaan (Inis Meáin), one of the Aran Islands off Galway on Ireland’s Atlantic Coast, in about 1940.

An image of turf-gatherers carrying creels near Cashel, Connemara, County Galway, in about 1935.