A view of the exterior of the Pro-Cathedral of Saint Nicholas located on the corner of Middle Street and Lower Abbeygate Street in Galway. The building was a Catholic place of worship from 1816 until the new Cathedral of Our Lady Assumed into Heaven and Saint Nicholas was opened in 1965. The former Saint Nicholas Cathedral was deconsecrated and the building now houses a variety of retail outlets.
A bound volume containing photographic prints complied for publication and illustrative purposes by Fr. Senan Moynihan OFM Cap. and Fr. Henry Anglin OFM Cap. A manuscript annotation on the spine reads ‘Views’. Most of the prints are not captioned. Many of the prints are of scenic locations in Ireland (ecclesiastical sites and landscapes on the western seaboard), rural life and cityscapes (most notably in Cork). The album includes the following prints (the index number refers to the pagination within the volume):
Lake at Glendalough, County Wicklow.
Keem Bay, Achill Island, County Mayo.
Shrine of St. Michael the Archangel, Kilmihil, County Clare.
Gyles’ Quay, Cooley Peninsula, County Louth.
Steamships at the Quay in Waterford city.
‘Overlooking the River Suir at Ardfinnan’, County Tipperary.
View of St. Finbarr’s Cathedral, Cork, viewed from South Main Street.
A small village in County Down.
A view of Armagh city.
Lismore Castle, County Waterford.
Corporation Swimming Pool, Cork city.
Crookhaven village, County Cork.
A view of the River Lee and Shandon Tower, County Cork.
Blarney Stone, County Cork.
‘Brandon Hill from the summit of the Connor Pass, County Kerry’.
View of the harbor and St Colman’s Cathedral, Cobh, County Cork.
View of Holy Trinity Church and Parliament Bridge, Cork city.
View of Patrick’s Hill looking towards St. Patrick’s Street, Cork city.
The graveyard in the Church of St Anne, Shandon, Cork city.
The entrance to the Mardyke Athletic Grounds, Cork city.
A view of MacCurtain Street, Cork, in about 1945. Formerly called King Street, this historic thoroughfare was renamed in honour of Tomás Mac Curtain (1884-1920), a republican Lord Mayor of Cork who was assassinated during the War of Independence.
A view of the seafront at Gyles' Quay in County Louth in about 1950. A manuscript annotation on the reverse of the print reads 'Gyles' Quay near Dundalk'.
A print titled ‘Small talk on Shandon Street, Cork’. The print is dated to c.1940. From the eighteenth century onward, Shandon Street was known as major site for commercial activity on the north-side of Cork. Some of the women in the image are wearing a traditional black shawl. Many working-class Irish women survived as street traders, selling fruit, vegetables and second-hand clothing. In Cork they were known as ‘the Shawlies’ because of the distinctive, traditional black shawls they wore on the streets.
A view of Lower Rathmines Road, Dublin, in about 1945. The photograph was taken from the bridge spanning the Grand Canal. Although usually referred to as Portobello Bridge, the official name is La Touche Bridge, named after William Digges La Touche (1747-1803), the heir to a prominent Dublin business family and a director of the Grand Canal Company.
A view of Kilsheelan (Cill Síoláin), a small village in County Tipperary, in about 1930. Situated on the north bank of the River Suir, Kilsheelan is located about eight kilometres from Clonmel and eleven kilometres from Carrick-on-Suir.
A view of West Gate Tower in Wexford in about 1950. The tower in the photograph was originally called Selskar Gate and served as a private entrance to Selskar Abbey rather than as a public town gate. The image shows the structure in a rather dilapidated state (complete with pigeon coops fixed to the walls). In the 1990s, Selskar Gate underwent a complete restoration and was renamed West Gate Tower serving as an important reminder of Wexford’s built heritage.
