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A view of Eyre Square, a public park located in the centre of Galway city.

A clipping of a facsimile copy of a ten shilling note issued by the Limerick Soviet. The caption notes that the photograph was published in the ‘Daily Mail’ in 1919. The note carries the inscription around the edges: ‘General Strike Against British Militarism. Limerick April 1919’; and in the centre: ‘The Workers of Limerick promise to pay the bearer ten shillings for The Limerick Trades and Labour Council’. The note is signed by the chairman and treasurer.

A facsimile copy of an original tribute to Daniel Murray, Archbishop of Dublin (d. 26 February 1852).

Photographic print of an unidentified family group. The group includes the father and presumably the eldest son in military uniform. Three younger boys, a mother, and presumably a daughter are also present in the image.

A family group around a traditional spinning wheel outside a cottage in rural Ireland in about 1945. A manuscript annotation on the reverse of the print reads 'Ireland’s wheel of fortune'.

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

A view of a farmer sowing seeds in a ploughed field. A manuscript annotation on the reverse of the print reads 'The sower went out'.

A view of two farmers at work on Inishmaan (Inis Meáin), one of the Aran Islands off the coast of County Galway, in about 1930.

An image of resting labourers on a farm in Rockwell near Cashel in County Tipperary in about 1955.