A passenger liner off the coast at Dún Laoghaire in County Dublin on 24 June 1932. A caption on the reverse of the image (credited to the Irish Army Air Corps) notes that ship’s arrival at the port was associated with the 31st International Eucharistic Congress (22-26 June 1932).
A view of the courtyard of the eighteenth-century Commercial Buildings on Dame Street in Dublin. The building was used a meeting place by the Ouzel Galley Society, a representative body of city merchants which later became the Dublin Chamber of Commerce. It was demolished to enable the construction of the Central Bank of Ireland building in the 1970s.
An image of the unveiling of a memorial marking the tercentenary of the synod which repudiated James Butler, 1st Marquess of Ormonde (1610-1688), the former Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, and excommunicated his followers. The synod was held in the Franciscan Friary in Jamestown in August 1650.
An image of a commemoration marking the tercentenary of the synod which repudiated James Butler, 1st Marquess of Ormonde (1610-1688), the former Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, and excommunicated his followers. The synod was held in the Franciscan Friary in Jamestown in August 1650.
Two views of the annual Easter commemoration at Arbour Hill Cemetery, Dublin, for the 1916 Rising leaders. The photographs probably show a commemoration ceremony held in the early 1950s.
A view of College Green, Dublin, in the 1930s. Prominent are the electric trams of the Dublin United Tramways Company which operated in the capital from 1872 until the late 1940s.
An image of the destroyed exterior of the Colegio Nuestra Señora de las Maravillas (a De La Salle Brothers’ school) in Madrid, Spain. The building was destroyed during anticlerical riots in the Spanish capital in May 1931. Between 10 May and 13 May 1931, over one hundred convents and other religious buildings were destroyed in an event known as the 'Burning of the Convents'.
