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A view of the landscape near the slopes of Croagh Patrick, County Mayo, in about 1935. This 764-metre-high mountain is traditionally climbed by pilgrims on the last Sunday in July. The traditional thatched cottage in the foreground is noted in the caption (on the reverse of the print) as being the birthplace in Louisburgh of John McEvilly, the Archbishop of Tuam from 1881 to 1902

An image of the Reek Sunday pilgrimage on Croagh Patrick in County Mayo.

An aerial view of Croke Park (Páirc an Chrócaigh), Dublin, in September 1938. The image shows (on the right) the newly-completed Cusack Stand which was officially opened in time for the All-Ireland football semi-final between Kerry and Laois on 21 August 1938.

A view of Cromwell’s Arch in Youghal, County Cork, in about 1945. It was from here on 26 May 1650 that Oliver Cromwell departed Ireland having overwintered in the town following his military campaign in the country.

A view of the village of Crookhaven on the Mizen Peninsula in County Cork.

A view of Currach racing off the harbour at Ballydavid (Baile na nGall), Dingle Peninsula, County Kerry, in about 1940.

A collection of currachs at Baile-na-nGall on the shores of Smerwick Harbour, County Kerry, in about 1930.

A postcard print showing a group of currachs and fishermen off the Aran Islands on Ireland's Atlantic seaboard. The printed annotation on the reverse reads ‘Real Photo by Mason, Dublin’.

A colour-tinted postcard print of the village of Cushendall in County Antrim. The postcard is dated on the reverse (26 August 1931).

A photograph of children playing at the river’s edge at Custom House Quay, Dublin, in the 1940s. The ship moored in the background, ‘Clarecastle’ was used by Guinness, the brewers, to transport their product to England from 1919-1953.