A view of the ruins of Ardtully House near Kilgarvan in County Kerry. An annotation on the reverse of the print reads 'Grounds of Ardtully Castle / showing the turret of the Orpen Mansion'. The original castle on this site was destroyed during the Cromwellian conquest of Ireland in the mid-seventeenth century. In 1847, Sir Richard Orpen (1788-1876) demolished the remains of the castle and replaced it with a five-bay, two-storey Scottish-Baronial style house. This house was itself destroyed during the War of Independence in 1921.
A postcard print of the main street in Ardgroom, a village on the Beara Peninsula in County Cork. The image is credited to Kennelly Photoworks, Ashe Street, Tralee, County Kerry.
An image of Ardboe High Cross in County Tyrone. A typescript annotation on the reverse of the print reads 'High Cross at Ardboe / said to be the finest example in Ireland'.
An image showing the use of currachs to unload supplies for communities on the Aran Islands in about 1940. The print is titled ‘Aran contacts the World’.
A view of Annestown (in Irish ‘Bun Abha’, meaning ‘river’s end’), a small coastal village in County Waterford, in about 1955. The tower of the Church of Saint John the Baptist is visible in the image. This small-scale rural church was constructed by the Board of First Fruits, an institution of the Church of Ireland, which was established in 1711 to build and improve Anglican churches and rectories in Ireland. The Church of Saint John the Baptist in Annestown dates to about 1822.
An image of the Anglican Church in Whitechurch in County Kilkenny. A manuscript annotation on the reverse of the print reads 'A tiny country church near Piltown, County Kilkenny'.
