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A view of the beachfront at Youghal in County Cork in about 1950.

A view of Benbulbin, part of the Dartry Mountains, and an iconic landmark in County Sligo.

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

A view of the coastline off Mullaghmore ('An Mullach Mór') in County Sligo in about 1935.

A postcard print titled 'Loughbeg, Castlegregory, County Kerry'. The image shows boating activities on the shores of Lough Gill. A printed annotation on the reverse suggests the photograph is credited to T.J. Egan, Castlegregory.

Images of the procession of friendly societies in the Italian Quarter of Hatton Garden in London in July 1931. The procession of Our Lady of Mount Carmel – held on the Sunday after 16 July – was Little Italy’s most important cultural event. Except during wartime, it has taken place annually since at least 1896. The procession was one of the first public manifestations of Catholicism given legal sanction since the Reformation in the sixteenth century. Queen Victoria was said to have granted special permission to the local police in Holborn to allow the parade to take place.

A postcard print of a large crowd assembled around a specially erected altar on Watling Street Bridge (now known as Rory O’More Bridge) over the River Liffey in Dublin during the Catholic Emancipation centenary celebrations in June 1929.

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 the Pontifical Mass in the Phoenix Park during the 31st International Eucharistic Congress in Dublin.

An image of the large congregation at a Pontifical Mass held in the Phoenix Park during the 31st International Eucharistic Congress in Dublin. Members of religious congregations (including some Capuchin friars) are visible in the photograph.