An image of the funeral of Fr. Maurus Phelan OCSO, the former Abbot of Mount Melleray Abbey in County Waterford. A manuscript annotation on the reverse of the print reads 'scene at the graveside of the late Lord Abbot of Mount Melleray / Most Rev. Dr. [Bernard] Hackett DD, Bishop of Waterford, with spade. The new Lord Abbot, Rt. Rev. Stanislaus Hickey is shown second from left'.
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 turf gatherer. A typescript caption on the reverse of the print reads ‘Turf: one seventh of Ireland is covered with turf, varying from one or two feet to twenty feet in depth’. The image is credited to Charles C. Fennell, Dundrum, County Dublin.
