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

A postcard print view of Mount St. Joseph Trappist Abbey in Roscrea, County Tipperary. Printed title on the image side of the postcard reads 'Church and Abbey from East. Mount St. Joseph Abbey, Roscrea'.

An exterior view of Mount Melleray Cistercian (Trappist) Abbey in County Waterford in 1931.

A view of the Monk’s Fishing House on the River Cong in County Mayo in about 1940. Situated not far from the site of the former Augustinian Abbey of Cong, this small stone structure probably dates to the early sixteenth century. The fishing house is located on an island on the River Cong leading towards nearby Lough Corrib. It is built on a platform of stones over a small arched opening which allows the river to flow underneath the floor. A trapdoor in the floor is thought to have been used for a net to catch fish. It is believed a line connected the fishing house to the monastery kitchen to alert the monks to a fresh catch.

A view of the scenery around Mizen Head in County Cork, Ireland’s most south-westerly point, in about 1950. The building perched on the top of the cliff is Mizen Head Fog Signal Station built by the Commissioners of Irish Lights in 1906.

A postcard print of the Mercy Convent in Ardee, County Louth. Printed caption on image side reads 'The Convent of Mercy, Ardee'. A manuscript note on the reverse (addressed to Fr. Senan Moynihan OFM Cap., Church Street, Dublin) reads '... At present I have 50 books of tickets on hand for the Canon for Ballapousta draw, but will not forget you when this is over. / Sr. M. K.'. Postmark date reads 25 September 1931.

An image of a pilgrim at a Mass rock near the village of Ballinamuck in north County Longford.

An aerial view of Marino, a suburb on the north side of Dublin, in June 1932. Visible in the photograph is the O’Brien Institute which was built in the early 1880s as an orphan home and school. The Institute buildings are now used as a training and conference centre for Dublin City Fire Brigade. The print shows large tents pitched on the grounds of the Casino in Marino. The tents may have had some connection with pilgrims attending the International Eucharistic Congress.

An aerial view of Marina Quay and the River Lee in Cork. The steamship in the upper left-hand corner of the photograph is the ‘Innisfallen’, built in 1930 for the City of Cork Steam Packet Company. This ship was lost off Liverpool on 21 December 1940.

An aerial view of Marina Quay and the River Lee taken from the Montenotte area in Cork. The original print is endorsed with an annotation on the reverse affirming that it was ‘passed by the censor’ suggesting that the photograph was taken some time between 1939 and 1945.