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A view of the northern side of Parnell Square, Dublin, in about 1940. To the left is the Rotunda Gardens, a Georgian square situated at the northern end of O’Connell Street. A sizeable portion of the gardens were later used as the site for the National Garden of Remembrance in the 1960s. The Hugh Lane Gallery is situated in the building recessed at the right, with the Coláiste Mhuire buildings at the far end of the street.

A postcard image of the Pass of Keimaneigh (in Irish 'Céim an Fhia') in the Shehy Mountains in County Cork. Printed annotation on the reverse reads 'Real Photo by Mason, Dublin'.

An image of a passenger liner arriving at Dún Laoghaire for the 31st International Eucharistic Congress. Irish Air Corps aircraft in a crucifix formation can be seen above the ship.

An image of a passenger ship arriving in Dublin for the 31st International Eucharistic Congress.

A view of passengers boarding a small boat off the Aran Islands in about 1935.

A portrait print of Pat Hernon of Kilmurvey on Inís Mór (Inishmore, the largest of the three Aran Islands), in about 1935.

A family harvesting peat in County Tyrone in about 1940.

A photographic print of an aerial view of Penrose Quay, Cork, in the early 1930s. The sailing ship (a four-masted barque) in the foreground is believed to be the 'Moshulu'. The steamship in the background is the ‘Innisfallen’, built in 1930 for the City of Cork Steam Packet Company. The ‘Innisfallen’ was lost during the Second World War when she struck a mine off Wirral Shore whilst sailing to Liverpool.

A view of what are presumably two religious sisters in the Phoenix Park in Dublin in about 1945.

A view of a group of pilgrims at Gougane Barra in County Cork in 1910. The photograph shows (second on the left) Fr. Huxley, the parish priest who was responsible for building the present-day oratory at Gougane Barra.