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A view of Nelson’s Pillar on O'Connell Street as seen from Henry Street, Dublin, in 1964.

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 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.

Two views of Kylemore Abbey in Connemara, County Galway, in about 1940.

A view of a boy in the window of the ruined medieval church at Kilmalkedar near Dingle in County Kerry in about 1940. The site of Kilmalkedar consists of a large ecclesiastical complex with archaeological remains dating from the early to late medieval period. It is dedicated to a little-known local saint called Maolcethair. At the centre of this site is the twelfth century Hiberno-Romanesque Church. According to tradition, those suffering from rheumatism, ‘falling sickness’ (epilepsy), or other ills might be restored to health by passing three times through the window.

A view of a man posing in the window of the ruined medieval church at Kilmalkedar near Dingle in County Kerry in about 1940. The caption on the reverse of the print provides detail on the traditional cures associated with this church : ‘Even the stoutest can pass through this "needle’s eye" at the beautiful ancient Church of Kilmalkedar by following the directions of the guide. If the window is passed through three times on Easter Sunday and the church circumambulated three times in the direction of the sun’s motion it is said to be a certain cure of all rheumatic ills. It is said no one has yet failed to pass through the window’.

A view of Kilkenny Castle on the banks of the River Nore in about 1940.

Two views of the elaborate Celtic cross memorial over the grave of John Keegan Casey (1846-1870), poet and Fenian activist, in Glasnevin cemetery in Dublin.