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The sanctuary in the Church of St. Francis, Capuchin Friary, Kilkenny.

A view of the unveiling of the Four Masters monument in The Diamond, the main square, in Donegal Town in 1938. The obelisk was erected to commemorate the four Franciscan friars (Mícheál Ó Cléirigh, Cú Choigcríche Ó Cléirigh, Peregrine Ó Duibhgeannáin and Fearfeasa Ó Maol Chonaire) who compiled the ‘Annals of the Four Masters’ between 1630 and 1636. Their names are incised into the monument (one to each face). Written in Irish, the ‘Annals of the Four Masters’ (Irish: 'Annála na gCeithre Máistrí'), are one of the most important surviving chronicles of medieval Irish history. The obelisk was designed by the Dublin architectural firm O’Callaghan and Giron, and was unveiled in 1938 by the Bishop of Raphoe, Dr William MacNeely, at the bequest of Patrick Gallagher, solicitor and noted historian, who bequeathed £5,000 for the creation of the monument.

A postcard print of Tobernalt Holy Well in County Sligo.

A view of a truck and trailer at the entrance to Broadstone Station in Dublin in about 1935. An annotation on the reverse reads ‘A Chenard-Walcker tractor / trailer in the early 1930s / a forerunner of today’s juggernauts’.

An aerial view of the Tuam Sugar Beet Factory in about 1940. Manufacturing operations began in the factory in November 1934. The factory was a mainstay of the local economy and remained the principal employer in Tuam and the surrounding countryside for much of the twentieth century. It was finally closed in January 1987 and the plant was subsequently demolished.

A view of men loading turf onto a small boat probably bound for the Aran Islands off the west coast of Ireland.

An image of turf collectors loading peat onto a traditional creel carried by a donkey. The location is the pier at Cill Éinne on Inis Mór (Inishmore), one of the Aran Islands off the coast of County Galway. The village in the distance is Cill Rónáin (Kilronan).

An image of a turf-cutting competition at Allenwood in County Kildare. A typescript annotation on the reverse notes that the image was taken in June 1942.

An image of men collecting turf in traditional creels. A typescript annotation on the reverse of the print reads 'Turf gatherers from the West of Ireland'.

A print titled (on the reverse): ‘Turf / Lunchtime on the bog / Turf workers on Clonsast bog, County Offaly’. The image is credited to Charles C. Fennell.