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A view of O’Connell Street, Dublin, in about 1930. One of the prominent buildings on Upper O’Connell Street is the Grand Central Cinema which opened its doors in 1921. It was badly damaged in a bomb attack in 1923, and finally destroyed when a fire broke out in 1946. The location is now occupied by a bank.

A view of O’Connell Street in Limerick in about 1940. The clock tower in the distance in the image stood atop Cannock’s Department Store. It was demolished after the store was taken over by Penneys (Primark) in 1980.

An image of an ocean liner docked at a port in front of railway yard and an industrial area. The location of the port is not given.

A photographic print titled 'On the road to Achill, County Mayo'.

A view of the open-air swimming pool (the Lee Public Baths) at Victoria Cross in Cork city in about 1945.

An image of pilgrims praying outside St. Finbarr's Oratory at Gougane Barra near Macroom in County Cork.

An image of an outdoor (clothing and shoe) street market, most likely in the vicinity of the old Moore Street market area in Dublin. The image may possibly show stalls on either Horseman’s Row or Coles Lane in this area (the present-day Ilac Centre now covers this site).

A general view of the Owenreagh River Valley in County Kerry.

A view (taken from City Hall) looking down Parliament Street towards Grattan Bridge and beyond to Capel Street in Dublin. On the left in the image are the offices of the ‘Evening Mail’ newspaper located on the corner of Parliament Street and Cork Hill.

An image of a peat collector in the Sperrin Mountain range in County Tyrone. An annotation on the reverse reads 'Bringing home the turf / Seen in the Sperrin Mountains'. The photograph was taken by James Roland Bainbridge (1891-1967).