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A crowned skull on the sarcophagus of Emperor Charles VI (1685-1740) framing the entrance to the Maria Theresa vault in the Imperial Crypt, Capuchin Friary, Vienna, Austria.

A view of biplanes (and a autogyro) over Longford Town in about 1935. The larger plane is apparently an Airspeed Ferry, a ten-seat passenger biplane built in the early 1930s. The photograph is related to an aviation display organised by Alan Cobham (1894-1973). Cobham organised displays of various aircraft, ranging from single-seaters to modern airliners, with many skilled pilots. He toured both Britain and Ireland, calling at hundreds of sites, some of them regular airfields and some just fields cleared for the occasion. Generally known as ‘Cobham's Flying Circus’, it was hugely popular, giving thousands of people their first experience of flying. These displays continued until about 1935.

A photographic print of Gaelic football teams parading before a match in Croke Park, Dublin.

A view of the exterior of the General Post Office on O'Connell Street in Dublin in about 1940.

An image of an artwork seller on O’Connell Bridge, Dublin, in about 1940.

A view of the Phoenix Park in Dublin in the summer of 1948.

A view of the Blarney Stone in about 1945. According to legend, kissing the stone (which is built into the battlements of Blarney Castle, County Cork) bestows upon the person the gift of eloquence and persuasiveness.

A view of the O'Connell Monument on the southern end of O'Connell Street in Dublin.

An image of the Dáil chamber in Leinster House in Dublin.

An image of St. Stephen's Green (Faiche Stiabhna) in Dublin. The photograph shows the stone (pedestrian) bridge spanning the lake in the centre of the Green.