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A print titled 'Above Bay Lough', near Clogheen, County Tipperary. The print is dated May 1934.

A view of the horse fair in Ballinasloe, County Galway, in about 1940. Held annually in October, the Ballinasloe Fair is one of the oldest horse fairs in Europe dating back to at least the eighteenth century.

A view of a turner working on a traditional pole lathe in County Wexford. A manuscript annotation on the reverse of the print reads 'Bowl-turning on the pole lathe. One of the oldest crafts and now almost extinct as an art'.

A family group around a traditional spinning wheel outside a cottage in rural Ireland in about 1945. A manuscript annotation on the reverse of the print reads 'Ireland’s wheel of fortune'.

The spires of the Church of Ireland Cathedral of Saint Fin Barre as seen from the Sunday's Well district in Cork.

A view of the ‘Innisfallen’ docked at the Port of Cork in about 1955. Constructed in 1948 for the British & Irish Steam Packet Company (later known as B&I Line), this was the third ship named ‘Innisfallen’ to serve on the Irish Sea route between Cork and the ports of Fishguard and Swansea in South Wales. The ship was built at William Denny and Brothers Shipbuilders in Dumbarton, Scotland. The ship continued to serve the Port of Cork until 1968 when it was sold to Hellenic Maritime Lines in Greece and renamed ‘Poseidonia’. Following its long years of service, it ended its days at a shipbreakers’ yard in Brindisi, Italy, in 1985.

An aerial view of Marina Quay and the River Lee in Cork. The steamship in the upper left-hand corner of the photograph is the ‘Innisfallen’, built in 1930 for the City of Cork Steam Packet Company. This ship was lost off Liverpool on 21 December 1940.

A view of St. Stephen's Green (Faiche Stiabhna) in Dublin. An annotation on the reverse of the print gives a date of 27 May 1965.

A view of cargo vessels tied up at Dublin Port in about 1960.

A view of the Custom House from across the River Liffey on City Quay in Dublin. A manuscript annotation on the reverse of the print reads 'Custom House, Dublin / Andrew Coleman, 24 Vernon Street, South Circular Road, Dublin'.