A clipping of a report on the murders of Lord Frederick Cavendish, the Chief Secretary for Ireland, and Thomas Henry Burke, Permanent Secretary for Ireland, in the Phoenix Park, Dublin, on 6 May 1882. The report was published in the ‘Morning Post’ newspaper.
A view of a road running through the Phoenix Park in Dublin. A manuscript annotation on the reverse of the print reads 'Sunshine in the Phoenix Park, Dublin'.
A carte de visite of the emblem of the Catholic Boys' Brigade founded on Church Street in Dublin in March 1894. The photographic print (on card) was produced by W.F. O’Connor, 1 Wellington Quay, corner of Parliament Street, Dublin.
A clipping of a pictorial map showing ‘the points attacked in the City of Dublin by the Sinn Féin rebels’. The illustration was printed in the ‘Weekly Dispatch’ (30 April 1916).
Images of a group of Irish pilgrims travelling to the island of Iona, off the Isle of Mull on the west coast of Scotland. The pilgrimage was organised by Fr. Senan Moynihan OFM Cap. and Fr. Gerald McCann OFM Cap. The monastic community on Iona was founded by Columba (521-597 AD), also known as Colmcille, an Irish abbot and missionary, in 563 AD.
A view of a group of pilgrims at Gougane Barra in County Cork in 1910. The photograph shows (second on the left) Fr. Huxley, the parish priest who was responsible for building the present-day oratory at Gougane Barra.
An image of female pipers on parade at the 1916 silver jubilee commemorations outside the General Post Office on O’Connell Street in Dublin. The parade took place on 13 April 1941.