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A view of Lower Rathmines Road, Dublin, in about 1945. The photograph was taken from the bridge spanning the Grand Canal. Although usually referred to as Portobello Bridge, the official name is La Touche Bridge, named after William Digges La Touche (1747-1803), the heir to a prominent Dublin business family and a director of the Grand Canal Company.

A view of Kilsheelan (Cill Síoláin), a small village in County Tipperary, in about 1930. Situated on the north bank of the River Suir, Kilsheelan is located about eight kilometres from Clonmel and eleven kilometres from Carrick-on-Suir.

A view of West Gate Tower in Wexford in about 1950. The tower in the photograph was originally called Selskar Gate and served as a private entrance to Selskar Abbey rather than as a public town gate. The image shows the structure in a rather dilapidated state (complete with pigeon coops fixed to the walls). In the 1990s, Selskar Gate underwent a complete restoration and was renamed West Gate Tower serving as an important reminder of Wexford’s built heritage.

A view of the coastal village of Clogherhead in County Lough in about 1940. An annotation on the reverse of the print reads 'Co. Louth / Clogherhead - in the village street'.

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).

A view of the original Abbey Theatre building in Dublin in about 1949. The Abbey Theatre was founded in 1904 by W. B. Yeats and Lady Augusta Gregory. In its early years, the theatre was closely associated with the writers of the Irish Literary Revival including Yeats, Gregory, John Millington Synge and Sean O’Casey.

A view of the Allied Irish Bank building at the corner of Westmoreland Street and College Street in Dublin in about 1950. A manuscript annotation on the reverse of the print reads 'Architectural Study, Dublin'.

Detail from the exterior of George's Street Arcade, a Victorian style red-bricked market building (opened in 1881) located on South Great George's Street in Dublin. A manuscript annotation on the reverse of the print reads 'Beauty in block at George's Street, Dublin'.

A view of the exterior of the Church of St. Vincent de Paul on Griffith Avenue in Marino in Dublin.

An image captioned 'The Goats' Path overlooking Bantry Bay' in County Cork.