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A view of Cromwell’s Arch in Youghal, County Cork, in about 1945. It was from here on 26 May 1650 that Oliver Cromwell departed Ireland having overwintered in the town following his military campaign in the country.

An aerial view of Croke Park (Páirc an Chrócaigh), Dublin, in September 1938. The image shows (on the right) the newly-completed Cusack Stand which was officially opened in time for the All-Ireland football semi-final between Kerry and Laois on 21 August 1938.

A view of the landscape near the slopes of Croagh Patrick, County Mayo, in about 1935. This 764-metre-high mountain is traditionally climbed by pilgrims on the last Sunday in July. The traditional thatched cottage in the foreground is noted in the caption (on the reverse of the print) as being the birthplace in Louisburgh of John McEvilly, the Archbishop of Tuam from 1881 to 1902

An image of the Reek Sunday pilgrimage on Croagh Patrick in County Mayo.

A print of a drawing of the Crawford School of Art (now the Crawford Art Gallery) in Cork. The illustration is by Somhairle McCann, Principal of the School of Art from 1937 to 1967.

A view of Cork Courthouse on Washington Street in the city in about 1945.

A view from a window in the courthouse in Tralee, County Kerry. A cannon (used in the Crimean War and in the Indian Rebellion) commemorating the Kerry men who had died in these conflicts is visible in the image. A manuscript annotation on the reverse of the print reads 'Courthouse window, Tralee'.

A photographic print of Constance Markievicz (central figure behind the pipers) on a march in support of the election campaign of W.T. Cosgrave in Kilkenny in August 1917.

A woman with a young child (presumably tenants) outside a cottage on the former Ards estate in County Donegal.

A woman outside a traditional cottage in Dunseverick, County Antrim, in about 1945.