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An image of fishing vessels moored at Castletownbere Harbour in County Cork. A manuscript annotation on the reverse of the print reads 'The Pier, Castletownbere'.

A view of Castlegar, a small village located just outside Galway city, in about 1945. . An annotation on the reverse of the print reads ‘Coming home from the market / a picturesque scene at Castlegar, near Galway’. The image was taken by P.J. Cahir, Knockroe, Kilfenora, County Clare.

Castle Street from Market Square in Macroom, County Cork.

A view of the Casey’s Corner building at the junction of Market Quay and Lower O’Connell Street in Kinsale in County Cork.

A clipping of a cartoon by Grace Gifford titled ‘The Bridal Gown’. The drawing was published in the ‘Irish Life’ magazine (7 November 1913). (Volume page 159).

A view of Carrick-on-Suir, a town in County Tipperary in about 1955. The two bridges over the river in Carrick-on-Suir are visible in the photograph. In the foreground stands the Dillon Bridge, a road bridge crossing built between 1879 and 1880 and named after John Dillon (1851-1927), an Irish nationalist politician. The historic ‘Old Bridge’ (built 1447) stands slightly further up-river.

A view of the five-arch limestone road bridge crossing the River Shannon at Carrick-on-Shannon in County Leitrim.

A postcard print of Carrick-a-Rede Rope Bridge near Ballycastle in County Antrim. The bridge links the mainland to the small island of Carrickarede. The print is credited to Welch photographic studios.

An image of a carrageen (seaweed) collector on the beach (Trá an Dóilín or Coral Strand) near Carraroe, Connemara, County Galway.

An aerial view of Carlow Town in about 1945. Prominent buildings in the image include (in the foreground) the Cathedral of the Assumption. Work on this Gothic-Revival style building commenced in 1828 and it was completed in 1833. The cathedral’s 151 feet (46 metre) spire is a conspicuous landmark in the town. Adjacent to the cathedral is St. Patrick’s College, a former seminary for the diocese of Kildare and Leighlin, and now a liberal arts and humanities college for lay students. The English-born architect Thomas Alfred Cobden (1794-1842) was responsible for the design of the college’s south wing (1817-1819) and north wing (1821-1835) and later the adjoining cathedral. Near the River Barrow adjoining Wellington Bridge (better known as Graiguecullen Bridge) are the ruins of Carlow Castle.