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A view of a medieval-themed banquet held in Bunratty Castle in County Clare in 1967.

A view of Bunmahon (also called Bonmahon or in Irish, 'Bun Machan'), a small coastal village in County Waterford, in about 1935.

A view of the town of Buncrana in County Donegal. A typescript annotation on the reverse of the print reads 'Looking towards Buncrana, County Donegal, in the distance is Dunree Head which is situated at the entrance to Lough Swilly'.

An image of people walking along the Bull Wall in Dublin. The print is annotated and titled on the reverse ‘Bull Wall / Evening Study / Marionettes’.

Account book of ‘monies received towards the new [Friary] building during the year 1895’. An index is given on the title page by Fr. Fidelis Neary OSFC, guardian and definitor: I. List of guarantors on three-year system. II. List of special benefactors with amounts subscribed. III. Amounts received from Brothers and Sisters of the Third Order of St. Francis. IV. Expenditure account on new building (mostly with Stephen Lalor [var. Lawlor], builder and contractor).

An image of the construction of a rudimentary school at Loanja mission station in Barotseland.

Clippings of articles referring to the building (and funding) of the new House of Studies and Ard Mhuire Capuchin Friary, Creeslough, County Donegal. The file includes:
• ‘New Capuchin Friary for Ard Mhuire / to replace former landlord mansion’. 'The Derry People', 9 May 1964. The article has an extensive photograph of the building site with the old Ard Mhuire Friary in the background.
• ‘New Capuchin Friary’. 'The People’s Press', 9 May 1964. Includes photographs of the old Ard Mhuire Friary and of an architectural model of the new building.
• ‘The visitor to Ards is mystified’ by John Moore, referring to the history of the Capuchins in Donegal and to the new Ard Mhuire Friary.
• ‘First Silver Circle Draw for Ard Mhuire’. 'The Derry People', 12 Feb. 1966. Includes a photograph of Fr. Godfrey Mannion OFM Cap., Fr. Nicholas O’Brien OFM Cap. and others at the aforementioned draw in aid of the Friary building fund.
See also CA DL/2/3/7.

An image showing the construction of a currach at Baile na nGall (Ballydavid) on the northern shores of Smerwick Harbour on the Dingle Peninsula in County Kerry in about 1940. The print is annotated on the reverse ‘Building a Naomhóg, Baile na nGall, Dingle, County Kerry’. The print is credited to Emmet Humphreys, Blackrock, County Dublin.

A postcard print of the Browne-Clayton Monument on Carrigadaggan Hill, Carrigbyrne, County Wexford. This Corinthian column was designed by Thomas Alfred Cobden (1794-1842) in about 1840 at the request of Robert Browne-Clayton to perpetuate the memory of his comrade, General Sir Ralph Abercromby (1731-1801), who died in Egypt during the Napoleonic Wars. Published by the 'Strand Hotel, Rosslare / From the Movie Film "Historic Wexford"'.

A photographic print of a British military inspection in the Royal Barracks (now Collins Barracks) in Dublin. The inspecting officer is General Sir John Maxwell (1859-1929).