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A pledge medal of the Dublin Total Abstinence Association dating to 1840. The front (face) shows the Good Shepherd. The outer-rim inscription reads ‘I have found the sheep that was lost Luke Chap. 15 v. 6’. The obverse has a cruciform text of the pledge and reads: ‘I have voluntarily promised in the presence of the Revd. Dr. Spratt to abstain from all spiritous liquors and intoxicating drinks except used medicinally and then by order of a medical man and the discountenance of all the vices and practices of intemperance and also to attend to my religious duties’. The outer-rim inscription reads ‘The Dublin Total Abstinence Pledge The Very Revd. Dr. Spratt Patron 1840’. The maker of the medal was J. Taylor.

A view of the small village of Dugort (also known as Doogort) on Achill Island off the coast of County Mayo on Ireland's Atlantic seaboard.

A scene near the village of Duleek in County Meath in about 1930.

A two-funnel passenger ship enters Dun Laoghaire Harbour, Dublin.

A view of Dún Laoghaire harbour, County Dublin, in about 1930.

A view of Dún Laoghaire Harbour with Howth Head in the distance in County Dublin.

An image of the coast at Dún Laoghaire in County Dublin. A manuscript annotation on the reverse of the print reads 'Eventide at Dún Laoghaire'.

A view of the coast off Dún Laoghaire in County Dublin. A manuscript annotation on the reverse of the print reads 'Dún Laoghaire sunset'.

A view of the courthouse on Clanbrassil Street in Dundalk, County Louth, in about 1960. The Maid of Erin statue (erected in 1899 to commemorate the United Irishmen rebellion of 1798) is prominent in the image.