An image of the aftermath of the siege of the Four Courts at the outset of the Civil War in Dublin. A manuscript caption on the reverse of the print reads ‘Rebel Garrison Surrenders / Four Courts in flames after great explosion / Four Courts, the Republicans fortress in Dublin, unconditionally surrendered to the Free State troops yesterday and the garrison of about 150 all now in Mountjoy prison / Picture shows women and children being taken away from the danger zone in [a] Red Cross ambulance’.
A view of the rear of Ard Mhuire Friary (formerly Ards House) in County Donegal. A manuscript annotation on the reverse of the print reads 'rear view of Ards House'.
A clipping of an article titled 'Real Irish Music' published in 'The Waterford Star' (28 Nov. 1903). The article takes the form of a letter to the editor from 'a real admirer' and refers to Fr. Richard Henebry's scholarship on traditional Irish music.
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 a group of people (including the station master and children) at the Rochestown Railway Station, County Cork. The annotated cover reads ‘Group at Rochestown Station before completion of loop line’.
A photographic print of British army personnel with goods seized from St. Enda’s College (the school founded in 1908 by Patrick Pearse) in Dublin. The manuscript caption reads ‘Loot from St. Enda’s’.
A view of Queenstown (now Cobh), County Cork, from the harbour. Fr. Theobald Mathew OSFC died in Queenstown on 8 December 1856. St. Colman’s Cathedral is prominent in the image. The cathedral is still lacking the octagonal limestone spire. Construction on the Cathedral began in 1868 but work on the spire did not commence until 1911 and was eventually completed in 1914.