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A view of the Mercy Hospital (now Mercy University Hospital) in Cork in 1938. The caption to the photograph notes that the building was ‘once the Mansion House’, a reference to the fact that the oldest part of the hospital was built between 1764 and 1767 and that the original building served as the official residence of the Lord Mayor of Cork until 1842.

A postcard print of Belfast City Hall issued by the Ulster Tourist Development Association (UTDA), 6 Royal Avenue, Belfast.

A view of the town of Ennis in County Clare in about 1940. The photograph was taken from the bell tower of the old Franciscan Friary located on Abbey Street in the town.

An exterior view of the Cathedral of the Most Holy Trinity located on Barronstrand Street in Waterford city.

A view of Wicklow town and harbour in about 1940.

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.

A view of the exterior of Saint Patrick's Catholic Cathedral on North Street in Skibbereen in County Cork. Located in the Diocese of Cork and Ross, this neo-classical church was built between 1826 and 1832 to a design by the Cork-born architect, Michael Augustine O'Riordan (c.1783-1848), a Presentation Brother.

A view of the exterior of the Pro-Cathedral of Saint Nicholas located on the corner of Middle Street and Lower Abbeygate Street in Galway. The building was a Catholic place of worship from 1816 until the new Cathedral of Our Lady Assumed into Heaven and Saint Nicholas was opened in 1965. The former Saint Nicholas Cathedral was deconsecrated and the building now houses a variety of retail outlets.

A postcard print of Harbour Row in Cobh (formerly Queenstown) in County Cork.

A view of MacCurtain Street, Cork, in about 1945. Formerly called King Street, this historic thoroughfare was renamed in honour of Tomás Mac Curtain (1884-1920), a republican Lord Mayor of Cork who was assassinated during the War of Independence.