The Library, Capuchin Friary, Kilkenny
- IE CA CP/1/1/2/1/2
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- c.1930
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Postcard print of the library in the Capuchin Friary (Walkin Street, later Friary Street), Kilkenny.
The Library, Capuchin Friary, Kilkenny
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Postcard print of the library in the Capuchin Friary (Walkin Street, later Friary Street), Kilkenny.
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The Lee Public Baths, Victoria Cross, Cork, in about 1945. The Lee Baths were a sprawling outdoor and unheated swimming pool complex with rudimentary concrete finishes and a perilous diving board. Costing £23,000 to build, the baths opened to the public in 1934.
Missionary Ambulance, Somaliland
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An ambulance used by Capuchin missionaries in Berbera in British-controlled Somaliland in Northern Africa. French Capuchin friars from Toulouse began ministering in Somalia in 1881 and continued to labour there until they were expelled by the British authorities for political reasons.
The ‘Forty Steps’ (otherwise known as Cromwell’s Quarters), Dublin
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The ‘Forty Steps’ otherwise known as Cromwell’s Quarters just off James’s Street in Dublin.
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A view of Clanbrassil Street, Dundalk, in about 1945. The modern town of Dundalk largely owes its form to James Hamilton, 1st Earl of Clanbrassil (c.1618-1659) who commissioned the construction of many of the main streets leading to the town centre.
Aerial view of Waterford City and Redmond Bridge
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An aerial view of Waterford city showing Redmond Bridge in c.1940.
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An image titled ‘Inishmaan Pupils’. The print is slightly blurred but the date (25 May 1937) is visible on the teacher’s blackboard. Inishmaan (Inis Meáin) is the middle of the three main Aran Islands located off Galway on Ireland’s Atlantic Coast.
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A postcard print of the beach at Rossbeigh in County Kerry.
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A view of Cork City Hall taken from across the River Lee on South Mall in about 1940. A large crowd is assembled in front of the building.
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A view of Cave Hill, a prominent rocky hill overlooking Belfast. The structure on the slopes of Cave Hill is Belfast Castle, constructed in the late 1860s for George Hamilton Chichester, 3rd Marquess of Donegall (1797-1883).