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A pamphlet and poem reflecting on John Hogan’s marble statue of the Transfiguration. The statue is held in Mount Argus Passionist Monastery in Harold’s Cross in Dublin. The poem asks the reader to remember the ‘weed-grown, cold [and] forgotten’ grave of the sculptor in the cemetery. The poetic tribute was written by John Clarke (1868-1934), a County Antrim-born nationalist and journalist who wrote numerous articles on Gaelic cultural revivalist subjects, often using the penname ‘Benmore’.

The clock tower of the Anglican Church of St. Anne, containing the famous 'Bells of Shandon', in Cork.

An image of the clock tower of the Anglican Church of St. Anne, containing the 'Bells of Shandon', in Cork. A typescript annotation on the reverse reads 'Famous Shandon Church and steeple bathed in Spring sunshine'. The image is credited to Liam Kennedy, 48 MacCurtain Street, Cork.

A view of the tower of the Cathedral of St. Mary and St. Anne (also known as the North Cathedral) in the Shandon district of Cork in about 1945. The photograph was taken from atop the bell tower of the Anglican Church of St. Anne just a short distance away.

A photographic print of the tomb of Pope Pius X in the crypt below Saint Peter’s Basilica. An annotation on the reverse reads ‘Body of Pius X being removed for placing in crystal casket. Many Irish pilgrims prayed here’. The photograph is credited to G. Felici, Pontificia Fotografia, Rome.

A postcard print of the tomb of Pope Pius X in the crypt below Saint Peter’s Basilica. The card was printed to commemorate his beatification in 1951.