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An image of an Irish Army military vehicle (most likely a Morris C8, commonly known as a 'Quad') towing an artillery piece across a river. A typescript annotation on the reverse of the print reads ‘Battle of the South / Heavy gun is towed across a river / A picture from the manoeuvres in the south by Frank O’Brien, Fermoy’.

Irish Army soldiers on parade (possibly in Collins Barracks, Dublin) in c.1940.

An Irish Army vehicle towing an artillery piece crosses a pontoon bridge while on manoeuvres. A manuscript annotation on the reverse of the print reads 'Artillery crosses a pontoon bridge during army manoeuvres in the south'.

An image of two Irish Army armored cars on manoeuvres in the countryside during the wartime 'Emergency'.

An postcard print of the entrance to the Irish College of St. Anthony in Leuven (Louvain) in Belgium. The partially obscured inscription over the archway reads ‘Do ċum glóire Dé agus onóra na hÉireann (‘For the glory of God and the honour of Ireland’) and is taken from the ‘Annals of the Four Masters’.

An image of Irish dancing prizewinners at the Father Mathew Feis in Dublin in 1938.

An image captioned as follows 'Pupils of the Mullholland School of Dancing, Belfast, who won the St. Michael's Cup for Hornpipe (under 16) at the Father Mathew Feis, Dublin'. The clipping was taken from the 'Irish Press'.

A view of traditional Irish dancing on the seafront at Bundoran, County Donegal, in about 1950.

A photographic postcard print captioned ‘Learning Irish Dancing at Ring College’ (Coláiste na Rinne) in County Waterford. Coláiste na Rinne was established in 1905 and officially recognised as an Irish language summer school in 1907. The principal founders of the college were Pádraig Ó Cadhla (1875-1948), an organiser for Conradh na Gaeilge in the locality, and Richard Henebry (1863-1916), also known as Risteard de Hindeberg, a Waterford-born priest, Irish language scholar and traditional music collector.

A photograph of the Irish delegation in London for negotiations with British officials. The group are from left to right John Whelan Dulanty, Irish High Commissioner, Seán Lemass, and Dr James Ryan.