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A view of the Blarney Stone in about 1945. According to legend, kissing the stone (which is built into the battlements of Blarney Castle, County Cork) bestows upon the person the gift of eloquence and persuasiveness.

An image of a woman kissing the Blarney Stone. Blarney Castle is a fifteenth-century tower house located in County Cork. According to legend, kissing the stone (which is built into the battlements of the castle) bestows upon the person the gift of eloquence, flattery, and persuasiveness. Though earlier fortifications were built on the site, the current castle structure was constructed in 1446 by the MacCarthys of Muskerry, a branch of the Kings of Desmond.

A view of King John's Castle (or King's Castle), a fifteenth-century four storey tower house in Kilmallock, County Limerick.

A photographic print of Kindlestown House in Delgany, County Wicklow. The house was the residence of Dr James Ryan (1892-1970), a revolutionary, and later long-serving government minister. The image probably shows his wife Máirín Ryan, née Cregan (1891-1975), and their children.

An aerial view of Kilworth Army Camp near Fermoy in County Cork in 1938.

A view of Kilsheelan (Cill Síoláin), a small village in County Tipperary, in about 1930. Situated on the north bank of the River Suir, Kilsheelan is located about eight kilometres from Clonmel and eleven kilometres from Carrick-on-Suir.

A postcard print titled on image face 'Kilmore Quay Village and Saltee Island Sea Bird Sanctuary, Co. Wexford / From the Rosslare Strand Bird Life Film'.

A view of the ruins of Kilmeedy Castle in County Cork. A manuscript annotation on the reverse of the print reads 'Kilmeedy Castle north of Macroom'. This tower house was built in the mid-fifteenth century by the MacCarthys of Drishane.

A view of a boy in the window of the ruined medieval church at Kilmalkedar near Dingle in County Kerry in about 1940. The site of Kilmalkedar consists of a large ecclesiastical complex with archaeological remains dating from the early to late medieval period. It is dedicated to a little-known local saint called Maolcethair. At the centre of this site is the twelfth century Hiberno-Romanesque Church. According to tradition, those suffering from rheumatism, ‘falling sickness’ (epilepsy), or other ills might be restored to health by passing three times through the window.

A view of a man posing in the window of the ruined medieval church at Kilmalkedar near Dingle in County Kerry in about 1940. The caption on the reverse of the print provides detail on the traditional cures associated with this church : ‘Even the stoutest can pass through this "needle’s eye" at the beautiful ancient Church of Kilmalkedar by following the directions of the guide. If the window is passed through three times on Easter Sunday and the church circumambulated three times in the direction of the sun’s motion it is said to be a certain cure of all rheumatic ills. It is said no one has yet failed to pass through the window’.