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A view of the exterior of the Church of St. John the Baptist in Knock, County Mayo, in about 1950.

An image of the early medieval monastic site at Clonmacnoise in County Offaly. The photograph was taken by James Roland Bainbridge (1891-1967).

A view of O’Connell Street from atop Nelson’s Pillar in about 1930.

An image of workers at the Irish Hospitals' Sweepstake in Dublin in 1945.

The corner of Washington Street and the Grand Parade in Cork in about 1935. The family-owned business, T.W. Finn & Co. (now known as Finn’s Corner), is still a well-known sports clothing retailer in the city.

A postcard print titled 'Loughbeg, Castlegregory, County Kerry'. The image shows boating activities on the shores of Lough Gill. A printed annotation on the reverse suggests the photograph is credited to T.J. Egan, Castlegregory.

Images of the procession of friendly societies in the Italian Quarter of Hatton Garden in London in July 1931. The procession of Our Lady of Mount Carmel – held on the Sunday after 16 July – was Little Italy’s most important cultural event. Except during wartime, it has taken place annually since at least 1896. The procession was one of the first public manifestations of Catholicism given legal sanction since the Reformation in the sixteenth century. Queen Victoria was said to have granted special permission to the local police in Holborn to allow the parade to take place.

A postcard print of a large crowd assembled around a specially erected altar on Watling Street Bridge (now known as Rory O’More Bridge) over the River Liffey in Dublin during the Catholic Emancipation centenary celebrations in June 1929.

An image of the unveiling of a memorial marking the tercentenary of the synod which repudiated James Butler, 1st Marquess of Ormonde (1610-1688), the former Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, and excommunicated his followers. The synod was held in the Franciscan Friary in Jamestown in August 1650.

An image of the Pontifical Mass in the Phoenix Park during the 31st International Eucharistic Congress in Dublin.