An image of the large congregation at a Mass held in the Phoenix Park during the Eucharistic Congress in Dublin on 26 June 1932. Some Capuchin friars (including Fr. Colman Griffin OFM Cap., Fr. Ignatius Collins OFM Cap., Fr. Andrew Carew OFM Cap., Fr. Benedict Phelan OFM Cap., Fr. Augustine Hayden OFM Cap.) and members of other religious congregations are visible in the photograph.
An image of a large group of pilgrims from Boston, Massachusetts, preparing to disembark from a tender at Cobh in County Cork in August 1949. The group were part of a pilgrimage organised by Richard Cushing (1895-1970), Archbishop of Boston.
An image showing a procession leaving Soissons Cathedral in France following a ceremony to mark its official re-opening. A typescript annotation on the reverse of the print reads 'Soissons cathedral re-opened 15 years after German bombing / The Soissons historic cathedral, one of the finest gothic buildings in the world, which was bombed by the Germans in 1915 and seriously damaged, was solemnly reopened today by Cardinal [Charles] Binet and many bishops / The cathedral is partly restored / The procession leaving the cathedral'.
Two photographic prints showing Bedouin Arabs in Bethlehem, Palestine, in about 1930. The original captions for the prints are as follows: (top) ‘The Bedouin Arabs from all parts of Judea come into the market at Bethlehem to sell their flocks of goats and camels to local Christians. The market is held every Saturday but very few tourists find their way to this interesting spot in the ancient city’. (bottom) ‘Bethlehem – an unusual scene. The market place is a spot off the track for pilgrims and tourists’.
A view of a farmer resident in Dunfanaghy, County Donegal. An annotation on the reverse of the print reads 'Coming from the peat bogs, Dunfanaghy, County Donegal'.
A view of a turf collector accompanied by two donkeys carrying traditional creels on the Horn Head peninsula in County Donegal. A typescript annotation on the reverse of the print reads 'Going for peat, Horn Head, County Donegal'.
A view of harvesting at Dugort (also known as Doogort) on Achill Island off the coast of County Mayo on Ireland's Atlantic seaboard. The peak in the background is Slievemore (in Irish: 'Sliabh Mór'), a distinctive, almost conical-shaped mountain and the second highest point on Achill Island after Croaghaun mountain.
