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The ‘Amerigo Vespucci’ tall ship, a sail training vessel of the Italian Navy ('Marina Militare') at the Port of Dublin.

A view from Great Blasket Island ('An Blascaod Mór') with the mainland in the distance. A manuscript annotation on the reverse reads 'On the Blasket Islands / looking from Great Blasket towards the mainland'.

A view of the small harbour at Roundstone, Connemara, County Galway, in about 1960.

The fountain in the People’s Park, Waterford city, in about 1955.

A view of Annestown (in Irish ‘Bun Abha’, meaning ‘river’s end’), a small coastal village in County Waterford, in about 1955. The tower of the Church of Saint John the Baptist is visible in the image. This small-scale rural church was constructed by the Board of First Fruits, an institution of the Church of Ireland, which was established in 1711 to build and improve Anglican churches and rectories in Ireland. The Church of Saint John the Baptist in Annestown dates to about 1822.

An image of a roadside spring in County Meath in about 1960. An annotation on the reverse of the print reads 'Built for passing traffic a century ago in Meath'.

A view of the old Franciscan Monastery just outside the village of Roundstone in County Galway in about 1960. The Franciscan Brothers left Roundstone and their monastery was sold to the Irish Development Authority (IDA) in 1974. The building was subsequently demolished, and the site was repurposed by the IDA into Michael Killeen Park, a small indigenous craft centre with various factory shops. All that remains of the former monastery is the bell tower.

A view of cottages in Baile na nGall in Ring (An Rinn) in the Irish-speaking Gaeltacht na nDéise in County Waterford.

A view of Ashford Castle Boat House on Lough Corrib on the Galway-Mayo border in about 1960.

Two postcard print views of Dunquin Pier (‘Cé Dhún Chaoin’) in County Kerry. The pier serves as the departure point for the seasonal (summer) ferry service to the Blasket Islands.