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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, Archbishop of Boston. (Volume page 65).

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.

A clipping of a report on the bombardment of Liberty Hall by the steamer ‘Helga’ during the insurrection. The newspaper title from which the clipping was taken is not given but it is most likely from the ‘Irish Times’.

A view of the harbour at Boatstrand in County Waterford. An annotation on the reverse of the print reads 'The picturesque little harbour of Boatstrand, County Waterford, on the coast road between Tramore and Dungarvan'.

An image of orphans from Parow parish on a boating trip off Kalk Bay near Cape Town in South Africa.

An image of a boating party on Muckross Lake (also called Middle Lake or The Torc) in Killarney National Park, County Kerry.

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

A photographic print of the blessing of the Chapelle du Rosaire de Vence (Chapel of the Rosary of Vence), frequently referred to as the Matisse Chapel, on the French Rivera. The Dominican chapel is notable for having been built and decorated between 1947 and 1951 under a plan devised by the artist Henri Matisse (1889-1954).

A postcard print titled 'Cardinal [Joseph] MacRory returns after blessing the Memorial, at Saul'. The image shows the statue of Saint Patrick which was constructed to mark the fifteenth centenary of the probable year of his arrival in Ireland in 432 AD.

A view of Blarney Castle, a fifteenth-century tower house, in County Cork.