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A view of the banks of the River Liffey and the Islandbridge area in Dublin. The Wellington Monument obelisk in the Phoenix Park is visible in the background. A manuscript annotation on the reverse of the print reads 'Showery Weather'.

An image captioned 'Dominion Monarch / 1947'. The photograph shows a line-crossing ceremony on the ship, an initiation rite that commemorates a person's first crossing of the Equator. Built in England between 1937 and 1939, the 'Dominion Monarch' was a passenger liner which regularly operated services between Britain and ports in the southern hemisphere (particularly in South Africa, Australia and New Zealand).

Two women walking along a forested road probably near the Capuchin Friary at Rochestown in County Cork.

An image of individuals (possibly a family group) on a beach near Cape Town in South Africa.

A profile of the sculptor Oliver Sheppard by John Crampton Walker published in ‘Irish Life’ (19 January 1917). The article includes an image of Sheppard’s ‘The Death of Cuchulainn’ (1911-2).

An image of Oldtown Bridge and in the distance, the Cathedral of St. Eunan and St. Columba in Letterkenny, County Donegal. Oldtown Bridge, a triple-arch road bridge over the River Swilly, was built in about 1720.

An image of the Old Church Cemetery near Cobh in County Cork. A manuscript annotation on the reverse of the print reads 'Old Church Cove, Lusitania Victims’. The photograph is also dated (26 August 1935).

A view of Upper O'Connell Street looking towards Nelson's Pillar located in the centre of the street.

An image of an ocean liner docked at a port in front of railway yard and an industrial area. The location of the port is not given.

A clipping of an obituary article titled ‘A Great Gaelic Scholar / Death of the Very Rev. Dr. O’Hickey’ (‘Clonmel Nationalist’, 22 Nov. 1916). The opposite page has a print of Fr. Michael O’Hickey with a manuscript annotation which reads ‘Born at Carrickbeg, Carrick-on-Suir, 12th March 1961. Died at Portlaw, Co. Waterford 19th November 1916. Ordained priest in Waterford 1884. Appointed Professor of Irish, Maynooth College 1896’.