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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 the seafront in Oban, the largest town in the Argyll and The Isles district on the west coast of Scotland.

An aerial view of Marino, a suburb on the north side of Dublin, in June 1932. Visible in the photograph is the O’Brien Institute which was built in the early 1880s as an orphan home and school. The Institute buildings are now used as a training and conference centre for Dublin City Fire Brigade. The print shows large tents pitched on the grounds of the Casino in Marino. The tents may have had some connection with pilgrims attending the International Eucharistic Congress.

An aerial view of Dublin Port in September 1937.

An aerial view of the Curragh Camp in County Kildare in September 1924.

An aerial view of St. Kieran's College ('Coláiste Chiaráin') in Kilkenny in about 1935. The college is a secondary school and was formerly a seminary. The seminary was closed in 1994.

Photographic print of (left) Seán MacBride (1904-1988) with Fr. Terence L. Connolly SJ, librarian, Boston College, Massachusetts, United States.

An aerial view of part of the vast expanse of Cork Harbour in about 1930.

A view of the early medieval monastic site at Clonmacnoise on the banks of the River Shannon in County Offaly in about 1930.