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An image of the ‘Irish Plane’ docked at Cape Town in South Africa. The ‘Irish Plane’ was built in 1949 by William Gray & Company in Hartlepool, England, for Irish Shipping Limited. This state-owned company was established in 1941, soon after the outbreak of the Second World War with the object of providing the ships necessary to supply Ireland’s import needs. The 'Irish Plane' served only a short number of years with the Irish Shipping company. It was sold to a Pakistani shipping firm in January 1960 and was eventually scrapped in Karachi in 1971

An image of the ‘Irish Larch’, an Irish Shipping Limited merchant vessel, leaving the Port of Cape Town in South Africa.

An image of an Irish delegation in London for a meeting with British ministers. The group is pictured outside the Savoy Hotel and includes Seán Lemass, Dr James Ryan, John Leydon and John Whelan Dulanty. The image is credited to Keystone Press Agency.

A photographic print of a National Army (Irish Free State) soldier conversing with a British Army soldier. The photograph was most likely taken during the handover of a military installation to the Provisional Government in 1922.

A clipping of a photograph of a group of Irish prisoners held at a camp in Limburg, Germany. It is noted that Lance Corporal Eite, Royal Irish Rifles, was taken prisoner at the Battle of the Marne (September 1914). Lance Corporal Eite was employed at the Guinness Brewery prior to the outbreak of the war. It is also affirmed that Eite’s father resides at 31 Oxmantown Road in Dublin.

A flier promoting the ‘Irish Race Convention’ in New York in August 1932. This fund-raising convention was organised by the ‘Irish World’ newspaper, the largest Irish American newspaper.

A postcard print captioned ‘Irish rebellion May 1916 / Henry Street, Dublin, after the shelling of the rebels’. Printed by the ‘Daily Sketch’ for Eason and Sons.

A postcard print captioned ‘Irish rebellion May 1916 / Liberty Hall, Dublin, the rebel headquarters, after the storming’. Printed by the ‘Daily Sketch’ for Eason and Sons.

A postcard print captioned ‘Irish rebellion May 1916 / Liberty Hall, Dublin, the rebel headquarters, after the storming’. Printed by the ‘Daily Sketch’ for Eason and Sons.

A postcard print captioned ‘Irish rebellion May 1916 / soldiers bivouacking opposite Liberty Hall, the rebel headquarters in Dublin’. Printed by the ‘Daily Sketch’.