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A clipping of a review of ‘The Capuchin Annual’ (1942) published in the ‘Derry Journal’ (28 January 1942).

An image showing a view of Great Blasket Island (An Blascaod Mór) as seen from Slea Head on the Dingle Peninsula in County Kerry.

A view of Great Blasket Island (An Bhlascaod Mór) off the coast of County Kerry in about 1945. An annotation on the reverse of the print reads ‘Great Blasket Island, County Kerry, to the right in the photograph is Tearaught Island [Tearaght Island or Inishtearaght]’. The image is credited to Emmet Humphreys, Blackrock, County Dublin.

A photographic print of the grave of Arthur Griffith in Glasnevin cemetery in Dublin.

A view of the Grand Parade, the widest street in Cork. The ornate pillared-building seen in the background is Queen’s Old Castle, a Victorian-era building and one of the city’s oldest department stores.

A view of Lower Main Street in Graiguenamangh, County Kilkenny, in about 1905. The image was probably taken (or acquired) by Fr. Angelus Healy OFM Cap. (1873-1953), a Capuchin friar who was a native of Graiguenamangh. A horse drawn carriage (called a ‘brake’) can be seen carrying passengers on the right of the road. These were extensively used in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries as a means of public transport and conveyance. Going in the opposite direction is what appears to be some sort of parade of horses and jockeys (in apparently elaborate silks).

An image of the ornamental stonework doorway in Graiguenamanagh Abbey in County Kilkenny. An annotation on the reverse reads 'ornamental doorway excavated in 1916 / part of the pavement of the original / It opens off the baptistry'.

An image of the bell tower of Graiguenamanagh Abbey in County Kilkenny. An ink annotation on the reverse reads 'The bell tower and top of the disused section of the abbey seen above the Lancet windows of the monks' dormitory'.

A catalogue of Grace Henry paintings exhibited at the Victor Waddington Galleries, 8 South Anne Street, Dublin, in February 1945. (Volume page 222).

A view of the lake-side scenery at Gougane Barra near Macroom in County Cork in about 1945.