A flier promoting a production of John Millington Synge’s ‘The Playboy of the Western World’ at the Gaiety Theatre in Dublin in July 1953. The production was staged by Cyril Cusack (1910-1993) with the actor himself in the title role (as Christy Mahon). The cast also included the Belfast-born actress Siobhán McKenna (as Pegeen Mike), with appearances by Jack McGowran, Walter Macken, and Cyril Cusack’s wife Maureen.
A flier for a performance of ‘Easter 1916’, a play by Montagu Slater, an English poet and playwright. The play covers the period from the 1913 lock-out to the 1916 Rising by chronicling the life of James Connolly, described as ‘Ireland’s first Socialist martyr’. A performance of Slater’s play was produced by the Left Theatre Company at the La Scala Theatre in Dublin in April 1936.
A view of stone fishing huts on Achill Island off County Mayo in about 1940. A manuscript annotation on the print reads 'Seasonal fishing caves on Achill'.
A view of fishermen at work at Helvick Head Harbour in County Waterford in about 1960. An annotation on the reverse of the print reads ‘Mackerel men / Helvick, County Waterford’.
An image of fishermen unloading nets on the shores of Lough Neagh in Northern Ireland. A manuscript annotation on the reverse of the print reads 'On the shores of Lough Neagh fishermen bringing new nets to be treated with "cutch" / getting ready for the new season's work'.
