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An image showing the arrival of King Edward VII and his wife Queen Alexandra at Phoenix Park Racecourse in Dublin in April 1904. The British sovereign arrived in Ireland on 26 April for an eight-day visit during which he attended several events and ceremonies in Dublin, Kilkenny, and Waterford.

A Capuchin friar and a canine companion at the ruined Annaghdown Cathedral, located on the shores of Lough Corrib, in County Galway. Annaghdown is closely associated with St. Brendan of Clonfert (also known as Brendan the Navigator), who died here in about 580. The cathedral dates to the fifteenth century.

An image of the ruins of Killarney House in County Kerry in about 1945. Built in 1872 for Valentine Browne, 4th Earl of Kenmare (1825-1905), this Elizabethan-Revival manor house was built on an elevated site overlooking Lough Leane. It was destroyed by fire in 1913 and was never rebuilt.

Two Capuchin friars walk around the ruins of Ross Errilly Friary, sometimes referred to as Ross Abbey, near Headford, in County Galway. This Franciscan friary is among the best-preserved medieval ecclesiastical sites in Ireland.

A view of some traditional sailing vessels off the Aran Islands on Ireland's western seaboard in about 1940. The larger boats appear to be Galway Hookers. The smaller boats (being laid up on the beach) are currachs.

A view of Saint Fin Barre's (Anglican) Cathedral, from South Main Street, Cork.

An image of Saint Laurence's Gate, part of the thirteenth-century walled fortifications of Drogheda in County Louth.

A clipping of the front cover of the ‘Extension Magazine’ (March 1947). The cover illustration shows Saint Patrick. The magazine was a monthly periodical published by the Extension Society, a Catholic charitable organisation founded in 1905 with the aim of promoting missionary work in rural and impoverished regions of the United States.

A view of pilgrims at Saint Patrick's Basilica on Station Island on Lough Derg in County Donegal.