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An image of Bishop William MacNeely (central figure, with top hat) at the unveiling of the Four Masters monument in The Diamond, the main square, in Donegal Town in 1938. The obelisk was erected to commemorate the four Franciscan friars (Mícheál Ó Cléirigh, Cú Choigcríche Ó Cléirigh, Peregrine Ó Duibhgeannáin and Fearfeasa Ó Maol Chonaire) who compiled the ‘Annals of the Four Masters’ between 1630 and 1636. Their names are incised into the monument (one to each face). Written in Irish, the ‘Annals of the Four Masters’ (Irish: 'Annála na gCeithre Máistrí'), are one of the most important surviving chronicles of medieval Irish history. The obelisk was designed by the Dublin architectural firm O’Callaghan and Giron, and was unveiled in 1938 by the Bishop of Raphoe, Dr William MacNeely, at the bequest of Patrick Gallagher, solicitor and noted historian, who bequeathed £5,000 for the creation of the monument.

A view of Blarney Castle, a fifteenth-century tower house, in County Cork.

A view of Blarney Castle, a fifteenth-century tower house, in County Cork.

An image of the Blennerville Windmill near Tralee in County Kerry.

A postcard print titled 'Cardinal [Joseph] MacRory returns after blessing the Memorial, at Saul'. The image shows the statue of Saint Patrick which was constructed to mark the fifteenth centenary of the probable year of his arrival in Ireland in 432 AD.

A photographic print of the blessing of the Chapelle du Rosaire de Vence (Chapel of the Rosary of Vence), frequently referred to as the Matisse Chapel, on the French Rivera. The Dominican chapel is notable for having been built and decorated between 1947 and 1951 under a plan devised by the artist Henri Matisse (1889-1954).

A photographic print of the block reputed to have been used in the beheading of Robert Emmet. The artifact is now held in the Pearse Museum, The Hermitage in Rathfarnham, Dublin. The photograph is credited to Thomas F. Geoghegan.

A view of Ashford Castle Boat House on Lough Corrib on the Galway-Mayo border in about 1960.

An image of a boating party on Muckross Lake (also called Middle Lake or The Torc) in Killarney National Park, County Kerry.

An image of orphans from Parow parish on a boating trip off Kalk Bay near Cape Town in South Africa.