A view of the Monk’s Fishing House on the River Cong in County Mayo in about 1940. Situated not far from the site of the former Augustinian Abbey of Cong, this small stone structure probably dates to the early sixteenth century. The fishing house is located on an island on the River Cong leading towards nearby Lough Corrib. It is built on a platform of stones over a small arched opening which allows the river to flow underneath the floor. A trapdoor in the floor is thought to have been used for a net to catch fish. It is believed a line connected the fishing house to the monastery kitchen to alert the monks to a fresh catch.
An image of a turf-cutting competition at Allenwood in County Kildare. A typescript annotation on the reverse notes that the image was taken in June 1942.
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 the railway station in the small village of Recess (in Irish ‘Sraith Saileach’) in County Galway. The station is located on the northwest corner of Glendollagh Lough. It was one of several stations that ran through central Connemara on the Galway to Clifden line of the Midland Great Western Railway which opened in 1895.
A view of the courtyard of the eighteenth-century Commercial Buildings on Dame Street in Dublin. The building was used a meeting place by the Ouzel Galley Society, a representative body of city merchants which later became the Dublin Chamber of Commerce. It was demolished to enable the construction of the Central Bank of Ireland building in the 1970s.
