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A view of the Loopline Bridge (sometimes referred to as the Liffey Viaduct) in Dublin in about 1940.

A view of pedestrians crossing the Ha’penny Bridge in Dublin in about 1945.

A view of Sarsfield Bridge spanning the River Shannon in Limerick in about 1945.

'Poblacht na hEireann (War News)', No. 47, 24 August 1922. This edition was published two days after the death of Michael Collins, the National Army's Commander-in-Chief, at Béal na Bláth in County Cork. Its editorial on Collins commences: 'Yesterday the Nation was shocked by the news of Michael Collins death … now his boundless energy and inexhaustible resource are no more ...' This is one of the last issues of 'War News' produced by Erskine Childers in West Cork before THE encircling National Army made anti-Treaty positions untenable, and he had to move the printing press into a vacant cottage at Ballyvourney. Helping him to print his news sheets were Sean O'Faolain, Frank O'Connor, Sean Hendrick (all famous writers), and R. Longford who later established the Lee Press in Cork city.

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 Upper O'Connell Street looking towards Nelson's Pillar located in the centre of the street.

A view of the National Monument on Grand Parade in Cork in about 1950.

A view of Nelson’s Pillar and the Father Theobald Mathew statue on O’Connell Street, Dublin, as seen from outside the Gresham Hotel.

A view of the pier and lighthouse in the village of Dunmore East in County Waterford in about 1940.

A view of the road (along the shores of Carlingford Lough) to the village of Rostrevor in County Down in about 1940. Slieve Martin is prominent in the background of the image.