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A view of the town of Drogheda in County Louth in about 1955. Visible in the print is the River Boyne (Drogheda is the last bridging point on the river before it enters the Irish Sea). Prominent buildings include (on the right) St. Peter's Church situated on an elevated site on the north side of West Street in the centre of the town.

A view of the Anglers Rest Hotel and the Strawberry Beds from Knockmaroon Hill (situated between Chapelizod and Castleknock) in Dublin. A manuscript annotation on the reverse of the print reads 'Valley of the Liffey from Knockmaroon Hill, County Dublin'.

A view of the courthouse on Clanbrassil Street in Dundalk, County Louth, in about 1960. The Maid of Erin statue (erected in 1899 to commemorate the United Irishmen rebellion of 1798) is prominent in the image.

An image of the exterior of the Cathedral of Christ the King in Mullingar, County Westmeath, in about 1960.

A scene on the road to Slane in County Meath in about 1955.

A view of Skerries Harbour in North County Dublin in about 1960.

An image of clerics and college professors on the entrance road to St. Patrick's College in Maynooth, County Kildare. The image shows a view towards the main street in Maynooth village.

An image of a Córas Iompair Éireann diesel locomotive pulling into a station.

An image of men launching a currach from a rocky inlet on the Blasket Islands off the Dingle Peninsula in County Kerry.

A view of the Irish Lightship ‘Comet’ at Dún Laoghaire in about 1960. The ship was built in 1904 by J. Reid in Glasgow and measured ninety-six feet in length and twenty-three feet in breadth. The light vessel was decommissioned in 1965 and sold (for £7,000) to the shipbroking firm of Turner and Hickman in Glasgow. The ship later had a colourful history as an off-shore pirate radio station used by Radio Scotland.