A view of the ‘Journey’s End’ cottage at Baily, Howth, overlooking Dublin Bay in about 1940. The cottage was later purchased by Andrew Devane (1917-2000), one of Ireland’s leading architects. From 1952-55, he transformed Journey’s End into one of Ireland’s most famous modernist-style residences.
An image of members of the Third Order of St. Francis on a procession walking past the rear of the Four Courts building on Chancery Street in Dublin. Typescript caption to the print reads 'Members of the Third Order of St. Francis, Church Street, held their Jubilee Procession'.
An image of members of the Third Order of St. Francis on a procession walking past the rear of the Four Courts building in Dublin. Typescript caption to the print reads 'Members of the Third Order of St. Francis, Church Street, held their Jubilee Procession'.
A clipping of a letter from Kathleen Clark published in the ‘Sunday Independent’ in which she gives her recollections of the planning of the 1916 Rising. She refers to P.S. O’Hegarty’s assertion that the rebellion was only planned for Dublin. The letter is dated 29 July 1949 at 40 Merlyn Road, Ballsbridge, Dublin.
A woman crossing Kenmare Bridge in County Kerry in about 1940. This bridge was completed in 1932 and replaced what was Ireland’s first suspension bridge (constructed in 1841).