Postcards showing various views of Cobh (formerly Queenstown) in County Cork. The postcards in the volume are captioned and include 'The Landing Pier and Crescent', 'Pearse Square', and the 'Esplanade and States Hotel'.
Postcard prints of interior arrangements and altars for Catholic worship onboard several White Star Line ships including the ‘Majestic’, ‘Megantic’, ‘Olympic’, ‘Homeric’, and ‘Calgaric’.
An image of Irish Army armoured cars on manoeuvres in the countryside. The vehicles are most likely Swedish-built Landsverk armoured cars. The print is credited to the ‘Irish Press’.
Photographic prints of an Irish military tattoo at the Royal Dublin Society (RDS) arena in Dublin. The tattoo (essentially a pageant or display involving armed forces) was organised to raise funds for the Army Benevolent fund and to mark the contribution of the Irish Defence Forces (‘Óglaigh na hÉireann’) to the state during the wartime Emergency (1939-45). The reference to ‘Eoghan Ruadh Ó Néill’s Army’ in the caption refers to the centrepiece of the tattoo, a recreation of O’Neill’s famous victory at the Battle of Benburb (5 June 1646) during the Irish Confederate Wars.
A clipping of an article titled ‘Freedom of Dublin offered to Mr. Shaw’, ‘Irish Press’ (5 February 1946). Refers to a Dublin Corporation vote to offer the honour to George Bernard Shaw.
The front cover of the ‘Irish Travel’ magazine from April 1945. The cover has an image of the quays fronting onto the South Channel of the River Lee in Cork. The magazine was published by the Irish Tourist Association (ITA).