Showing 4471 results

An image of crowds lining Upper O’Connell Street in Dublin in April 1963. The photograph was taken during a bus strike in the city and the crowds are seemingly waiting for alternative means of transportation home.

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

An image of South Mall in Cork. The large office block (on the right) is the Irish Life building.

A view of a boy in the window of the ruined medieval church at Kilmalkedar near Dingle in County Kerry in about 1940. The site of Kilmalkedar consists of a large ecclesiastical complex with archaeological remains dating from the early to late medieval period. It is dedicated to a little-known local saint called Maolcethair. At the centre of this site is the twelfth century Hiberno-Romanesque Church. According to tradition, those suffering from rheumatism, ‘falling sickness’ (epilepsy), or other ills might be restored to health by passing three times through the window.

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.

A view of Clock Gate Tower, the most visible landmark in the centre of Youghal, County Cork.

Two Capuchin friars walk around the ruins of Ross Errilly Friary, sometimes referred to as Ross Abbey, near Headford, in County Galway. This Franciscan friary is among the best-preserved medieval ecclesiastical sites in Ireland.

A snowy image of Armagh in January 1945. St. Patrick’s Cathedral is prominent in the background. Built between 1840 and 1904, it serves as the Roman Catholic Cathedral of the Archdiocese of Armagh.

A view of Parliament Bridge and beyond, Holy Trinity Church and the adjoining Capuchin Friary on Father Mathew Quay in Cork.

A view of Farren's Quay and Pope's Quay in Cork in about 1945. The tower of the Church of St. Anne in the Shandon district of the city is visible in the image.