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A view of the landscape near the slopes of Croagh Patrick, County Mayo, in about 1935. This 764-metre-high mountain is traditionally climbed by pilgrims on the last Sunday in July. The traditional thatched cottage in the foreground is noted in the caption (on the reverse of the print) as being the birthplace in Louisburgh of John McEvilly, the Archbishop of Tuam from 1881 to 1902

A view of the coastline off Mullaghmore ('An Mullach Mór') in County Sligo in about 1935.

A postcard print titled 'Loughbeg, Castlegregory, County Kerry'. The image shows boating activities on the shores of Lough Gill. A printed annotation on the reverse suggests the photograph is credited to T.J. Egan, Castlegregory.

An image of trawlers tied up at the harbour in the town of Killybegs in County Donegal.

A view of O’Brien’s Tower at the Cliffs of Moher in County Clare. The structure as built by the local landlord Sir Cornelius O'Brien in 1835 as an observation tower for the hundreds of tourists that visited the cliffs.

Images of the procession of friendly societies in the Italian Quarter of Hatton Garden in London in July 1931. The procession of Our Lady of Mount Carmel – held on the Sunday after 16 July – was Little Italy’s most important cultural event. Except during wartime, it has taken place annually since at least 1896. The procession was one of the first public manifestations of Catholicism given legal sanction since the Reformation in the sixteenth century. Queen Victoria was said to have granted special permission to the local police in Holborn to allow the parade to take place.

A postcard print of a large crowd assembled around a specially erected altar on Watling Street Bridge (now known as Rory O’More Bridge) over the River Liffey in Dublin during the Catholic Emancipation centenary celebrations in June 1929.

An image of Leinster Lawn situated on the Merrion Square side of Leinster House, the seat of the Oireachtas. The Cenotaph commemorating Arthur Griffith, Michael Collins, and Kevin O'Higgins, and John Henry Foley’s statue of Albert, the Prince Consort, are visible in the image.

An aerial view of St. Patrick's College in Maynooth in County Kildare. The image shows Stoyte House, the College Chapel and St. Joseph's Square on what is now the South Campus of Maynooth University.

A view of Bunmahon (also called Bonmahon or in Irish, 'Bun Machan'), a small coastal village in County Waterford, in about 1935.