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A view of Galway Docks. The large circular building is the Tynagh mines silo used to store concentrate and ore taken from the lead and zinc mines at Tynagh in County Galway. The mines ceased operation in 1981.

‘Irish View Scenery’ cards issued by Gallaher Cigarette Company Ltd. The cards are numbered: ‘No. 60: Father Mathew’s R.C. Church, Cork’; ‘No. 310: Father Mathew Statue, Cork’. The cards were issued by Gallaher Ltd. between 1908 and 1910. The complete set runs to 600 cards. Many of the photographs were taken by Robert John Welch from Belfast, and by William Lawrence, a Dublin-based photographer and studio owner. With a cover letter (dated 18 June 1982) to Fr. Nessan Shaw OFM Cap. from Walter McGrath explaining their provenance.

A photographic print of Gaelic football teams parading before a match in Croke Park, Dublin.

An image of Gaelic footballers at St. Enda’s School, or Scoil Éanna, a secondary school for boys established by Pádraig Pearse in 1908.

Photographic print on card of a Gaelic football team (most likely students from St. Enda’s School). Print by Henry Roe MacMahon, 11 Harcourt Street, Dublin.

Funeral service at Mankoya mission station. The celebrant is Fr. Fintan Roche OFM Cap.

A satirical republican flier on the demise of the pro-Treaty 'Freeman's Journal' newspaper. The flier promotes a 'funeral procession' for the paper and notes that it ceased publication 'from an acute attack of Clerical Intimidation, Softening of the Back-bone, and other painful disorders'. Reference is made to the former proprietors of the newspaper, Francis Higgins (c.1745–1802), probably better known as the 'Sham Squire', and Sir John Gray (1815-1875).

A satirical republican flier celebrating the demise of the pro-Treaty ‘Freeman’s Journal’ newspaper in 1924. The flier promotes a ‘funeral procession’ and notes that the newspaper ceased publication ‘from an acute attack of Clerical Intimidation, Softening of the Back-bone, and other painful disorders’. Reference is made to the former proprietors of the ‘Freeman’s Journal’, Francis Higgins (c.1745-1802), probably better known as the ‘Sham Squire’, and Sir John Gray (1815-1875).

The funeral procession of Terence MacSwiney outside St. George’s Cathedral, Southwark, London, on 28 October 1920. MacSwiney was a republican Lord Mayor of Cork who died on 25 October 1920 in Brixton Prison after a lengthy hunger strike. As chaplain to the Mayor, Fr. Dominic O’Connor OFM Cap., a Capuchin friar, was at his side during his final days. He was also a prominent mourner at MacSwiney’s funeral. Fr. Dominic can be seen walking directly behind the carriage.

A clipping of an article reporting on the funeral of William Woodlock. The article notes that Woodlock died on 12 June 1890 (aged 58). It reads ‘The remains of the late Mr. William Woodlock JP, one of the Divisional Police Magistrates of Dublin, were removed this morning from his residence, Mounty Square, for internment in Glasnevin Cemetery … the burial service was recited by the Most Rev. [Bartholomew] Woodlock, Bishop of Ardagh’. The article notes that Bishop Bartholomew Woodlock was William Woodlock’s uncle.