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.
A clipping of a Joseph Plunkett in detention at Richmond Barracks following the defeat of the insurrection. The caption reads ‘Joseph Plunkett (nearest the camera), who was shot, and Grace Gifford, who married him in the condemned cell a few hours before his execution’. The newspaper title from which the clipping was taken is not given.
Joseph Aloysius Lyons (1879-1939), Prime Minister of Australia, with Éamon de Valera, at Dún Laoghaire during the former's official visit to Ireland in June 1935. A typescript caption reads 'Australia's Premier's visit / Mr. J.A. Lyons, Prime Minister of Australia, and Mr. de Valera, who met him at his arrival at Dún Laoghaire'.
A postcard print of the exterior and gardens of Johnstown Castle in County Wexford. Printed caption reads 'Johnstown Castle, Co. Wexford / Built by the Anglo-Norman Family of Esmond in the 13th Century / Published by the Strand Hotel, Rosslare / From the Movie Film "Historic Wexford"'.
A view of John's Street in Dublin in about 1950. The Church of St. Augustine and St. John, commonly known as John's Lane Church, is prominent in the image.
A photographic print of John Redmond (1856-1918) and his son William Archer Redmond (1886-1932) at a review of National Volunteers in Maryborough (now Portlaoise) on 21 August 1914.
A clipping of an article from ‘Irish Opinion’, a weekly labour newspaper, questioning John Redmond’s role in ‘saving’ Kynoch’s munitions factory in Arklow, County Wicklow.