Garda Siohana: Pilgrimages. Lourdes 1030. Response warrents going ahead with Pilgrimage. Cost 16 Guineas paid in two installments on 10thJuly and 10th September.
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.
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.