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A wooden crucifix used by Fr. Theobald Mathew OSFC. The underside of the base has a manuscript annotation: ‘Father Mathew’s Cross, used in his sick calls &c and in cholera cases, 1831-2’.

A photograph of the crowds assembled outside Bow Street Court in London during the trial of Roger Casement. A manuscript annotation on the reverse reads ‘Casement trial / crowd outside Bow Street Court’. The copyright for the print is given as ‘Newspaper Illustrations Ltd. / 161 Strand W.C., London’.

A view of the village of Crookhaven on the Mizen Peninsula in County Cork.

A view of Cromwell’s Arch in Youghal, County Cork, in about 1945. It was from here on 26 May 1650 that Oliver Cromwell departed Ireland having overwintered in the town following his military campaign in the country.

An aerial view of Croke Park (Páirc an Chrócaigh), Dublin, in September 1938. The image shows (on the right) the newly-completed Cusack Stand which was officially opened in time for the All-Ireland football semi-final between Kerry and Laois on 21 August 1938.

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

An image of the Reek Sunday pilgrimage on Croagh Patrick in County Mayo.

A plate titled ‘Croagh Patrick – weary pilgrims’. The plate shows a young boy and older man resting probably during the ascent of the mountain. The image is part of a collection of plates assembled by Fr. Angelus Healy OFM Cap. (1875-1953).

A view of the Croagh Patrick pilgrimage in County Mayo. The plate has the annotation: 'Pilgrims Ascending’. The image is part of a collection of plates assembled by Fr. Angelus Healy OFM Cap. (1875-1953).

An image captioned ‘Croagh Patrick – By the Roadside’. The photograph shows a young child with some poultry outside a traditional thatched cottage.