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A plate showing a group of unidentified nuns in a community photograph. The group appears to show both novices and solemnly professed sisters.

A view of Sackville (later O’Connell) Street looking towards the O’Connell monument in about 1890. In the foreground, the William Smith O’Brien statue stands in its original position at the junction of O’Connell Bridge and D’Olier Street.

An plate showing an hand-drawn ‘plan of the Old Franciscan Capuchin Church in Church Street. Taken from Rocque’s map of Dublin, 1773’. The scale is given as 10 feet to 1 inch. This is presumably a plan of the original Capuchin chapel built on Church Street. It was replaced by a church built in 1796 which in turn was replaced by the existing Church of St. Mary of the Angels (built from 1868 to 1881). The plate is by Mayne, Lord Edward Street, Dublin.

A plate showing a reproduction of an illuminated address by the Catholic Truth Society to the Most Rev. John Healy (1841-1918), Archbishop of Tuam. The address is dated August 1909.

A plate showing a group of pilgrims (some kneeling and barefooted) at devotions in front of the church on Lough Derg, County Donegal. The plate appears to have been hand-tinted and colourised. The plate also has a manuscript annotation.

A view of the St. Patrick Monument and Market Square (also known as 'The Octagon') in Westport, Count Mayo. The plate has a manuscript caption. The image forms part of the Lawrence Photograph Collection. (National Library of Ireland: LROY 00137).

An image of a pauper dressed in a disheveled long coat with hat standing in an alley way in Cork city.

A view of the White Star Liner ‘Oceanic’ leaving Queenstown (now Cobh) Harbour in 1905. Launched in 1899, it was largest ship in the world until 1901. At the outbreak of the First World War, the ship was requisitioned for service in the Royal Navy as an armed merchant cruiser. In September 1914, the ship ran aground off the coast of Shetland and was wrecked. She was the first Allied passenger ship to be lost in the war.