A view of some of the crowds assembled on Arran Quay during the visit of President John F. Kennedy to Dublin on 26 June 1963. The photograph was taken by Fr. Christopher Crowley OFM Cap. (1904-1984).
An image of crowds lining Upper O’Connell Street in Dublin in April 1963. The photograph was taken during a bus strike in the city and the crowds are seemingly waiting for alternative means of transportation home.
A view of the ruins of Ardtully House near Kilgarvan in County Kerry. An annotation on the reverse of the print reads 'Grounds of Ardtully Castle / showing the turret of the Orpen Mansion'. The original castle on this site was destroyed during the Cromwellian conquest of Ireland in the mid-seventeenth century. In 1847, Sir Richard Orpen (1788-1876) demolished the remains of the castle and replaced it with a five-bay, two-storey Scottish-Baronial style house. This house was itself destroyed during the War of Independence in 1921.
A view of the ruins of Kilmeedy Castle in County Cork. A manuscript annotation on the reverse of the print reads 'Kilmeedy Castle north of Macroom'. This tower house was built in the mid-fifteenth century by the MacCarthys of Drishane.
An image of the ruins of the Dominican Friary (also known as St. Saviour's Priory) in Kilmallock in County Limerick. An annotation on the reverse of the print reads 'Dominican Friary, Kilmallock, showing east window'.
‘New Capuchin Friary’. 'The People’s Press', 9 May 1964. The article includes a photograph of an architectural model of the new Ard Mhuire Friary in County Donegal.