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A view of Bunmahon (also called Bonmahon or in Irish, 'Bun Machan'), a small coastal village in County Waterford, in about 1935.

A view of the town of Buncrana in County Donegal. A typescript annotation on the reverse of the print reads 'Looking towards Buncrana, County Donegal, in the distance is Dunree Head which is situated at the entrance to Lough Swilly'.

An image of people walking along the Bull Wall in Dublin. The print is annotated and titled on the reverse ‘Bull Wall / Evening Study / Marionettes’.

An image of the construction of a rudimentary school at Loanja mission station in Barotseland.

An image showing the construction of a currach at Baile na nGall (Ballydavid) on the northern shores of Smerwick Harbour on the Dingle Peninsula in County Kerry in about 1940. The print is annotated on the reverse ‘Building a Naomhóg, Baile na nGall, Dingle, County Kerry’. The print is credited to Emmet Humphreys, Blackrock, County Dublin.

A postcard print of the Browne-Clayton Monument on Carrigadaggan Hill, Carrigbyrne, County Wexford. This Corinthian column was designed by Thomas Alfred Cobden (1794-1842) in about 1840 at the request of Robert Browne-Clayton to perpetuate the memory of his comrade, General Sir Ralph Abercromby (1731-1801), who died in Egypt during the Napoleonic Wars. Published by the 'Strand Hotel, Rosslare / From the Movie Film "Historic Wexford"'.

A photographic print of a British military inspection in the Royal Barracks (now Collins Barracks) in Dublin. The inspecting officer is General Sir John Maxwell (1859-1929).

A handbill in the republican interest drawing a parallel between the executions carried out by the British government and the Irish Free State.

A photographic print of British Army soldiers and a Rolls Royce Pattern Mk1 Armoured Car.

An image showing the evacuation of British troops from the Curragh Camp in County Kildare on 16 May 1922. A manuscript caption reads ‘The British leave the Curragh and Ireland – 1922’.