An account by Sister M. Conception, a Presentation nun, relating to the memorial statue of Canon Patrick Sheehan which was unveiled in the church in Doneraile, County Cork, on 18 October 1925.
List of priests (with biographical information) serving the parishes of Doneraile and Shanballymore in County Cork from 1688 to 1910. Canon Sheehan’s entry reads ‘Born in New-Street, Mallow, March 17th, 1852. Educated at St. Colman’s and Maynooth. Ordained in Cork Cathedral in April 1875; Exeter 1875-1877; Mallow, 1877-1881; Queenstown, 1881-1889; Mallow, 1889-1895. Appointed Parish Priest of Doneraile in July 1895’.
Fragmentary note referring to an individual named ‘Dick’ [possibly Fr. Richard Henebry] and to stories relayed about him by Canon Patrick Sheehan.
A photographic print of the main street in the Dublin suburb of Rathmines in the first decade of the twentieth century.
An aerial photograph of the Church of Christ the King in Cabra in Dublin. The church was designed by the firm of John Joseph Robinson (1887-1965) and Richard Cyril Keefe (c.1889-1965) and was formally opened in October 1933. A printed annotation on the reverse provides provenance information: ‘Army Air Corps / Date: 20 Feb. 1937 / Area: Cabra Chapel / Lens: 10” / Height: 600 m’.
A fisherman mending his floats at Ardmore in County Waterford in about 1955. A manuscript annotation to the print reads 'The lobster fisherman at Ardmore, County Waterford, repairs his floats'. The photograph is credited to F. O'Brien, Fermoy, County Cork.
A postcard print of the exterior and gardens of Johnstown Castle in County Wexford. Printed caption reads 'Johnstown Castle, Co. Wexford / Built by the Anglo-Norman Family of Esmond in the 13th Century / Published by the Strand Hotel, Rosslare / From the Movie Film "Historic Wexford"'.
A view of the round tower and the adjacent St. MacCullin’s Anglican church in the town of Lusk in North County Dublin in about 1940.
A view of the exterior of the Church of St. John the Baptist in Knock, County Mayo, in about 1950.
An image of the early medieval monastic site at Clonmacnoise in County Offaly. The photograph was taken by James Roland Bainbridge (1891-1967).