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A telegram referring to the ratification of the Anglo-Irish Treaty by Dáil Éireann on 7 January 1922. The telegram reads ‘Roche, Presbytery, Winchester St., [St Helier] Jersey / Treaty ratified majority seven / Jim’. (Volume page 152).

A clipping of a cartoon by Grace Gifford titled ‘The Bridal Gown’. The drawing was published in the ‘Irish Life’ magazine (7 November 1913). (Volume page 159).

A clipping of an article reporting the appointment of new government ministers. The article was published in the ‘Irish Press’ (3 July 1943). (Volume page 167).

A clipping of an image of the bands of the Dublin Metropolitan Police, the Irish Guards, and the Royal Irish Constabulary assembled outside the Mansion House on Dawson Street in Dublin at a recruitment meeting on 7 May 1915. The image was published in the ‘Irish Life’ magazine (8 October 1915). The original caption for the photograph reads ‘The Travelling Recruiting Office, taken outside the Mansion House, May 7, 1915 – the day of the departure of the Guards’ Band from Ireland at the close of a successful recruiting tour. On the platform of the Recruiting Office are the Rt. Hon. the Lord Mayor of Dublin, the High Sheriff, Mr. Henry McLaughlin, and Sir Maurice Dockrell, D.L. The group on the steps include Capt. the Hon. Alexander and Lieutenant Purcell of the Guards; Lieutenant Archer Redmond MP; Sir Neville Chamberlain, Colonel Edgeworth Johnson, and several members of the Central Recruiting Council’. (Volume page 200).

An image of Dalkey Island and Killiney Bay taken from the top of Killiney Hill in about 1930.

A view of the northern side of Parnell Square, Dublin, in about 1940. To the left is the Rotunda Gardens, a Georgian square situated at the northern end of O’Connell Street. A sizeable portion of the gardens were later used as the site for the National Garden of Remembrance in the 1960s. The Hugh Lane Gallery is situated in the building recessed at the right, with the Coláiste Mhuire buildings at the far end of the street.

A view of the changing of the military guard outside the National History Museum at the rear of Leinster House, Dublin. The soldiers are walking towards the pathway which leads to the North Road running between the Museum and the Department of the Attorney General.

A view of Parliament Bridge and Sullivan’s Quay in Cork in about 1930. The photograph was taken from the highest floor of the Capuchin Friary located on Father Mathew Quay.

An aerial view of Kilkenny City taken in about 1935. The scene is dominated by the castle which is the signature symbol of Kilkenny’s medieval past.

A view of the tower of the Cathedral of St. Mary and St. Anne (also known as the North Cathedral) in the Shandon district of Cork in about 1945. The photograph was taken from atop the bell tower of the Anglican Church of St. Anne just a short distance away.