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An aerial view of Croke Park (Páirc an Chrócaigh), Dublin, in September 1938. The image shows (on the right) the newly-completed Cusack Stand which was officially opened in time for the All-Ireland football semi-final between Kerry and Laois on 21 August 1938.

An aerial view of the town of Drogheda, County Louth, in about 1945.

An image of three Irish Air Corps aircraft on patrol over the coast in about 1940. A manuscript annotation on the reverse of the print identifies the aircraft type as an Avro Anson.

An aerial view of Clongowes Wood College near Clane in County Kildare. An annotation on the reverse of the print reads 'Army Air Corps / 11 June 1937 / Clongowes Wood College / Lens: 10” / Height: 800’.

Postcard print of the library in the Capuchin Friary (Walkin Street, later Friary Street), Kilkenny.

The Lee Public Baths, Victoria Cross, Cork, in about 1945. The Lee Baths were a sprawling outdoor and unheated swimming pool complex with rudimentary concrete finishes and a perilous diving board. Costing £23,000 to build, the baths opened to the public in 1934.

An ambulance used by Capuchin missionaries in Berbera in British-controlled Somaliland in Northern Africa. French Capuchin friars from Toulouse began ministering in Somalia in 1881 and continued to labour there until they were expelled by the British authorities for political reasons.

The ‘Forty Steps’ otherwise known as Cromwell’s Quarters just off James’s Street in Dublin.

A view of Clanbrassil Street, Dundalk, in about 1945. The modern town of Dundalk largely owes its form to James Hamilton, 1st Earl of Clanbrassil (c.1618-1659) who commissioned the construction of many of the main streets leading to the town centre.

An aerial view of Waterford city showing Redmond Bridge in c.1940.