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An image of Leinster Lawn situated on the Merrion Square side of Leinster House, the seat of the Oireachtas. The Cenotaph commemorating Arthur Griffith, Michael Collins, and Kevin O'Higgins, and John Henry Foley’s statue of Albert, the Prince Consort, are visible in the image.

A view of a Great Southern Railways' (GSR) steam locomotive transiting the Irish countryside in about 1940. It is likely that that the locomotive shown in the photograph is ‘Maeḋḃ’ (Anglicised: ‘Maeve’), one of three steam trains designed and built from 1939-40 principally for passenger work on the Dublin to Cork route.

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 view of Parliament Bridge and beyond, Holy Trinity Church and the adjoining Capuchin Friary on Father Mathew Quay in Cork.

An image of White Rocks Beach, Portrush, County Antrim. A manuscript annotation on the reverse reads 'Whiterocks thro' Ladies Arch, Portrush'. An ink stamp credits the image to James Roland Bainbridge, 26 Shandon Park, Knock, Belfast.

An aerial view of the Tuam Sugar Beet Factory in about 1940. Manufacturing operations began in the factory in November 1934. The factory was a mainstay of the local economy and remained the principal employer in Tuam and the surrounding countryside for much of the twentieth century. It was finally closed in January 1987 and the plant was subsequently demolished.

A view of fishermen repairing a sail off a rocky shoreline probably at Cill Éinne on Inis Mór, County Galway.

A view of the harbour at Roundstone in Connemara, County Galway, in about 1940.

A view of stone fishing huts on Achill Island off County Mayo in about 1940. A manuscript annotation on the print reads 'Seasonal fishing caves on Achill'.

An image of Tuohy's shop front in Portumna in County Galway.