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A view of the Church of the Four Masters on Main Street in Donegal Town in about 1940. The church was built to designs by Ralph Henry Byrne (1877-1946) and was constructed between 1931 and 1935. It was dedicated on St. Patrick's Day in 1935 by the Most Rev. William MacNeely, Bishop of Raphoe.

A view of a man posing in the window of the ruined medieval church at Kilmalkedar near Dingle in County Kerry in about 1940. The caption on the reverse of the print provides detail on the traditional cures associated with this church : ‘Even the stoutest can pass through this "needle’s eye" at the beautiful ancient Church of Kilmalkedar by following the directions of the guide. If the window is passed through three times on Easter Sunday and the church circumambulated three times in the direction of the sun’s motion it is said to be a certain cure of all rheumatic ills. It is said no one has yet failed to pass through the window’.

A view of the road leading to Trim Castle in County Meath in about 1940.

A photograph of a group on board a ship (possibly the 'SS Dun Aengus') leaving the Aran Islands off the coast of Galway in about 1940. The print is titled on the reverse: ‘Farwell to the Aran Islands’.

A view of Templeport Lake near Bawnboy in County Cavan. A manuscript annotation on the reverse of the print reads 'St. Aidan of Ferns / 31st January [his feast-day] / Templeport Lake, County Cavan. On the wooded island in which St. Aidan was born. The "Cot" in the foreground is the "hearse" used to bring to the island the bodies of those who have the right of burial on it. Crom Cruagh in the distance'.

An image captioned 'Glengarriff Harbour' in County Cork.

An image showing the use of currachs to unload supplies for communities on the Aran Islands in about 1940. The print is titled ‘Aran contacts the World’.

A view of a train departing a small station in County Donegal (possibly Foxhall, near Letterkenny) in about 1940.

A view of harvesting in a traditional stone-walled landscape in County Donegal in about 1940.

A postcard image of cottages in Baile na nGall (or Ballynagaul) in Ring in County Waterford.