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

An image of a first communion celebration in Cape Town, South Africa.

A leaflet with the text of a lament for Thomas Ashe by Seán Ó Cathasaigh (Seán O’Casey). Printed in Dublin by Fergus O'Connor.

A view of St. Patrick's Well in Oran, County Roscommon. A manuscript annotation on the reverse reads 'AOC / Oran, Co. Roscommon'.

A photographic postcard print with the printed title 'Commandant McKeown T.D.'. The portrait print shows Commandant Seán Mac Eoin (1893-1973), a senior IRA soldier during the War of Independence.

An image of a woman at work on a traditional spinning wheel in County Donegal. The caption on the image side of the postcard reads 'A Donegal Spinner'.

An image of the High Altar and Sanctuary of Holy Trinity Church in Cork.

A flier referring to a resolution passed at a meeting of the Property Defence Association held in Dublin in August 1881.

An image of the aftermath of the siege of the Four Courts at the outset of the Civil War in Dublin. A manuscript caption on the reverse of the print reads ‘Rebel Garrison Surrenders / Four Courts in flames after great explosion / Four Courts, the Republicans fortress in Dublin, unconditionally surrendered to the Free State troops yesterday and the garrison of about 150 all now in Mountjoy prison / Picture shows women and children being taken away from the danger zone in [a] Red Cross ambulance’.

A letter from Seamus Murphy, Dillon’s Cross, Cork, to Fr. Senan Moynihan OFM Cap. enclosing a photographic print of his bust of Thomas Davis. The memorial bust was unveiled by Éamon de Valera in Mallow the previous week. He also refers to his work titled ‘The Virgin of the Twilight’.