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A view of a hallway in Rochestown Capuchin Friary, County Cork, in about 1915. A solitary friar is visible at the end of the corridor reading a book.

A hand-coloured sketch of the emblem of the Catholic Boys’ Brigade, founded at the Capuchin Friary, Church Street, in March 1894. The legend or motto reads: ‘Valour and Innocence’. Two saintly figures (on the left St. Michael the Archangel, and on the right possibly St. Joseph, the patron saint of the organisation) stand between a Boys’ Brigade member. The Brigade member is identified by the standard uniform: a simple rosette and sash with a pillbox cap (a popular military cap of the day) worn over everyday clothing. Two drafts of the emblem are extant. The drafts vary slightly in composition. With a photographic print of the finished emblem. The photographic print (on card) was produced by W.F. O’Connor, 1 Wellington Quay, corner of Parliament Street, Dublin.

A tribute to Hanna Sheehy Skeffington published in the ‘Irish Workers’ Weekly Review’, a radical socialist newspaper, in May 1946. She died in Dublin (aged 68) on 20 April 1946.

Subscription cards and leaflets for the Happy Death Society, Holy Trinity Church, Cork. The card notes that the object of the Society is ‘to constantly pray and prepare for the grace of a happy and holy death’.

A postcard print of Harbour Row in Cobh (formerly Queenstown) in County Cork.

A postcard print image of the harbour at Malin Beg in County Donegal.

A view of a woman playing a harp on top of a rock to an assembled crowd at the Rock of Cashel in County Tipperary.

A flier advertising an exhibition of the artwork of Harry Kernoff at the Academy Small Gallery, 15 Ely Place, Dublin.

A clipping of a profile of the artist Harry Kernoff. The article was published in ‘Irish Tatler & Sketch' (November 1948).