File 5 - Views of Irish Life

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IE CA CP/1/1/2/5

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Views of Irish Life

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  • c.1930-1955 (Creation)

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60 pp; 31 cm x 25.4 cm; Bound volume; black and white print; Colour postcard print

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A bound volume containing photographic prints complied for publication and illustrative purposes by Fr. Senan Moynihan OFM Cap. and Fr. Henry Anglin OFM Cap. A manuscript annotation on the spine reads ‘Views’. Most of the prints are not captioned. Many of the prints are of scenic locations in Ireland (ecclesiastical sites and landscapes on the western seaboard), rural life and cityscapes (most notably in Cork). The album includes the following prints (the index number refers to the pagination within the volume):

  1. Lake at Glendalough, County Wicklow.
  2. Keem Bay, Achill Island, County Mayo.
  3. Shrine of St. Michael the Archangel, Kilmihil, County Clare.
  4. Gyles’ Quay, Cooley Peninsula, County Louth.
  5. Steamships at the Quay in Waterford city.
  6. ‘Overlooking the River Suir at Ardfinnan’, County Tipperary.
  7. View of St. Finbarr’s Cathedral, Cork, viewed from South Main Street.
  8. A small village in County Down.
  9. A view of Armagh city.
  10. Lismore Castle, County Waterford.
  11. Corporation Swimming Pool, Cork city.
  12. Crookhaven village, County Cork.
  13. A view of the River Lee and Shandon Tower, County Cork.
  14. Blarney Stone, County Cork.
  15. ‘Brandon Hill from the summit of the Connor Pass, County Kerry’.
  16. View of the harbor and St Colman’s Cathedral, Cobh, County Cork.
  17. View of Holy Trinity Church and Parliament Bridge, Cork city.
  18. View of Patrick’s Hill looking towards St. Patrick’s Street, Cork city.
  19. The graveyard in the Church of St Anne, Shandon, Cork city.
  20. The entrance to the Mardyke Athletic Grounds, Cork city.
  21. MacCurtain Street, Cork.

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