File 6 - Views of Irish Life

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IE CA CP/1/1/2/6

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Views of Irish Life

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  • c.1930-1955 (Creation)

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62 pp; 31 cm x 25.4 cm; Bound volume; black and white print

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A bound volume containing photographic prints complied for publication 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 (such as ecclesiastical sites, landscapes on the western seaboard, and on the Aran Islands), rural life and cityscapes. The album includes the following prints (the index number refers to the pagination within the volume):

  1. A view of the Rock of Cashel, County Tipperary.
  2. Connemara turf men at Kilronan pier, Inis Mór, Aran Islands.
  3. Kilsheelan Village, County Tipperary.
  4. Wicklow Harbour.
  5. Windy Gap, County Kerry.
  6. ‘Bringing home the turf at Kilronan, Aran Islands’.
  7. Ballyduane Bay, County Waterford.
  8. Shandon Street, Cork. An annotation on the reverse reads ‘Small talk on Shandon Street’.
  9. Exterior of the Capuchin Friary, Rochestown, County Cork.
  10. Exterior of the Cathedral of Christ the King, Mullingar, County Westmeath.
  11. Exterior of St. Macartan’s Cathedral, Monaghan Town.
  12. Exterior of the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception, Sligo Town.
  13. Exterior of the Pro-Cathedral, Marlborough Street, Dublin.
  14. The Clock House, Mallow, County Cork.
  15. Lower Rathmines Road, Dublin.
  16. Aerial view of Tuam Beet Factory, County Mayo.
  17. View of the lake and Chapel, Capuchin Friary, Rochestown, County Cork.
  18. The Open-Air Swimming Pool, Victoria Cross, Cork city.
  19. Signpost for the ‘Franciscan Capuchin Friary’, probably Ard Mhuire, County Donegal.
  20. Lynch’s Castle, Galway city.

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