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A clipping of a letter from James Plunkett defending his recent cultural visit to the Soviet Union. The travelling party included various Irish artists, writers and journalists. Plunkett maintains that the invitation to visit Russia was extended through the offices of ‘The Bell’ magazine which had previously published his work. The clipping is taken from the ‘Evening Mail’ (4 February 1955).

A photographic print of James Ryan with his wife (Máirín Cregan) and their family. The print is credited to Lafayette Studios. (Volume page 189)

A photograph of a tower in the Jameson Distillery on Bow Street as seen from the garden of the Church Street Friary. A photographer can be seen at the top of the tower which is under construction. It is likely that some of the aerial images of the friary extant in the volume were taken by this photographer.

An image of Jamestown, the largest settlement on the island of Saint Helena. Fr. Jarlath Gough OFM Cap. (1902-1983) was the only resident Catholic priest on the island from 1957 to 1964. The Sacred Heart Church (built in 1852) in Jamestown is visible in the image. Fr. Jarlath's principal achievement was the restoration of this church. See also CA AMI/2/10/2/22, CA AMI/1/6/9 and CA AMI/2/14/1.

A line of jaunting cars near Avoca in County Wicklow in about 1940. A manuscript annotation on the reverse of the print reads 'At Avoca'.

A photographic print of Jeremiah O’Donovan Rossa’s Funeral leaving St. Mary’s Pro-Cathedral in Dublin.

A photographic print of flowers on the grave of Jeremiah O’Donovan Rossa in Glasnevin Cemetery in Dublin.