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Jones's Road, Co. Dublin
We recently added 350 newly digitized photographs taken by folklore collector Leo Corduff (1929-1992) to the Photographic Collection. Over 500 of his photos are now available on dúchas.ie. View »
26,052 items from the Main Manuscript Collection, 252,771 stories from the Schools’ Collection (1937–38) and 12,728 images from the Photographic Collection are available here
Learn moreJones's Road, Co. Dublin
Kilmalkedar, Co. Kerry
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