This collection of photographic prints forms part of the papers of Desmond FitzGerald (P80). The majority of theses photographs arise out of the Civil War but other smaller series relate to the aftermath of the Easter Rising and to the War of Independence. There are also other series of army portraits and of historical occasions photographs.
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File contains letters from T. Faulkner and J. Grant, Principal Keepers Rathlin East, with details of: bodies picked on shores of Island (January 1915) ; SS 'Knightsgarth' abandoned following torpedo attack drifted onto rocks on Island (January 1917) ; torpedo striking rocks under Station and sinking of SS 'Andania'.
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