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Notes in both English and Irish probably written by Patrick Pearse. Includes a sketch, possibly of the medieval Christian monastery on St. Macdara’s Island off the coast of County Galway. Also includes references to St. Enda, a sixth-century saint who founded a Christian monastic settlement on Inis Mór, and Mochuda of Lismore who ‘did fishing’.

Manuscript transcript of Robert Emmet’s ‘Speech from the dock’ (1803) by Terence MacSwiney. The text is a copy by MacSwiney of an Irish translation of Emmet’s speech made by Tadhg Ó Murchadha (‘Seandún’). The text was later bound into a volume by Br. Senan Moynihan OFM Cap. Gilt title to spine reads ‘Manuscript copy by Terence MacSwiney of Robert Emmet’s speech’. A manuscript addition suggests that the original translation by Ó Murchadha was published in ‘Fáinne an Lae’ in May 1899.

Lodgement slip from the Hibernian Bank Limited, to the account of St. Enda’s School for the amount of £2 9d 5s. The item is possibly in the hand of Patrick Pearse. Rough manuscript calculations on the reverse.

Letter to Terence MacSwiney (Toirdhealbhach Mac Suibhne), 4 Belgrave Place, Cork, from Tadhg [Ó Donnchadha]. With cover.

Letter to Patrick Pearse from Captain [James O’Sullivan?], Wexford Brigade, Irish Volunteers. The letter to various meeting with Volunteer officers in County Wexford.

Letter to Patrick Pearse, St. Enda’s School, Rathfarnham, from W.H. Dunne, solicitor, the National Bank Limited, re the payment of £241 due to the bank.

Letter to Patrick Pearse from Tomás de Róiste, Conrad na Gaelige, Tipperary. Refers to an enclosure for £1 for ‘expenses incurred by your recent visit to Tipperary’. Annotation on the reverse of the letter in hand of Pearse reads ‘[Seosamh mac Cathmhaoil], possibly Joseph Campbell, Loretto Cottage, Castlereagh Road, Belfast’.

Letter to Patrick Pearse, Turlough, Rosmuck, County Galway, from Thomas F. O’Connell, solicitor, 34 Kildare Street, Dublin. The letter refers to arrears of rent due on the Hermitage in Rathfarnham. It reads ‘Whatever arrangement may in the future be considered as to leaving you in possession for the present in [the] Hermitage as tenant at a lower rent, this must not be allowed to interfere with your obligation to pay the rent for the past half year’.

Letter to Patrick Pearse from Tadhg Ó hAnnracháin, Tilbury, Kilkenny, re outfits for his two nephews.

Letter to Patrick Pearse, Hon. Secretary, Aeridheacht Committee, St. Enda’s School, Rathfarnham, Dublin, from Seán Mac Aodha (Seán Heuston), Irish Volunteers “D” Company, 1st Battalion, Dublin Brigade, 5 Blackhall Street, Dublin, re a drill competition.