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A handbill with the text of Reginald Dunn’s final statement at his trial for the murder of Sir Henry Hughes Wilson. He was subsequently found guilty along with Joseph O’Sullivan and both were executed. The text was ‘Reprinted from the Irish Independent, Friday, July 21, 1922’. The text reads ‘We came back from France to find that self-determination had been given to some nations we had never heard of, but that it had been denied to Ireland. We found on the contrary that our country was being divided into two countries ... and that under that [Belfast] government outrages were being perpetrated that are a disgrace to civilisation …’.

A clipping of short article announcing the release of several female prisoners detained after the insurrection. The prisoners included Annie Higgins, Madeline Ffrench-Mullen, and Nellie Gifford. The clipping is taken from the ‘Freeman’s Journal’ (5 June 1916).

A photograph of a large group of former Irish republican prisoners. A manuscript annotation on the reverse of the print reads ‘Released Prisoner Group’. The group includes Éamon de Valera, Eoin MacNeill, and W.T. Cosgrave. The photograph was likely taken at the Mansion House in Dublin. The image is credited to Keogh Brothers Studio.

A postcard print of a destroyed electric tram car following the ‘burning of Cork’ on 11-12 December 1920.

A flier with the text of a poem by ‘Phil O’Neill’ eulogizing Thomas Ashe.

A flier with the text of poem commemorating Thomas Ashe by ‘Corduff’.

A clipping of an article on the removal of the foundation stone for the Wolfe Tone and United Irishmen memorial in St. Stephen’s Green in Dublin. The article was published in the ‘Irish Times’ (2 April 1943).

A report of the Committee of the Dublin South City Special Coal Fund / 1872-3. The flier provides a brief account of the work of the committee and a list of parishes and districts supplied with coal. Includes a list of contributors and subscribers.

A page-length report on the sinking of the ‘Lusitania’ published in the ‘Freeman’s Journal’ (8 May 1915).

A Republic of Ireland Bond Certificate (for $10) issued by Éamon de Valera during his American tour. This bond was issued to Hannah Ritchie and is dated 21 January 1920. The printed signature of Éamon de Valera has the unusual spelling of ‘de Bhailéara’.