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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’.

A printed copy of Thomas MacDonagh’s poem ‘Marching Song of the Irish Volunteers’.

A clipping of an appreciation of Margaret Kennedy (1892-1953) by R.M. Fox published in ‘The Irish Weekly and Ulster Examiner’ (13 June 1953). Kennedy was a member of Cumann na mBan who served in Marrowbone Lane during the Rising. She was subsequently imprisoned in Kilmainham Jail. She later worked with the Irish National Aid Association and became a captain in Cumann na mBan (1920), and later a Commandant.

Portrait photograph of Senator Margaret Mary Pearse. The print is credited to Adolf Morath, 88 Church Street, Liverpool.

Photographic print (on card) of Margaret Pearse, her daughter Margaret Mary Pearse, and other individuals on the steps of St. Enda’s School in Rathfarnham, Dublin.

A photographic print of the Marian Grotto at the Capuchin Friary in Rochestown, County Cork.

A clipping of an appreciation by Nuala Healy for Mary MacSwiney who died on 8 March 1942. The article was published in ‘The Standard’ (8 May 1942).

Photographic prints of the sculptor Mary Redmond. One of the images shows her at work on the Father Theobald Mathew Statue (O’Connell Street, Dublin). The presumed model for the statue is also present in this image. This photograph is dated 30 June 1891. Another print seemingly shows her memorial bust of William Limbrick Martin for the Phoenix Park RIC depot (the bust was moved in 1967 to the RUC headquarters, Belfast, and the remainder of the memorial is in St. James Church, Dublin).

A review by Maud Gonne MacBride of 1942 and 1943 editions of ‘The Capuchin Annual’. The review contains numerous references to the national question and the issue of partition. MacBride adds ‘Evidently a man peace, Father Senan knows what he wants and as an editor has his own original ways of doing things’.

A clipping of an article reporting on the appointment of Maurice Moynihan as secretary to the cabinet. The article notes that he is a brother of Fr. Francis Moynihan (editor of ‘The Advocate’ in Melbourne, Australia), and Fr. Senan Moynihan OFM Cap. (editor of ‘The Capuchin Annual’).