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A clipping of an article referring to the recapture of the republican leader Hugh McAteer on the Falls Road in Belfast. The article is taken from the ‘Belfast Telegraph’ (20 November 1943).

An invitation to a reception for released prisoners of war to be held in the Mansion House in Dublin on 14 July 1917. The invitation is to Frank Fahy. The event was organised by the Irish National Aid and Volunteers’ Dependents Fund.

A clipping of an image of a crowd at a recruitment meeting in Macroom in County Cork. The image was published in the ‘Irish Life’ magazine (8 October 1915). (Volume page 202).

A clipping of an image of the bands of the Dublin Metropolitan Police, the Irish Guards, and the Royal Irish Constabulary assembled outside the Mansion House on Dawson Street in Dublin at a recruitment meeting on 7 May 1915. The image was published in the ‘Irish Life’ magazine (8 October 1915). The original caption for the photograph reads ‘The Travelling Recruiting Office, taken outside the Mansion House, May 7, 1915 – the day of the departure of the Guards’ Band from Ireland at the close of a successful recruiting tour. On the platform of the Recruiting Office are the Rt. Hon. the Lord Mayor of Dublin, the High Sheriff, Mr. Henry McLaughlin, and Sir Maurice Dockrell, D.L. The group on the steps include Capt. the Hon. Alexander and Lieutenant Purcell of the Guards; Lieutenant Archer Redmond MP; Sir Neville Chamberlain, Colonel Edgeworth Johnson, and several members of the Central Recruiting Council’. (Volume page 200).

A clipping of an image of a large crowd assembled on the Grand Parade in Cork city for a recruitment rally during the Great War. The image was published in the ‘Irish Life’ magazine (8 October 1915). The frontage of Alexander Grant and Co., a landmark department and clothing store, can be seen in the background of the photograph. This four-storey building at 16-18 Grand Parade (constructed in the 1860s) was destroyed by fire in March 1942. The site was later repurposed as the Capitol Cinema which opened its doors in 1947. (Volume page 201).

A flier with the text of a ballad satirizing the electoral reverses of John Redmond and the Irish Parliamentary Party at the hands of Sinn Féin.

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.

Report on religious instruction in the Presentation Convent School in Doneraile, County Cork. The volume provides lists of student names (mostly first communicants) and notes regarding the quality, character, and content of religious instruction in the school. References are made to bible studies, catechism, and prayer recitation. The entries are made by Canon Patrick Sheehan. Manuscript title to front cover reads ‘Religious Report Book Doneraile C[onvent]’.