A general election flier for Alfred ‘Alfie’ Byrne, Lord Mayor of Dublin, in February 1932. The flier was published in the ‘Irish Independent’ (16 February 1932).
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 large bound volume with a manuscript annotation on the spine which reads ‘Recent Irish History’. The volume is a ‘Walker’s Century Scrap & Newscutting Volume’. The content is wide ranging and includes numerous newspaper and magazine clippings, some original photographs, fliers, ephemera, and pasted-in content relating primarily to the Irish Revolution and partition. The volume also includes many documents relating to the anti-Treaty interest during the Civil War. Many clippings of obituaries are also present in the volume. An alphabetical index of individuals (and some events) referred to in the documents is present in the opening pages of the volume. The volume is paginated. The volume includes clippings, documents, photographs, ephemera, and references to the following: • William O’Brien • Bishop Edward O’Dwyer • Éamon de Valera • Thomas Ashe • Terence MacSwiney • Arthur Griffith • Liam Mellows • Roger Casement • Kilmainham Jail • Seán Treacy • Elizabeth O’Farrell • Mount St. Benedict, Gorey, County Wexford • Kevin Barry • Julia Grenan • Katharine O’Shea • President de Valera’s view on the Boundary Commission (1924) • Michael Collins • Archbishop Daniel Mannix • Erskine Childers • Cathal Brugha • Douglas Hyde • Senator David Robinson • Vere Foster • Alfred O’Rahilly • Patrick John Little • Arthur Clery • Fr. Maurus Phelan OCSO • John Hamilton-Gordon, 1st Marquess of Aberdeen and Temair. (His departure as Lord Lieutenant of Ireland in 1915). • Hugo Flinn • Fr. Peter Yorke • ‘Proposed terms of settlement’ (typescript draft, 7 May 1923) • ‘Behind stone walls’. Refers to the continued imprisonment of republicans by the Free State government during the Civil War. • Niall Mac Giolla Bhrighde (Neil McBride) • Voting paper for the ‘Masonic Orphan Boys’ School Election – November 1942’ • ‘Propaganda’ / an address delivered by the auditor Louis V. Nolan at the solicitors buildings, Four Courts, 27 October 1942 • ‘Leo O’Brien / His life in service in the movement for Ireland’s Independence’. For more information on Leo O’Brien see https://www.irishcatholic.com/fighting-for-irelands-freedom-drove-me-mad-claimed-convicted-murderer/ • T. J. Kiernan • ‘Memorandum of Ambulance work & efforts for peace’ by John P. Homan (d. 1944), Vernon Avenue, Clontarf, Dublin. The document refers to his work with St. John’s Ambulance during the Civil War hostilities in Dublin in June-July 1922. Mention is made of his interactions with Fr. Albert Bibby OFM Cap. and the friar’s efforts to secure a cessation of hostilities. • An original pamphlet titled ‘Who is the real foe of the Irish / (by Hugh O’Neill)’ [c.1917]. 11 pp.
An original letter of Fr. Albert Bibby OFM Cap., to Br. Colman Cregan OFM Cap. referring to his treatment in St. Francis Hospital in Santa Barbara, California. He also thanks the ‘good people of Santa Yenz parish’ for sending him their good wishes. (Volume page 90).
A Christmas greeting card from Frank Ryan (Proinsias Ó Riain). The card dates to December 1937 and was probably sent to Fr. Senan Moynihan OFM Cap. The Spanish text translates as ‘Forward to victory over fascism in 1938!’. The greeting in Irish reads ‘Happy Christmas and New Year / from / the Irish Republican Army / “Connolly Battalion” / XV International Brigade / Army of the Republic of Spain / Christmas 1937’. (Volume page 107).
A clipping of a letter from Art Ó Briain (Art O’Brien) commending the contents of ‘The Capuchin Annual’ (1942). A footnote to the article indicates that the letter was sent to Fr. Senan Moynihan OFM Cap. who published it with Ó Briain’s consent. The clipping is likely taken from ‘The Father Mathew Record’. (Volume page 121).
A clipping of an article reporting on the death of Colonel Joseph O’Reilly, the former aide-de-camp to Michael Collins. The article was published in the ‘Irish Independent’ (29 July 1943). (Volume page 173).
A programme for a concert organised by Cumann na mBan in Bray, County Wicklow. The date is not given but an accompanying note elsewhere in the volume suggests that the event was held just a few weeks before the 1916 Rising. Many of the performers in the concert were participants in the Rising. Douglas ffrench-Mullen (1892-1943) was a younger brother of Madeleine ffrench-Mullen, the well-known republican, feminist, and labour activist. He served in the South Dublin Union under Éamonn Ceannt during the Rising. He was wounded during the fighting and was detained initially in Richmond Barracks and later at Frongoch Camp in Wales. Ffrench-Mullen was released in September 1916. His fellow accompanist at the Bray concert was the Carlow-born Cathal Mac Dubhghaill (d. 1926). A talented musician and composer, he arranged the music for Peadar Kearney ‘A Soldier’s Song’ in its published form. He participated in the Rising and was afterwards interned at Frongoch Camp, where he illustrated several well-known sketchbooks. Gerard Crofts (1888-1934) was a poet and operatic singer. During the Rising, he served with Commandant William James Brennan-Whitmore in the General Post Office and in the final retreat to Moore Street. He was court-martialled and sentenced to ten years imprisonment but was released under the terms of a general amnesty in June 1917. Seosamh MacCathmhaoil (Joseph Campbell) was born in Belfast in 1879 and emerged as an influential poet and Irish music lyricist. He supported the Rising and was active as a non-combatant during Easter Week, performing rescue and first-aid work. In 1917, he published a translation from Irish of the short stories of Patrick Pearse. He died in County Wicklow in June 1944. (Volume page 190).
A clipping of an article by Daniel Corkery referring to the life and career of William Frederick Paul Stockley. The article was published in ‘The Standard’ (6 August 1943). (Volume page 227).
