Circular letter from Thomas P. Butler, Chairman of the Executive Committee, and Gilbert De L. Willis, Secretary, Irish Landowners’ Convention. Topics include the elections for a new convention and the redemption of encumbrances.
Circular letter from Gilbert De L. Willis, Secretary, Irish Landowners’ Convention. Topics include the Local Government (Ireland) Bill and the Evicted Tenants’ Commission.
Circular letter from John Henry de la Poer Beresford, 5th Marquis of Waterford (1844-1895) read at a meeting of the County Waterford branch of the Irish Landowners’ Convention.
Circular letter from the Dublin Brigade, Irish Volunteers, Headquarters, 2 Dawson Street, Dublin, re a meeting in Rathfarnham and the need to show ‘readiness to act on the staff of Commandant P.H. Pearse, G.O.C., Dublin Brigade, during the operations’.
A printed statement from Domhnall Óg Ó Ceallacháin (Donal O’Callaghan, 1891-1962), Lord Mayor of Cork, expressing his thanks for the expressions of condolences on the death of Terence MacSwiney, his predecessor.
Circular from James Stopford, 5th Earl of Courtown (1823-1914) re the resolution passed at a recent meeting of the Property Defence Association and the need for subscriptions to support the organization.
A carte-de-visite showing a view of the Marian shrine at the Church of St. John the Baptist in Knock in County Mayo. The print was produced by James McFarland, 79 Grafton Street, Dublin.
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).