A clipping of an article on the unveiling of a statue of the Virgin Mary and Christ Child at All Hallows College in Dublin. The statue was sculpted by Albert Power, and it was unveiled by Edward Byrne, Archbishop of Dublin, on 1 May 1922. (Volume page 78).
A clipping of a photographic print of the unveiling of the statue of Canon Patrick Sheehan at the Church of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Doneraile, County Cork. (‘Cork Examiner’, 19 Oct. 1925). The group includes the sculptor Francis William Doyle Jones and Robert Browne, the Bishop of Cloyne.
A clipping of an article reporting on the unveiling and blessing of a memorial to Seán Heuston in the Phoenix Park in Dublin. The article was published in the ‘Irish Press’ (6 December 1943). The article includes a photographic print of Fr. Michael J. Heuston OP, a Dominican friar, and a brother of the 1916 leader. The memorial sculpture of Seán Heuston in the Phoenix Park was created by Laurence Campbell. (Volume page 192).
An illustration of a view from Holy Trinity Capuchin Friary in Cork. The text reads ‘Beautiful golden glow above the chimney stack morning / 3/10/40 / Holy Trinity’. The name of the artist (presumably a Capuchin friar) is not given.
Three bound volumes of newspaper clippings containing Irish texts and some translations written by An tAthair Peadar Ó Laoghaire. The titles of the texts include the lives of Saint Brigid and Saint Patrick. Some of the articles refer to the ‘coming of the faith to Ireland’. Most of the article clippings seem to have been taken from the ‘Cork Examiner’.
A clipping of an image of voting on the submission of artwork to the Royal Hibernian Exhibition. The image shows Jack. B. Yeats, Dermod O’Brien, Albert Power, Leo Whelan, George Collie, and Seán O’Sullivan. The clipping is taken from the ‘Times Pictorial’ (27 March 1943). (Volume page 112).
A copy of 'W. H. Smith & Son’s War Map Of The Transvaal And Adjoining Countries In South Africa With Historical Sketch Of The Boers Etc' (London, 1881). Published by W. H. Smith & Son in London. Original fold-out map. First edition. Produced during the first Boer War (1880-1).