An invitation to a banquet organised by the Knights of Equity, an Irish Catholic fraternal organization, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, on 17 March 1950. The card shows Blarney Castle, a fifteenth-century tower house, in County Cork. The festivities organised by the Knights of Equity included the singing of popular Irish songs such as ‘It’s a great day for the Irish’ and ‘When Irish eyes are smiling’.
An invitation card for the first meeting of Dáil Éireann held on 7 January 1919. This inaugural meeting was held in private with only Sinn Féin members invited. The principal business conducted at this meeting was the election of a committee tasked with the drawing up of key documents to be discussed at the first sitting of the Dáil proper which was held on 21 January in the Round Room of the Mansion House in Dublin.
An invitation card to a private viewing of Evie Hone paintings of the Stations of the Cross (commissioned for the parish church in Kiltulla in County Galway).
An invitation to Fr. Senan Moynihan OFM Cap. to attend a private viewing of an exhibition of paintings by Jack B. Yeats at the Victor Waddington Galleries, 8 South Anne Street, Dublin. (Volume page 223).
An invitation card for an exhibition of wood carvings and paintings by Yvonne Jammet (1900-1967) at the Victor Waddington Galleries on South Anne Street in Dublin.
A photographic print of the interior of the General Post Office. The image was published in ‘The Irish Builder’ (25 March 1916). A manuscript annotation on the reverse of the print reads ‘Post Office / a few weeks before Rising, 1916 / Photo by T.F. Geoghegan’.
Two fire insurances polices covering St. Enda’s School (formerly ‘The Hermitage’) in Rathfarnham, issued to Patrick Pearse by the Hibernian, Fire and General Insurance Limited, 49 Dame Street, Dublin. Both the polices have detailed typescript inventories of the buildings and contents covered by the policies.
Instructions for local Sinn Féin clubs for 1921-2. The document divides up the work suitable for Sinn Féin Cumainn in different areas (divided into those in urban, rural or seaboard areas, those with ample hall accommodation, and those that can only act as an election or organising committee). Also provided is a list of appropriate books for Sinn Féin Club libraries.
