Clippings showing the presentation by Major H.E. de Courcy Wheeler of arms and mementoes from the 1916 Rising. De Courcy Wheeler had accepted the surrender of Patrick Pearse and Constance Markievicz following the defeat of the insurrection. The items were handed over to the state at a reception at Áras an Uachtaráin in Dublin. The image (right) shows Áine Ceannt and Margaret Mary Pearse examining a revolver which belonged to Constance Markievicz. The clippings are most likely taken from the 'Irish Independent' (30 April 1948).
A clipping of a report on a presentation made to Christopher J. Brady, Michael J. Molloy, and William P. O’Brien who printed the 1916 Proclamation. The article is taken from the ‘Irish Press’ (25 November 1952).
A bound book, formerly ‘The Works of Ruskin / library edition / Vol. II’, in which clippings relating to the 1916 Rising taken from contemporary newspapers have been laid in. The clippings (including many printed photographs and illustrations) cover the fighting and the subsequent executions of the rebel leaders. The volume includes contemporary accounts mainly taken from loyalist publications, including the ‘Irish Times’, ‘Daily Sketch’ and ‘Weekly Dispatch’. The volume also includes articles from the ‘Cork Free Press’. The end pages of the volume contain clippings relating to the Civil War and material re the deaths and executions of leading republicans during the latter stages of that conflict. A few articles from the late 1930s and early 1940s (presumably compiled by Fr. Senan Moynihan OFM Cap.) are also extant in the volume. Inserts include typescript ephemera mainly from anti-Treaty and republican sources during the Civil War. The volume is not paginated.
A clipping of a photograph of Holden Stodart, a member of the St. John’s Ambulance Brigade, who was killed in Dublin on 26 April 1916. The image was published in the ‘Weekly Dispatch’ (30 April 1916).
A clipping of a report on the execution of Major John MacBride in Kilmainham Jail in Dublin on 5 May 1916. The clipping was taken from the ‘Dublin Evening Mail’.
A clipping of a photograph of Second Lieutenant Cecil Robert Walter McCammond ‘who rode through the crowd at Portobello Bridge, Dublin, at great risk, and decimated the rebels there’. The newspaper title from which the clipping was taken is not given.
A clipping of a report of the executions of James Connolly and Seán MacDermott (Seán Mac Diarmada) in Kilmainham Jail in Dublin on 12 May 1916. The clipping is taken from the ‘Irish Times’ (13 May 1916).
A clipping of an account of the opening days of the Rising by Rev. Gordon Clements, The Manse, Donore, South Circular Road, Dublin. The article was published in the ‘Dublin Evening Mail’ (3 May 1916).
A clipping of a photograph of Sir Horace Plunkett following a meeting of the Irish Privy Council. Reference is made to the bullet hole in Plunkett’s car. The newspaper title from which the clipping was taken is not given.
A clipping of an article announcing the unconditional surrender of the rebels and the suppression of the insurrection in Dublin. The clipping is taken from the ‘Irish Times’ (28-9 April & 1 May 1916).
