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A clipping of an obituary for the artist and President of the Royal Hibernian Academy Dermod O’Brien. The article notes that he was the grandson of William Smith O’Brien, they Young Irelander. The obituary was published in the ‘Irish Press’ (5 October 1945).

A clipping of a short death notice for William Woodlock, ‘one of the Divisional Magistrates of Dublin’. The article is taken from the ‘Irish Catholic’ (June 1890).

A clipping of a report on the death of Sir John Maxwell in Cape Town, South Africa, on 21 February 1929. The newspaper title from which the clipping was taken is not given.

A clipping of a report on the death of Peter Murray, a prominent Irish American republican activist in California. Reference is made in the obituary to Murray’s friendship with Fr. Albert Bibby OFM Cap. at Santa Inés. The clipping is taken from the ‘Irish Weekly’ (24 July 1944). (Volume page 21).

A clipping of a report on the death of Peadar Kearney (Peadar Ó Cearnaigh) in the ‘Irish Press’ published on 25 November 1942. Kearney died (aged 58) on 24 November at his home in Inchicore, Dublin. Kearney is best remembered for writing the lyrics to ‘A Soldier’s Song’ (‘Amhrán na bhFiann’, the Irish-language translation, is the national anthem of Ireland). (Volume page 120).

A clipping of an article reporting on the death of Mary McWhorter (spelt here ‘MacWhorter’), a prominent Irish American activist. Mary McWhorter was the long-time president of the Chicago-based Ladies Auxiliary of the Ancient Order of Hibernians. The clipping is taken from the ‘Irish Press’ (23 August 1944). (Volume Page 33)

A clipping of a report on the death of the sculptor Jerome Connor. The clipping is taken from the ‘Evening Herald’ (21 Aug. 1943). (Volume page 115).

A clipping of a report on the death of George Noble Plunkett (d. 12 March 1948). The article was published in the ‘Irish Independent’ (13 March 1948).

A clipping of an article reporting on the death of Fr. Benedict Costello OP, a Dominican friar, who entered the General Post Office on several occasions to minister to rebels during the 1916 Rising.

A clipping of an article reporting on the death of Fr. Albert Bibby OFM Cap. in California on 14 February 1925. The newspaper title from which the clipping was taken is not given.