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A typescript copy letter from Daniel Crowley, Royal Irish Constabulary, Ballyheihue (Ballyheigue), Tralee, County Kerry to the editor of the ‘Constabulary Gazette’ re his recollections of the Casement landing and the ‘Aud incident’. The letter is dated 21 April 1917. The letter reads ‘On Thursday the 20th April 1916 I was on patrol duty (five miles away) and noticed at about 2 pm a vessel far out to sea, a steamer, I watched her for some time, became suspicious, and on my return to Barracks I sent a constable to Kerry Head to watch her and report her to the Coast-Guard here if she was suspicious. He did so’.

A copy letter from Archbishop Thomas O’Donnell, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, to Fr. Senan Moynihan OFM Cap. relaying information on the burial of Fr. Louis de Lavagna, an Italian Capuchin friar, in the old St. Mary’s Church in Toronto, Canada.

A small booklet comprising the Constitution of the Gaelic League in America. Printed by J.J. Collins & Sons, 210 Blue Avenue, Chicago.

A flier setting out the rules and constitution of the Irish Unionist Alliance (South Louth Division).

A photographic print of Constance Markievicz, Éamon de Valera, Darrell Figgis, W.T. Cosgrave, Alice Ginnell, and other republicans in Kilkenny. A manuscript caption gives the names of all the individuals in the group.

A printed target card signed ‘Constance de Markievicz’ and dated 17 March 1922. The target card was used at twenty-five yards distance and shows eight perforations.

A postcard reproduction of a painting of Constance Markievicz by the Polish artist Bolesław Szańkowski (1873-1953). The portrait dates to 1901 when Markievicz was resident in Paris. The postcard reproduction is captioned ‘Constance Countess Markievicz TD’ and probably dates to the early 1920s when she was serving as a Teachta Dála in Dáil Éireann.

A photographic print of Constance Markievicz speaking at a demonstration in Kilkenny on 19 July 1917. Markievicz was speaking at an event held in support of the election campaign of the Sinn Féin candidate W.T. Cosgrave.

A clipping of an image of Constance Markievicz following her court martial. The caption notes that she ‘is seen with the wardress in the Red Cross ambulance which did duty for a “Black Maria”’. The newspaper title from which the clipping was taken is not given.

Blank postcard re a meeting of Conrad na Gaelige. The postcard notes that Patrick Pearse is the secretary.