Flier and subscription card for the St. Enda’s School purchase fund fundraising ‘to return the School to The Hermitage, Rathfarnham’. At foot of second page ‘Signed by F. Murphy and E. Bulfin, Hon. Secs.; Joseph MacDonagh and Rev. Eugene Nevin, C.P. Hon. Treas’. At top right side: ‘St. Enda’s College, Oakley Road, Ranelagh, Dublin’. The text is mainly in English with a small portion in Irish. Published in Dublin by The Gaelic Press. Twenty signatures are extant on the subscription portion of the item.
List of subscriptions (and amounts) from American benefactors to the St. Enda’s School building fund. The subscriptions were taken while Patrick Pearse was touring the United States.
Specification for the workmanship and materials required in the building of a retail shop and premises on Bristol Street in Birmingham for James Pearse, 27 Great Brunswick Street, Dublin. The specification was compiled by John Smith & Son, architects, 88 Colmore Row, Birmingham. James Pearse had inherited his father’s shop in Bristol Street in Birmingham and seemingly had an architectural firm draw up plans for it to be converted into a newsagent and domestic dwelling.
Copies of ‘Diarmuid Ó Donnabháin Rosa, 1831-1915 / souvenir of public funeral to Glasnevin Cemetery, Dublin, August 1st, 1915'. Includes commemorative essays and poems by Patrick Pearse, Thomas MacDonagh, Arthur Griffith, James Connolly, Brian O’Higgins, and others. The roster of the O’Donovan Rossa Funeral Committee is extant on p. 24. Published in Dublin (Patrick Mahon, printer, 3 Yarnhall Street), in 1915.
Musical score (sheet music) for ‘Ceatha ceóil / An draighneán donn’ by Carl Hardeback (1869-1945). (Dublin, Connradh na Gaedhilge, 1902). Printed, 8 pp.
A clipping of an article titled ‘School Memorial to the Brothers Pearse’ (‘Irish Press’, 7 Sept. 1954). The article refers to a memorial to be established in Westland Row CBS to perpetuate the memory of the Pearse brothers who were educated in the school.
Revenue accounts for Patrick Pearse and Saint Enda’s School in Rathfarnham, for the year ended 30 June 1912. The accounts provide details of expenditure and income relating to the operation of the school. Also includes a statement of the financial affairs of the school as of 30 June 1912 with details of liabilities and assets. The accounts were prepared by D. O’Connor, chartered accountants, 13 Westmoreland Street, Dublin. He notes that ‘the statement of affairs was prepared from the books, and from creditors’ statements of account, and from information supplied by Mr. Pearse. The valuations of assets were made by Mr. Pearse’.