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A postcard print captioned ‘Irish rebellion May 1916 / Talbot Street, Dublin, held against a rebel charge. Picture taken under fire’. Printed by the ‘Daily Sketch’ for Eason and Sons.

An article reporting on the return by Captain E.J. Hitzen of some mementoes and ephemera he captured following the 1916 Rising. The items included the white flag used by Éamon de Valera during the surrender of Boland’s Mill. The article also refers to Hitzen’s recollections of the Rising. The clipping is taken from the ‘Irish Times’ (5 April 1948).

A clipping of an appreciation of Margaret Kennedy (1892-1953) by R.M. Fox published in ‘The Irish Weekly and Ulster Examiner’ (13 June 1953). Kennedy was a member of Cumann na mBan who served in Marrowbone Lane during the Rising. She was subsequently imprisoned in Kilmainham Jail. She later worked with the Irish National Aid Association and became a captain in Cumann na mBan (1920), and later a Commandant.

A clipping of a letter from Kathleen Clark published in the ‘Sunday Independent’ in which she gives her recollections of the planning of the 1916 Rising. She refers to P.S. O’Hegarty’s assertion that the rebellion was only planned for Dublin. The letter is dated 29 July 1949 at 40 Merlyn Road, Ballsbridge, Dublin.

A clipping of an article reporting on a window designed by Evie Hone in Kilmilkin Church, Maam, in County Galway commemorating the surgeon John Francis O’Malley. The article was published in the ‘Connacht Tribune’ (2 June 1951).

A clipping of short article announcing the release of several female prisoners detained after the insurrection. The prisoners included Annie Higgins, Madeline Ffrench-Mullen, and Nellie Gifford. The clipping is taken from the ‘Freeman’s Journal’ (5 June 1916).

A postcard print captioned ‘Liberty Hall, Headquarters of the Citizen Army, after Bombardment’.

A clipping of a photograph of commemoration service for the 1916 leaders at Arbour Hill in Dublin. Fr. Senan Moynihan OFM Cap. is among the clergy in attendance. The clipping is taken from the ‘Irish Press’ (5 May 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 letter from Patrick Collins, 6 Clonmore Road, Ballybough, Dublin, to Fr. Senan Moynihan OFM Cap. enclosing a copy of an account of the final hours and execution of Seán Hueston in Kilmainham Jail on 8 May 1916. The account was written by his uncle who was a relation of Seán Hueston. Reference is made in the account to the ministrations to Heuston by Fr. Albert Bibby OFM Cap.