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A postcard print captioned ‘Irish rebellion May 1916 / soldiers bivouacking opposite Liberty Hall, the rebel headquarters in Dublin’. Printed by the ‘Daily Sketch’.

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.

A postcard print captioned ‘Irish rebellion May 1916 / the interior of the ballroom, Imperial Hotel, Dublin, after the siege’. Printed by the ‘Daily Sketch’ for Eason and Sons.

A postcard print captioned ‘Irish Rebellion, May 1916 / Ruined Sackville Street, Dublin, barricaded with motor cars’.

A clipping of a profile of James Larkin Junior (better known as ‘Young Jim’ Larkin), the eldest son of the trade unionist and socialist ‘Big Jim’ Larkin. The article traces the younger Larkin’s journey from what is called his previous ‘extreme left’ communism to respected Labour Party parliamentarian. The article was published in the ‘Irish Times’ (18 October 1952).

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

A clipping of a report referring to the award by King George V of the Military Medal to Louisa Nolan for her actions in saving the lives of British soldiers during the Easter Rising. The article is taken from the ‘Daily News’ (24 February 1917).

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 postcard print captioned 'O’Connell Bridge and quays Dublin / (before and after “Sinn Fein Rebellion”)'. The postcard was printed Valentine & Co.