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An account of the opening days of the Easter Rising in Dublin by Harry Webber published in the ‘Weekly Dispatch’ (30 April 1916).

A clipping of an appreciation of the late Erskine Childers by Lily O’Brennan who acted as his personal secretary in 1921. The letter was addressed to the editor of the 'Irish Independent' but the clipping was seemingly taken from the ‘Irish World’ (22 December 1922).

A clipping of a photograph of Archbishop Daniel Mannix. The clipping is taken from an article giving the text of Mannix’s speech at the Rotunda in Dublin on 29 October 1925. The entire article is extant in the volume. The article was published in ‘An Phoblacht’ (30 October 1925).

A clipping of a photograph of Archbishop Paschal Robinson OFM, Apostolic Nuncio to Ireland, with Fr. Senan Moynihan OFM Cap. at the Institute of Journalists dinner in Dublin. The clipping is taken from ‘The Advocate’ (17 March 1938) published in Melbourne, Australia. It is noted that Fr. John Moynihan, the editor of ‘The Advocate’, is a brother of Fr. Senan.

A clipping of a report on the bombardment of Liberty Hall by the steamer ‘Helga’ during the insurrection. The newspaper title from which the clipping was taken is not given but it is most likely from the ‘Irish Times’.

A clipping of photographs of the Celtic Congress Garden Party at the Zoological Gardens in Dublin. Fr. Senan Moynihan OFM Cap. is present in one of the images, described as a ‘distinguished Franciscan Capuchin scholar’. Fr. Senan has annotated the word ‘scholar’ with ‘oh yeah!’. The clipping is taken from the ‘Daily Express’ (12 July 1934).

A clipping of an article announcing the unconditional surrender of the rebels and the suppression of the insurrection in Dublin. The clipping is taken from the ‘Irish Times’ (28-9 April & 1 May 1916).

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.

A clipping of a photograph taken from the Chancellor Studio on Lower Sackville (O’Connell) Street. The photograph is described as a ‘remarkable relic of the rebellion’ as it is riddled with shrapnel from the fighting during the insurrection. The image shows (left) Edward White Benson (1829-1896), Archbishop of Canterbury, and (right) William Conyngham Plunket, 4th Baron Plunket (1828-1897), the Anglican Archbishop of Dublin. The newspaper title from which the clipping was taken is not given.

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.