Showing 157 results

Recollections by Fr. Aloysius Travers OFM Cap. of the fighting of Easter Week, the surrender of the rebel forces and subsequent execution of their leaders. He provides an eye-witness account of the executions in Kilmainham Jail most notably that of James Connolly. The typescript copies are incomplete: 17 pp + 11 pp. With an undated typescript copy of ‘Connolly’s death speech’ taken from the 'Gaelic American'.

A record by Fr. Columbus Murphy OFM Cap. of events between 30 April and 4 May 1916. Most of the memoir refers to his interaction with British military officers and his efforts to minister to the rebel leaders prior to their executions in Kilmainham Jail. The memoir begins: ‘I have been asked repeatedly to write out a detailed and connected account of my personal experiences, what I actually saw and did during the Rising. At length I have decided to comply with the request. I do so however not with the intention of ever publishing this report. … As I sit then at my desk here in the silence and solitude of my monastic cell in Dublin, fourteen weeks have elapsed since those eventful days. I take up my pen. …’.

Address signed on behalf of the soldiers of the Republic, Liam Lynch, Chief of Staff, Éamon de Valera, President of the Republic. Published in Dublin by the ‘Soldiers of the Republic’.

Bound volume containing the complete run of 'An Barr Buadh' (‘The Trumpet of Freedom’), from 16 Mar. 1912 (Vol. 1, No. 1)-25 May 1912 (Vol. 1, No. 11). In March 1912, Pádraig Pearse founded this weekly Irish language political journal. Its purpose was to ‘advocate the political independence of Ireland’. With only a limited circulation, 'An Barr Buadh' only ran to eleven issues and had only four pages. Regular contributors included Pearse himself, Brian O’Higgins, Éamonn Ceannt, Thomas Mac Donnell, Desmond Ryan, Cathal Brugha, The O’Rahilly and Peadar Kearney. The articles focused almost exclusively on political issues and paper rarely dealt with social or economic matters. The first page of the bound volume is annotated with the manuscript signature of Tomás de Roíste, the noted Gaelic scholar.

The file comprises the following editions of this Anti-Treaty republican publication: 20 Nov. 1923 (No. 2); 22 Nov. 1823 (No. 3); 11 Dec. 1923 (No. 10). Issue No. 3 is ink-stamped: ‘O’Dwyer, tobacconist and newsagent, 30 Oliver Plunkett Street, Cork’.

The file comprises the following editions of this weekly republican newspaper:
6 Nov. 1925 (Vol. 1, No. 21)-25 Dec. 1925 (Vol. 1, No. 28);
1 Jan. 1926 (Vol. 2, No. 1)-2 Apr. 1926 (Vol. 2, No. 14);
23 Mar. 1935 (new series, Vol. X, No. 8);
20 Apr. 1935 (new series, Vol. X, No. 12)-4 May 1935 (new series, Vol. X, No. 14);
18 May 1935 (new series, Vol. X, No. 16);
8 June 1935 (new series, Vol. X, No. 19).
Multiple copies of some editions are extant.

'An Stoc' was edited by Tomás Ó Máille (1880-1938). Ó Máille was born in Connemara and was educated in University College Manchester, in Freiburg and later in Berlin. He became professor of Irish studies at University College Galway. Among his published works were 'The language of the annals of Ulster' (1910); 'An Gaoth Aniar' (1920); 'MacDatho' (1927); 'Medb Chriachna' (1934); 'Diarmad Dann' (1936); 'An Béal Beo' (1936). He edited 'An Stoc', which contained Irish poetry, folklore extracts and other forms of cultural revivalist and nationalist literature. 'An Stoc' was published in Galway by Coláiste na h-Iolsgoile. The file contains the following issues:
Dec. 1917. Vol. 1, No. 1
Jan. 1918. Vol. 1, No. 2
Feb.-Mar. 1918. Vol. 1, No. 3
Apr.-May 1918. Vol. 1, No. 4.
Apr.-May 1920. Vol. 2, No. 10.