Catholic Archives

Postcard Print of the Funeral Procession of Michael Collins

IE CA IR-1/3/4/10
Item
1922

A blank postcard print showing the funeral procession of Michael Collins in Dublin on 28 August 1922. The printed caption reads 'Funeral of the late General Michael Collins / Passing Government Buildings'. The card was printed by Hely's, Acme Works, Dublin.

Postcard prints of Fr. Dominic O’Connor OFM Cap. with a group of Irish Republicans in California

IE CA IR-1/5/4/4
File
17 Mar. 1923-18 June 1958

Part of Irish Capuchin Archives

Photographic postcard prints of Fr. Dominic O’Connor OFM Cap. with a group of Irish Republican supporters at Fairpost, Northern California. Some members of the group hold tricolor pennants annotated: ‘St Patrick’s Day -1923. Irish Republic’. One of the photographs was reprinted in the 'Cork Evening Echo', 18 June 1958. The individuals are named as:
Front: Pat Fitzgerald, Fr. Dominic O’Connor OFM Cap., Messrs M. O’Malley, J. McGuire, Barney Nolan.
Back: Messrs D. Godsil, M. Murphy, J. Shine, M. Barry, T. Sullivan, D. O’Keefe, J. Flynn, J. Leary, T. Curtin, J. Kelleher, J. O’Connor, P. Murphy, V. Daly.

President Wilson’s address to the Senate of the United States on 22nd January 1917

IE CA IR-1/7/1/14
Item
1917

Part of Irish Capuchin Archives

A handbill using a quotation from President Wilson’s address to the Senate of the United States on 22nd January 1917. The text encourages American recognition of the Irish Republic. Published by the Irish Nation League, 27 Dawson Street, Dublin.

Printed circular letter by George Noble Plunkett stating his political standpoint in the aftermath of his victory in the North Roscommon by-election

IE CA IR-1/7/2/2
Item
17 Mar. 1917

Part of Irish Capuchin Archives

In the circular Plunkett promoted Sinn Féin’s strategy and declared that ‘the position of the Irish Party during Easter Week was deplorable. The Leader of the Irish Party [John Redmond] accepted the points of view of the government. He speaks like an Englishman intent on maintaining English supremacy, not as an Irishman who believes that his Nation has the rights common to all nations, and the duty to wrest her liberties from foreign control by every means in her power’.