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Passport of Fr. Dominic O’Connor OFM Cap. issued by the British Foreign Office. Fr. Dominic’s age is given as 36, his profession as a Roman Catholic Clergyman and is defined as a ‘British-born subject’. With half-length portrait photograph pasted into document. The ink stamps on the passport indicate that Fr. Dominic travelled through France and Belgium in 1919.

Passes signed by Mervyn Richard Wingfield, 8th Viscount Powerscourt, Assistant Provost Marshal, Dublin, permitting Fr. Aloysius Travers OFM Cap. and Fr. Columbus Murphy OFM Cap. to travel between ‘Dublin and England via North Wall or Kingston’ and to the ‘Capuchin Convent, Church Street’.

Pass signed by Major J.W. Morel, Assistant Provost Marshal, Dublin, permitting Fr. Columbus Murphy OFM Cap. ‘to travel in the streets of Dublin on duty and to visit prisoners where allowed’. Stamped and dated. With un-stamped permit allowing Fr. Columbus ‘to travel anywhere in the City and visit prisoners in Richmond [Barracks]’. Indecipherable signature at bottom of pass.

Statement titled 'Partition' issued by the Pro-Treaty Government Publicity Department suggesting that Éamon de Valera 'was aware of the "Ulster" clauses of the Treaty long before the Treaty was signed, and that he made no protest; that he had assured Mr. Lloyd George that force would not be used against "Ulster" in order to bring the six counties into a United Ireland ...'.

A calling card of P.H. Pearse, St. Enda’s College, Rathfarnham. Manuscript signature of Ėamon de Valéra on reverse.

'On the proper shoulders'. At head of text: extracts from the Official Report of proceedings in the English House of Commons (Hansard, June 26th, 1922, Vol. 155, no. 84).

Official Communiqués from Republican Ministers including Éamon de Valera, President; Austin Stack, Minister for Finance; Padraig Ó Ruitleis, Minister for Home Affairs. These typescript duplicates of communiqués were published by the publicity department of the Anti-Treaty ‘Dail Eireann’ Republican Government. Includes Statement on ‘Why the Four Courts was Attacked’; Statements for publication regarding the trial of Capt. Erskine Childers in November 1922; Statement regarding the treatment of Joseph Clarke by Free State authorities. Clarke acted as the courier for the First Dáil but was interned from January 1921. Released in 1923, he acted as caretaker of the Sinn Féin headquarters on Harcourt Street, and founded the Irish Book Bureau. Although the Anti-Treaty Sinn Féin rejected participation in the Dáil, they continued to contest local elections, and Clarke sat on Dublin Corporation. (13 Nov. 1922); Proclamation by Liam Lynch, Chief of Staff of the IRA, declaring allegiance to De Valera as President of the Republic and pledging ‘our support in all the legitimate efforts to maintain and defend the Republic …’. 3 copies. (28 Oct. 1922); Order from Padraig Ó Ruitleis, Minister for Home Affairs, decreeing ‘that until further notice the present be observed as a time of National mourning, that all sports and amusements be suspended, that all Theatres, picture houses and other places of amusement and rest be closed …’. (13 Mar. 1923); ‘Cease Fire Order’ issued by Éamon de Valera on 27 April 1923: ‘As evidence of our good-will, the Army Council [of the IRA] is issuing herewith an Order to all Units to suspend aggressive action – the order to take effect as soon as may be, but not later than noon Monday, April 30th’. With blank nomination form used by Republican candidates in the parliamentary elections for the Third Dáil Eireann held on 16 June 1922. Printed by Browne & Nolan, Ltd., Printers, Dublin.

An obedience from Fr. Peter Bowe OFM Cap., Provincial Minister, to Fr. Albert Bibby OFM Cap. requiring him to leave the Church Street Friary in Dublin and to take up residence in the Capuchin Friary in Rochestown in County Cork.

Notebook belonging to Martin Savage, Irish Volunteer. The annotation on the first page reads: ‘This book belongs to Martin Savage. I [Fr. Columbus Murphy OFM Cap.] got it from him at Richmond Barracks. It contained a list of the names and addresses of all the Volunteers of his company. I tore them out and burned them. Fr. Columbus’. A later note reads: ‘He [Savage] was subsequently killed in the attack on Lord French. Fr. C.’. The notebook also contains thirteen black and white portrait photographs of unidentified individuals and groups. Three of these photographs can be positively identified as Martin Savage. The other photographs may be of his relations. Some of the photographs have a printed company stamp on the reverse: ‘The Franco Art Co., Grafton Studios, 111 Grafton St. … Dublin’.

The note reads: ‘Dear Mother, we had to surrender so we march to Phoneix [sic] Park, don’t forget to pray us’. A partially decipherable name and address is given on the reverse: ‘Matthew [ ], 12 Great Longford St, Dublin, off Aungier St.’ The item was found within an envelope annotated: ‘Farewell letter to His mother of a soldier of the I.R.A. who fought for Ireland in the Rising of Easter Week, 1916’.