A sketch (coloured ink on paper) by Patrick O'Carroll titled 'An Afternoon's Drink' presumably penned while he was incarcerated in Limerick Jail in early 1923. The work is signed in the bottom right-hand corner 'P. O'Carroll / Kilfinane'.
An Anti-Treaty propaganda leaflet of a facsimile letter from a Irish Free State Captain, Military Barracks, Dundalk, to Colonel O’Higgins, Dublin Command, re accounts for whiskey which was ‘purchased on the order of General Hogan, and supplied to the firing squads who carried out the executions here’.
A collection of broadly nationalist newspapers and broadsheets. The sub-series includes cultural, Irish language and labour publications. The sub-series also contains contemporary newspapers reporting on the 1916 Rising and the major events of the War of Independence.
A copy of the nationalist newspaper edited by Arthur Griffith, 'Scissors and Paste', 27 Feb. 1915 (Vol. I, no. 22). Griffith actively discouraged Irishmen from fighting with the British army in the First World War, as a result of which the 'Sinn Féin' newspaper was banned in December 1914; Griffith promptly replaced it with 'Scissors and Paste' and later with 'Nationality', both of which continued to promote Sinn Féin policies. In 'Scissors and Paste', Griffith evaded British censorship by sampling articles from the uncensored press and then juxtaposing them so that readers could draw their own conclusions
'An lóċrann' was established by Pádraig Ó Siochfhradha (1883-1964) and was published in Cork. It featured Irish language revivalist literature and articles on Gaelic folklore and music. The file comprises the following editions: July 1917 (no. 16) Mar. 1918 (no. 24). Annotation on page 8: ‘Father Albert [Bibby OFM Cap.]’. Apr. 1919. (no. 37) July 1919 (no. 40). 2 copies Dec. 1919 (no. 45) Feb. 1920 (no. 47) July 1920 (no. 52)
The file comprises mostly single sheets and clippings from editions of 'Young Ireland (Ėire Og)'. Complete editions include: 21 May 1921 (No. 17); 16 July 1921 (No. 24); 23 July 1921 (No. 26); 12 Nov. 1921 (No. 42).
A republican handbill with the text of a ballad titled 'A Dublin Battle Ditty' referring to the attack by the forces of the Provisional Government on the Four Courts and the ensuing fighting in Dublin in June and July 1922.
A republican cartoon by Constance Markievicz published during the Civil War affirming that Arthur Griffith and Michael Collins are ‘marching heads up into the Empire over the bodies of their murdered Comrades’.
