A collection of mainly legal and financial papers relating to St. Enda’s School (Scoil Éanna), an Irish language college established by Patrick Pearse in Cullenswood House on Oakley Road in Ranelagh, Dublin, in 1908. The school moved to the Hermitage, a former country house in Rathfarnham, in 1910. Pearse founded St. Ita’s School for girls along the same general lines as St. Enda’s in Cullenswood House in 1910, when he moved St. Enda's boys' school to Rathfarnham. Some of the records refer to the precarious financial state of St. Enda’s and to Pearse’s efforts to raise funds to keep the school solvent. The section also contains some miscellaneous notes by Pearse on education-related subjects. Some of the documents listed below are in either Pearse’s hand or are endorsed with his signature.
A view of Parliament Bridge and Sullivan’s Quay in Cork in about 1930. The photograph was taken from the highest floor of the Capuchin Friary located on Father Mathew Quay.
A view (taken from City Hall) looking down Parliament Street towards Grattan Bridge and beyond to Capel Street in Dublin. On the left in the image are the offices of the ‘Evening Mail’ newspaper located on the corner of Parliament Street and Cork Hill.
A view of the northern side of Parnell Square, Dublin, in about 1940. To the left is the Rotunda Gardens, a Georgian square situated at the northern end of O’Connell Street. A sizeable portion of the gardens were later used as the site for the National Garden of Remembrance in the 1960s. The Hugh Lane Gallery is situated in the building recessed at the right, with the Coláiste Mhuire buildings at the far end of the street.
A postcard image of the Pass of Keimaneigh (in Irish 'Céim an Fhia') in the Shehy Mountains in County Cork. Printed annotation on the reverse reads 'Real Photo by Mason, Dublin'.
A pass permitting Fr. Aloysius Travers OFM Cap. to travel ‘over the streets of Dublin by day and night’. The pass is authorised by Mervyn Richard Wingfield, 8th Viscount Powerscourt, Assistant Provost Marshal.
An image of a passenger liner arriving at Dún Laoghaire for the 31st International Eucharistic Congress. Irish Air Corps aircraft in a crucifix formation can be seen above the ship.
