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A view of the changing of the military guard outside the National History Museum at the rear of Leinster House, Dublin. The soldiers are walking towards the pathway which leads to the North Road running between the Museum and the Department of the Attorney General.

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.

Letter from a General Staff Officer, National Army Headquarters, Portobello Barracks, to the editor of the 'Evening Herald', returning a copy (enclosed) of a republican publicity feature titled 'Mr. Kevin Higgins' attacks on President De Valera'. The National Army officer affirms that the publication of this feature has not been permitted.

Prisoner autograph text at Limerick Jail in February 1923.

Prisoner autograph text at Limerick Jail dated 27 February 1923.

Prisoner autograph text at Limerick Jail dated 27 February 1923.

Photographic prints compiled for an article by Jim Fahy titled ‘Patrick Sarsfield Gilmore’ published in 'The Capuchin Annual' (1974). One of the prints shows the unveiling by Brian Lenihan of a memorial plaque in Ballygar, County Galway, in 1969.

Photographic prints compiled for an article by Bishop Timothy Phelim O’Shea OFM Cap. (1902-1979) titled ‘The Irish Capuchins in Cape Town and Zambia / from virgin mission territory to diocese’, published in 'The Capuchin Annual' (1975). The file includes images of Capuchin friars, Franciscan Missionary Sisters, hospitals, clinics and schools established by religious congregations, and locals availing of care and education at these establishments. The file includes the following images:

• The official opening of Mongu Training College, Zambia, in 1970.
• St Francis Mission, Malengwa, Mongu, Zambia.
• Irish Christian Brothers in Mongu, Zambia.
• Classroom block, St. John’s College, Mongu, Zambia.
• Irish, French and African teachers in Mongu, Zambia.
• Doctor O’Connor ministering to three women suffering with leprosy at St. Joseph’s Mission, Mangango, Zambia.
• African Franciscan Missionary Sisters with Bishop Timothy Phelim O’Shea OFM Cap.
• Sisters teaching African children in an open-air class in Basutoland (later Lesotho).
• Bishop O’Shea saying the rosary at a leper grotto in Mangango.
• Group of secondary school girls at Malengwa.
• Blessing of a new church at Shimano near Mangango Mission, Zambia. The print shows Fr. Benignus Buckley OFM Cap., Fr. Dermot Duffy OFM Cap. and Fr. James Connolly OFM Cap.
• Fr. Conor Brady OFM Cap. (1923-1993) at the grave of Fr. Gerard Joyce OFM Cap. (d. 12 July 1944) in Sihole.
• President Kenneth Kaunda at the opening of Sesheke Hospital, Zambia.
Note: See also Introduction and Guide to the Papers of the Irish Capuchin Missions in Africa

Photographic prints compiled for an article by T.F. O’Sullivan titled ‘The Big House’, published in 'The Capuchin Annual' (1977). The file includes prints of the interior and exterior of Borris House, the ancestral home of the MacMurrough Kavanaghs in County Carlow, and a depilated shopfront possibly in Borris. The prints are credited to T.F. O’Sullivan. The file also includes images of Glashganny Lock on the River Barrow.

A photographic print of James Connolly (standing at far right) at the funeral of the veteran Fenian, Jeremiah O'Donovan Rossa in August 1915. O’Rossa had died in a hospital on Staten Island, New York. When he died Tom Clarke asked for his body to be returned to Ireland for burial. The funeral marked the first occasion when Connolly and the Irish Citizen Army appeared in a formal alliance with the Irish Volunteers. O'Donovan Rossa’s funeral was one of the largest political commemorations ever witnessed in Ireland. It was notable for Pádraig Pearse’s famous graveside oration.