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Subseries The Papers of Fr. Aloysius Travers OFM Cap.
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A collection of mostly personal papers relating to the life and ministry of Fr. Aloysius Travers OFM Cap. The sub-series comprises papers relating to significant political figures and events and includes letters from George Noble Plunkett and Arthur Griffith and a signed admission card to the first meeting of Dáil Éireann.

1916 Rising

The sub-series comprises papers relating to the ministries undertaken by Fr. Aloysius Travers OFM Cap. to various republicans detained after the Easter Rising. The section includes authorisations and passes from British forces allowing him to visit Kilmainham Jail and extracts from various letters written by republican prisoners in the immediate aftermath of the Rising.