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Republican publicity feature titled 'Mr. Kevin O'Higgins' attacks on President De Valera'
Part of Irish Capuchin Archives
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.
Saorstát na hEireann. Judiciary. Rules and forms
Part of Irish Capuchin Archives
A guide to the rules and forms of judicial, parish and district courts of Saorstát na hEireann. Published by the Department of Home Affairs.
'Song of the … [text obliterated]’
Part of Irish Capuchin Archives
A propaganda handbill urging support for Joseph McGuinness. The poem reads:
‘And now, says I, where’s your right hand,
To strike a blow for the rebel band,
And drive John Redmond out of the land?
Now, who are you going to vote for?’
South Armagh By-Election Handbill
Part of Irish Capuchin Archives
An election handbill produced by Patrick McCartan (1878-1963), the Sinn Féin candidate, during the South Armagh by-election which was held on 2 February 1918. The handbill strongly attacks John Redmond’s call for Irish nationalists to support the British war effort.
The alternative to the "Treaty". ("Document No. 2")
Part of Irish Capuchin Archives
A pamphlet referring to the redraft of the Treaty by Ėamon de Valera titled a ‘Proposed Treaty of Association between Ireland and the British Commonwealth’ or more commonly known as ‘Document No. 2’, presented to Dáil Eireann in January 1922. Published in Dublin by the Irish Nation Committee [1923]. Titled ‘No. 6’ in a series. Who abandoned the Republic? / By a Western Priest is ‘No. 3’ in this series (CA/IR/1/7/3/23).
The Arrest and Trial of Capt. Childers
Part of Irish Capuchin Archives
A pamphlet relating to the trial and execution of Erskine Childers (1870-1922) who was convicted by a Free State military court on charges of illegally possessing a firearm and sentenced to death. While his appeal against the sentence was still pending, Childers was executed by firing squad at the Beggar’s Bush Barracks in Dublin on 24 Nov. 1922. The tract includes an elegy on Erskine Childers by Padraig de Brún. Published in London by Leslie Smith & Co., printers.
Part of Irish Capuchin Archives
A pen-drawn cartoon sketch titled ‘Declaration of Irish Independence New York, March 4-5th 1916’; ‘Germany’s struggle with England is Ireland’s opportunity’. The cartoon depicts a troll-shaped caricature dressed in a Union-Jack flag (‘John Bull’) attacking a young women (‘Erin’). A crowned eagle (Imperial Germany) is attacking ‘John Bull’ thereby rescuing ‘Erin’. Annotation in right hand top corner reads: ‘A.III.C & Y’
The duty of the hour / by Darrell Figgis
Part of Irish Capuchin Archives
Extracts from the Sinn Féin ‘catechism’, republished in the Anti-Treaty interest. By Darrell Figgis (1882-1925).
Part of Irish Capuchin Archives
An Anti-Treaty leaflet and off-print concerning conditions in Kilkenny Jail, the murder of Sean Edwards in Kilkenny, and the murder of Maurice Condon, an unarmed prisoner in Clonmel Town Hall.
The Irish cause and the "Irish Convention" by Wm. O'Brien
Part of Irish Capuchin Archives
A pamphlet by William O’Brien (1852-1928) regarding the Irish Convention, an assembly which sat in Dublin, from July 1917 until March 1918, which sought to address the Irish Question and other constitutional problems relating to an early enactment of self-government for Ireland. Includes an ‘Authorized report of speech delivered on May 21, 1917, in the House of Commons, in the debate on Mr. Lloyd George’s Irish proposals’.