A soft-bound volume containing the the following pamphlets referring to the Irish Question: • Report of the Labour commission to Ireland. A pamphlet publishing the findings of British Labour Party-sponsored commission on the Irish troubles. The chairman of the commission was Arthur Henderson, MP (1863-1935). Physical description: iv, 119, [1] pp : illus. (incl. plan, facsims.) ; 25 cm. • The American Commission on conditions in Ireland: interim report. A pamphlet reporting the findings of an American Commission investigating the Irish troubles. The commission held public hearings in Washington, D.C., on 19-20 November, 9-23 December 1920 and on 13,14,19 and 21 January 1921. The chairman was noted as L. Hollingsworth. Published in London by Harding and Moore in 1921. Physical description: 72 pp. • Who burnt Cork City? a tale of arson, loot, and murder; the evidence of over seventy witnesses. 1921. A pamphlet published by the Irish Labour Party and Trades Union Congress in January 1921. The work drew upon eye-witness evidence assembled by Seamus Fitzgerald which argued that the fires which had devastated Cork city on the night of 11 December 1920 had been deliberately set by British forces. Members of the fire service testified that their attempts to contain the blaze were hampered by soldiers who fired on them and cut their hoses with bayonets. Physical description: 68 p. illus.
Sinn Féin. Tuairisc na Rúnaithe: Árd-Fheis, 1921. Includes Secretaries’ report and note on the accounts of the party. Printed in Dublin by Sinn Féin. Physical description: 10 pp; tables; 26 cm; With typescript report of the Hon. Treasurer at the Árd-Fheis, 27 Oct. 1921. The report notes that ‘in presenting the balance sheet of the most abnormal year the Sinn Fein Organisation has yet experienced, it is a matter for congratulation that thro’ all the stress and pressure of the greater portion of the time covered by the present balance sheet the Organisation continued to work steadily by keeping in touch with all its Comhairle Ceanntair …’. Includes a table titled ‘Receipts and disbursements from 1st October 1920 to 8 Oct. 1921’. Typescript signature of Siobhan Bean an Phaoraigh, Hon. Secretary.
A leaflet published by Cumann na mBan, 27 Dawson Street, Dublin, referring to the life of Liam Mellows (1892-1922), an Irish republican executed during the Civil War.
The sub-series comprises a collection of publicity material relating to primarily to Sinn Féin victories in parliamentary by-elections in 1917. The sub-series also includes election fliers from the trade union and labour movement.
A propaganda handbill highlighting the support of Father Matt Ryan, PP, Knockavilla, Tipperary, ‘the famous “General” in the Land War Campaign’, for the Sinn Féin candidate in the South Longford by-election.
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.
An election flier for Michael O'Mullane, a Sinn Féin politician, referring to Noel Lemass who 'has been brutally murdered by agents of The "Free" State'. The flier asks the 'Electors of South Dublin show your disapproval of all such hellish acts by recording your vote for Michael O'Mullane'. Published in Dublin by Joseph Clarke.
Handbill in the republican interest attacking the Irish Free State's alleged policy of ‘iron rule’. Printed in Manchester by Whiteley & Wright. Titled ‘No. 2’ in a series of handbills.
