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Some Irish Capuchins displayed a noticeable sympathy with the republican interest during the Civil War. The Church Street community maintained close ties with various republicans including Frank Gallagher who carried out propaganda work on various Anti-Treaty bulletins, newsletters and publications. Gallagher worked alongside Erskine Childers (who was also on good terms with some Capuchin friars) on the republican publicity staff. Both men sided with Éamon de Valera in the Treaty debates. Gallagher and Robert Brennan were significant contributors to the 'Daily Bulletin' which was produced at this time (See CA IR/1/8/3/8). As a consequence, most of the tracts and publicity material obtained by the Capuchins reflected a rigidity to the Sinn Féin version of the conflict and demonstrated an implacable hostility to the Treaty and its supporters.

An Anti-Treaty pamphlet by the Irish Republican Army asking ‘on what authority did Michael Collins call off the Belfast boycott’. It also demands to know why Collins associated ‘with the enemy General Macready and, reinforced by English guns manned by English gunners, lay siege to and destroy the Four Courts’.

An Anti-Treaty pamphlet attacking Arthur Griffith sarcastically claiming ‘This is freedom … The Britons in Khaki yesterday raided Republican homes ... The West Britons in green to-day raid Republican homes ...’.