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.
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.
An Anti-Treaty handbill: 'The new terror ... homes raided in the dead of night; women and children terrorised ... These are some fruits of the Treaty. We will break this new terror as we broke the old. Make no doubt about it'.
A pamphlet in the republican interest by Ėamon de Valera concerning the Treaty. Published in Dublin by the Irish Nation Committee and printed by Kirkwood & Co., Glasgow. Titled ‘No. 1’ in a series. Who abandoned the Republic? / By a Western Priest is ‘No. 3’ in this series (CA/IR/1/7/3/23).
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. Imprint date from p. [7]. Additional text on p. [3] of printed wrapper. The text is printed side by side in columns.
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 ...’.
