A pamphlet in the republican interest written under the pseudonym of ‘Columban na Banban’. The pamphlet urges priests to adhere to the Republic and to defy their Bishop’s commands: ‘The Republican Police Force is not disbanded. … Mulcahy will surrender as surely as Macready surrendered. Doubtless when all arguments are used the Bishops will remain your great stumbling block’. (p. 11).
A handbill, in the republican interest, underlining the emphasis in the articles of the Irish Free State constitution which were declared vital and unalterable by Kevin O’Higgins – ‘on the authority of the King’. Published in Dublin .
A satirical republican flier on the demise of the pro-Treaty 'Freeman's Journal' newspaper. The flier promotes a 'funeral procession' for the paper and notes that it ceased publication 'from an acute attack of Clerical Intimidation, Softening of the Back-bone, and other painful disorders'. Reference is made to the former proprietors of the newspaper, Francis Higgins (c.1745–1802), probably better known as the 'Sham Squire', and Sir John Gray (1815-1875).
An Anti-Treaty handbill imploring Free State soldiers to ‘come out from the Free State Army at first opportunity, and renew your allegiance to the Old Love’.
A pamphlet in the Anti-Treaty interest authored by the ‘Friends of Irish Freedom’ and published in New York. Reprinted from 'The Gaelic American', 28 Apr. 1923.
An anti-Treaty cartoon satirizing Séan Ó Muirthile (1881-1941) as a member of the Supreme Council of the Irish Republican Brotherhood and commandant of Gormanston camp in County Meath.
An anti-Treaty cartoon referring to Ernest Blythe (1889-1975), Minister of Posts and Telegraphs. The cartoon satirizes him by referring to ‘the importance of being Earnest …’.