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A handbill praising the heroism of republican prisoners executed by Free State authorities. Published in Glasgow, and printed by Kirkwood & Co.

An Anti-Treaty handbill (black typescript on buff coloured paper), urging Free State soldiers to lay down their arms. It reads: ‘Ireland has one enemy, the infamous English enemy. She has tricked you, kindly, simple lads, as she tricked Irishmen all through the ages of war against her. … The Irish Republic is not dead. A hundred thousand armed men are in Ireland to-day ready to give their lives that it may live. You are killing them as the R.I.C. tried to kill you’.

An Anti-Treaty flyer defending Irregular republican actions in Connacht.

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'.

An Anti-Treaty handbill: 'The Most Rev. Dr. Fogarty says ...'. The text refers to remarks made by the Most Rev. Michael Fogarty (1859-1955), Bishop of Killaloe.

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 Congo Free State ...'.

An anti-Treaty publicity item titled 'The branded arm of James O’Reilly Sketched from life by C de M'. The cartoon is attributed to Constance Markievicz (1868-1927). The sketch shows an arm with the sleeve rolled up to expose branded marks. According to the printed statement on the accompanying page, Stephen Gorman aka James O’Reilly of Ballyblia, Ardee, County Louth, was arrested on 11 September 1922 while travelling on a weekend visit to Drogheda. He was arrested on suspicion that he had taken part in a republican demonstration in Ardee. He was then branded.

Letter dated 13 Nov. 1922, signed Proinnsias Ó Gallchobhair (Frank Gallagher), and addressed to the Most Rev. Edward Joseph Byrne, Archbishop of Dublin (1872-1940). The letter refers to the treatment of Republican prisoners. Published in Glasgow and printed by Kirkwood & Co.

A sketch (coloured ink on paper) by Patrick O'Carroll titled 'An Afternoon's Drink' presumably penned while he was incarcerated in Limerick Jail in early 1923. The work is signed in the bottom right-hand corner 'P. O'Carroll / Kilfinane'.