The file comprises the following issues of this weekly Anti-Treaty newspaper: 3 Jan. 1922 (Vol. 1, No. 1)-29 June 1922 (Vol. 1, No. 27). The series is complete with multiple copies of some issues. The issue of 15 Mar. 1922 (no. 12) is endorsed ‘Fr. Stanislaus [Kavanagh OFM Cap.] … Dun Laoghaire’.
The file comprises: 9 Aug. 1922 (no. 1); 12 Aug. 1922 (no. 3); 15 Aug. 1922 (no. 5). 2 copies; 22 Aug. 1922 (no. 7). 2 copies; 1 Sept. 1922 (no. 10). 2 copies; 5 Sept. 1922 (no. 12); 16 Sept. 1922 (no edition number). Title page has a drawing ‘With the IRA (somewhere in Ireland)’ by Constance Markievicz; 17 Sept. 1922 (no. 15). 2 copies; 27 Sept. 1922 (no. 19); 28 Sept. 1922 (no. 20). Title page has a drawing ‘Free Staters in Action’; 1 Oct. 1922 (No. 21). Title page has a drawing ‘With the Dublin Brigade, IRA’ by Constance Markievicz; 8 Oct. 1922 (no. 23). 2 copies; 22 Oct. 1922 (No. 30); 27 Oct. 1922 (No. 33). The issue of 8 Oct. 1922 is annotated on the reverse ‘G.K. 544 N.C.R., A.F. M. Philips. It was found in an envelope with a manuscript annotation: ‘Rev. Fr. Sebastian [O’Brien OFM Cap.]’.
The file comprises the following editions of this daily news sheet: 6 Dec. 1923 (no. 28)-1 Jan. 1924 (no. 44). The following copies are extant in the file: Nos. 23; 24; 25; 27; 28 (2 copies); 29 (2 copies); 30 (2 copies); 31; 32; 37; 38; 40; 41 (2 copies); 42 (2 copies); 44. It was published in Dublin at Sinn Féin Headquarters, 23 Suffolk Street, Dublin.
The series is incomplete but there are multiple copies of some editions extant in the file. Individual (loose) editions: 15 July 1922 (No. 2)-21 July 1922 (No. 6). 7 Aug. 1922 (No. 20)-14 Aug. 1922 (No. 26) 16 Aug. 1922 (No. 28)-26 Aug. 1922 (No. 37) 29 Aug. 1922 (No. 40) 31 Aug. 1922 (No. 43)-1 Sept. 1922 (No. 44) 23 Sept. 1922 (No. 63) 26 Sept. 1922 (No. 65)-29 Sept. 1922 (No. 68). 30 Sept. 1922 (No. 70)-7 Oct. 1922 (No. 76). 10 Oct. 1922 (No. 78)-11 Oct. 1922 (No. 79) 12 Oct. 1922 (No. 80)-17 Oct. 1922 (No. 84). Bound editions: 26 July 1922-5 Aug. 1922 (Nos. 10-19). 18 Aug. 1922-26 Aug. 1922 (Nos. 30-38). 29 Aug. 1922-7 Sept. 1922 (Nos. 40-49). 2 Sept. 1922-11 Sept. 1922 (Nos. 45-52). 8 Sept. 1922-19 Sept. 1922 (Nos. 50-59). 12 Sept. 1922-15 Sept. 1922 (Nos. 53-56). 16 Sept.-25 Sept. 1922 (Nos. 57-64). 20 Sept.-30 Sept. 1922 (Nos. 60-69). 30 Sept. 1922-6 Oct. 1922 (Nos. 70-79). 'The Fenian' was an Anti-Treaty newspaper providing the republican perspective on the course of Civil War hostilities. The paper warns that ‘insidious attempts have been made within the last few days by the English King’s Provisional Ministers to spread the rumour that a truce had been achieved. Under cover of this they hope to weaken the splendid morale of the republican troops and then attack them when off their guard’. The editions were bound together with a note indicating that they belonged to ‘Rev. Fr. Sebastian [O’Brien OFM Cap.], Church Street’.
The file contains the following editions of this Anti-Treaty newsletter: 12 Aug. 1922 (No. 1)-23 Sept. 1922 (No. 6) 6 Sept. 1922 (No. 8)-4 Nov. 1922 (No. 12) 18 Nov. 1922 (No. 14)-19 Dec. 1922 (No. 19) Multiple copies of some editions of 'The Nation' are extant in the file. With two copies of 'Handbills for Heretics', an undated Anti-Treaty publication which re-used some content from 'The Nation'.
The file comprises the following editions of this weekly Anti-Treaty newspaper: 9 Apr. 1922 (Vol. 1, No. 1)-2 July 1922 (Vol. 1, No. 13). Each edition featured political cartoons on the front page (some of which were drawn by Grace Plunkett).