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Drafts compiled by William J. Stapleton for an article titled ‘Michael Collins’ Squad’, published in 'The Capuchin Annual' (1969), pp 368-77. The file also includes draft articles by Stapleton relating to the Jacob’s Factory garrison in the 1916 Rising and the capture of a British armoured car during the War of Independence.

A file containing miscellaneous notes (mainly on legal, historical, and literary topics) compiled by William Woodlock. Some of the manuscript notes are extant on the reverse of previous correspondence or on printed material including a flier from Samuel Haughton, Secretary of the Royal Zoological Society, Phoenix Park, Dublin (February 1874), and a testimonial in favour of Philip Callan MP (1837-1902) dated 22 January 1884. Other re-used papers refer to ‘St. Vincent’s Lunatic Asylum’ (24 July 1877) and ‘M.E. Matthews, Court Dress Maker, Milliner & Florist, 49 Upper Sackville Street, Dublin’. (October 1874).

Photographic prints (stills) taken from 'Mise Éire' (1959), a documentary film on the Irish Revolution (1912-1923), directed by George Morrison. The prints were compiled by Fr. Henry Anglin OFM Cap. with a view to publication in 'The Capuchin Annual'. Most of the prints are annotated on the reverse. The file includes the following images:

• A decorated tram in an army recruitment parade in Dublin during World War I.
• Dublin Fusiliers seeking recruits in 1915.
• James Connolly at O’Donovan Rossa’s funeral on 1 August 1915.
• Pádraig Pearse at O’Donovan Rossa’s Funeral on 1 August 1915.
• Irish Citizen Army on parade outside Croydon House, Fairview Park, Dublin.
• Henry Street in the aftermath of the 1916 Rising.
• Crowds outside the destroyed GPO, O’Connell Street, Dublin, following the Easter Rising.
• Destroyed Liberty Hall, Dublin, following the Easter Rising.
• Éamon de Valera’s election in the Clare by-election in 1917.
• John Redmond and other attendees at the Irish Convention in Trinity College, Dublin, in 1917.
• Signing the anti-conscription pledge in 1918.
• Michael Collins in Newcastle West, County Limerick. August 1922.
• Scenes during British raids in Dublin during the War of Independence in 1920.
• The shooting of Seán Tracey on Talbot Street, Dublin, on 14 October 1920.
• British troops installing a barricade outside City Hall, Dublin, in 1920.
• General Tom Barry.
• Tomás Mac Curtain.
• Michael Collins in Armagh in 1921.
• Orange men sitting around a bonfire in Northern Ireland.
• Éamon de Valera addressing people on O’Connell Street, Dublin, 1922.
• Michael Collins making a speech in College Green, Dublin, on 5 March 1922.
• Gunmen firing shots interrupt a rally held by Michael Collins in Cork on 12 Mar. 1922.
• Liam Mellows, Liam Lynch, Seán Mac Eoin, Gearóid O’Sullivan and Eoin O’Duffy in c.1922.
• Bombardment of the Four Courts by Irish Free State artillery in June 1922.
• The Four Courts in flames following the Free State bombardment in June 1922.
• Scenes of destruction on O’Connell Street following battles at the start of the Civil War in July 1922.
• IRA irregulars in Limerick in 1922.

Brochure from the National Engraving Ltd., 45A Lower Kevin Street, Dublin 2. The brochure includes printed samples from blocks for various generic advertisements.

Newspaper clippings assembled by Fr. Henry Anglin OFM Cap., relating to the repatriation of the remains of Roger Casement and his reburial in Glasnevin Cemetery in Dublin. Some of the clippings also refer to the elevation of the Most Rev. William Conway, Archbishop of Armagh, to the College of Cardinals and his taking possession of his titular church in Rome (Irish Augustinian Church of St. Patrick on Via Boncompagni). The file Includes clippings from the 'Irish Independent' and the 'Irish Press'.

Newspaper clipping assembled by Fr. Henry Anglin OFM Cap. The clippings mostly relate to artistic, clerical and religious matters. Some of the articles refer to commemorations of the 50th anniversary of the 1916 Rising. The file includes articles published in the 'Irish Times', 'Irish Press', 'Irish Independent', 'The Gaelic World', and 'Sunday Times'. Includes a complete copy of 'The Irish World / The Gaelic American' (5 Mar. 1966).