A flier from the Emergency Committee outlining its aims and its work to date. The flier asks for subscriptions to enable the Committee to carry out its work. The flier reads ‘Although the Committee is connected with the Orange Society, its aid has been and will continue to be given to all persons irrespective of creed and political views’. It also affirms that the ‘Committee have had 300 labourers engaged in cutting and saving hay and other crops, in 19 different counties in Ireland; and many persons would have lost their entire crops but for the action of the Committee’. The document was issued by Athol Johnson Dudgeon, honorary secretary.
Flier from Archbold Robinson referring to the voting papers for Dodgson Madden at the University of Dublin election. Printed by Charles Chambers, 36 Dame Street, Dublin.
Flier for the South Louth divisional association of the Irish Unionist Alliance. The flier states the aims and objections of the Alliance. The flier was issued by B.R. Balfour, secretary and treasurer, Townley Hall, Drogheda.
A flier for the School of Irish Learning, 27 Clare Street, Dublin. The director is noted as Kuno Meyer, and a list of governors is provided. The flier is incomplete.
Flier promoting the aims and objectives of the Irish Loyal and Patriotic Union. The flier affirms that the organisation aims to unite those ‘interested in the preservation of the Legislative Union between Great Britain and Ireland’.
A flier advertising a concert in the Mansion House in Dublin in aid of the family of Sylvester Pidgeon who died on 28 September 1914 from wounds sustained in the Bachelor’s Walk massacre which took place in Dublin on 26 July 1914. A printer by trade, Sylvester Pidgeon left behind a widow and five children ranging in age from three months to eleven.
Flier from the Irish Unionist Alliance setting out the need for an ‘extensive petition’ in response to William Gladstone’s Government of Ireland (Second Home Rule) Bill.
A flier advertising a lecture by Constance Markievicz in San Francisco in the United States in May 1922. The flier provides a biographical account of her life and political career up to that point. She left government in protest over the adoption of the Anglo-Irish Treaty and was a vociferous opponent of the agreement in the ensuing the Civil War. She travelled to the United States in early 1922 as a republican delegate and her lecture tour in the country (she visited Boston, San Francisco, Chicago, and Philadelphia) aroused considerable interest. Her tour also reputedly raised $50,000 to support the republican cause.
A flier for the Fr. Michael O’Hickey Testimonial following his dismissal as Professor of Irish in St. Patrick’s College, Maynooth, County Kildare. The testimonial reads ‘Dr. O’Hickey has for many years taken a leading part in the promotion of the national Language Movement, which, in the belief of men of a parties, has inspired Ireland with a new life and a new power. It is now some years since the plain-spoken and telling words of his published addresses on Irish Education laid the foundation of a great reform in the then almost hopelessly Anglicised school systems of Ireland’. The testimonial includes a lengthy list of subscribers who have contributed to the fund.
