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A view of the original Abbey Theatre building in Dublin in about 1949. The Abbey Theatre was founded in 1904 by W. B. Yeats and Lady Augusta Gregory. In its early years, the theatre was closely associated with the writers of the Irish Literary Revival including Yeats, Gregory, John Millington Synge and Sean O’Casey.

A photographic print of a large crowd at a musical performance at the Band Hollow in the Phoenix Park, Dublin, in c.1945. In the early twentieth century, the Dublin United Tramways Company sponsored the performances of brass bands on the bandstand in the Hollow not far from the Zoo in the Phoenix Park.

A flier titled ‘The Battle of the Four Courts / A Visitor’s Impression’. (Volume page 30).

A postcard print of a nationalist cartoon titled ‘The Bewitched Signboard’ referring to elements of governance in what is termed ‘West Britain’.

A pamphlet in the republican interest referring to those interned by British authorities in the aftermath of the 1916 Rising. Written by the Most Rev. Edward Thomas O’Dwyer (1842-1917), Bishop of Limerick. Published in Limerick, 1917.

A republican flier with the text of a ballad titled ‘The Black and Tans’ Lament’.

A leaflet with the text of a satirical ballad about the Royal Irish Constabulary Reserve Force (the Black and Tans) with reference to what is known as known as the ‘Sack of Balbriggan’.

A silhouetted view of Captain Senan Meskell (1880-1962) standing on the bridge of the ‘Dún Aengus’ off the west coast of Ireland in about 1935.

A republican handbill. The text reads ‘The enemies of Sinn Féin contend that the British Government are anxious to help Sinn Féin. The flier provides an illustration of how the’ Sinn Fein manifesto for the General Election is mutilated by the Official British Press Censor in this country ...’.

A view of the 1798 Monument and the Bull Ring Market area in Wexford Town in about 1955.