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A file of clippings relating mainly to commemorations of the life and career of Roger Casement. The file includes several letters to the ‘Irish Times’ from readers (1956) with recollections of Casement and with references to the Casement diaries controversy. The file includes:
• Glens memorial to Irish Patriots unveiled / Big gathering at Cushendun ceremony’ (‘Irish Weekly’, 12 Aug. 1950).
• Desmond Ryan, ‘Casement’, (‘The People’, 27 Nov. 1955)
• ‘The truth about Roger Casement’ by Cathal O’Shannon (‘Empire News and Sunday Chronicle’, 25 Dec. 1955). Note: Scan?
• ‘Cathal O’Shannon writes of a woman [Máire Ní Chilín] who was to have helped in Casement rescue’ (Evening Press’, 4 May 1956).
• ‘A German writes in defence of Casement’ by Peadar O’Curry (‘Sunday Independent’, 8 July 1956).
• ‘Author advocates return of Casement’s remains’ (‘Irish Times’, 11 June 1956).
• ‘Bogus yacht tried to trap Casement’ by Cathal O’Shannon (‘Evening Press’, 16 Dec. 1955).
• ‘Casement spurious / Alfred Noyes attacks British Home Office’ (‘Irish Press’, 18 May 1956).
• ‘Memories of Roger Casement’ by Bulmer Hobson (‘Sunday Press’, 22 Apr. 1956). Note: Scan?
• ‘Official silence maintained / Commons Debate on Casement Diaries’ (‘Irish Independent’, 4 Sept. 1956).
• ‘Enigma of Roger Casement’ by John W. Klien (‘Everybody’s’, 2 Mar. 1956).
• ‘The Mystery of Sir Roger Casement’ by R. Dudley Edwards (‘The Leader’, 26 May 1956).
• ‘Two deaths: Casement is their link’ by Cathal O’Shannon (‘Evening Press, 24 Feb. 1956).
• W.H.S. Truell, ‘Serjeant Sullivan and the Casement Trial’, (‘Irish Times’, 13 Jan. 1959).

Original newspaper clippings relating to the Civil War assembled by the editors of 'The Capuchin Annual'. The file comprises clippings from the 'Cork Examiner' and the 'Evening Echo' and contains reports on hostilities between Free State forces and republicans mainly in Munster.
The file includes:
• ‘Heavy Firing in Limerick City / Encounter in Clare / Commandant Breen’s Declaration’, 'Cork Examiner', 13 July 1922.
• 'Cork Examiner', 15 July 1922.
• 'Cork Examiner', 30-31 July 1922.
• ‘Cork and Peace / Harry Boland Shot / Cork Coachmakers’ Strike’, 'Evening Echo', 2 Aug. 1922.
• ‘Manufacturing Atrocities / Protest by Free State Soldiers’. 'Cork Examiner', 4 Aug. 1922.

Newspaper clippings relating to the Irish Revolution assembled by the editors of 'The Capuchin Annual'. Many of the clippings relate to the role played by the Catholic clergy (particularly the Irish Capuchins) during this period. The file includes:
• An article referring to remarks made by Rev. W.P. Burke in relation to the moral justification of wars. It reads ‘who can call the wretched Dublin business a war? It was backed neither by the mind nor strength of the country’. 'Nationality', 9 June 1917.
• ‘A German Plot’. 'Cork Examiner', 18 May 1918.
• ‘Sinn Feiners and the German Plot’. 25 May 1918.
• ‘Salute the Heroes / Back from the Gates of Death’. The article refers to the release of republican prisoners from Mountjoy Jail and to the roles played by Fr. Augustine Hayden OFM Cap. and Fr. Albert Bibby OFM Cap. The article reads ‘The association of these two much loved Irish Franciscan Friars with the last moments of some of the men who died after the Insurrection of 1916 was recalled by their presence yesterday. … Father Augustine appealed to the crowds whom his voice could reach to be calm. He reminded them that the prisoners were very weak, and he appealed to his hearers to maintain order while they were passing through and to obey their Volunteers’. 'Freeman’s Journal', 15 Apr. 1920.
• ‘The Prisoners Released’. The article refers to the role played by Fr. Albert Bibby OFM Cap. in securing the release of sixty-eight republican prisoners in Dublin. 'Catholic Times', 17 Apr. 1920.
• ‘Ireland a Nation / The Government’s Perfidies and Outrages’. The article refers to Fr. Augustine Hayden OFM Cap. and Fr. Matthew O’Connor OFM Cap. 'Freeman’s Journal', 11 May 1921.
• ‘Obsequies of Rev. James O’Callaghan’. 28 May 1921. A clipping of a photograph showing the funeral of Fr. James O’Callaghan who was killed on 15 May 1920. 'Cork Examiner', 28 May 1921.
• ‘Miltown Park Raid’ / Large Forces Surround Jesuit House of Studies’. 'Freeman’s Journal', 21 Feb. 1921.
• ‘The Priest Killers / Mrs De Roiste describes night of murder / Father [Seamus/James] O’Callaghan’s Assassin’. 'Catholic Herald', 4 June 1921.
• ‘Priest Arrested / President of St. Flannan’s College in Custody’. 'Evening Herald', 6 July 1921.
• ‘One way to peace / Stop Repression & Recognise Ireland’s Rights / Irish Bishops’ Statement. 'Evening Telegraph', 22 June 1921.
• ‘The Men of 1916 / Impressive march through streets of Dublin / Graveside tributes’. The article refers to a Memorial Mass offered for the leaders of the 1916 Rising at St. Mary of the Angels, Church Street, Dublin. 'Freeman’s Journal', 25 Apr. 1922.

A postcard print of a demonstration in Clogheen in County Tipperary in 1898. The demonstration commemorated Father Nicholas Sheehy (c.1728-1766), a local priest who was executed following what were widely believed to be false charges of involvement in agrarian unrest during the Penal Law era.

A flier supporting the campaign for the enfranchisement of women published by Lillian Metge (1871-1954), a Belfast-born suffragette and women’s rights campaigner.

An annotated photograph showing Noel Lemass (standing, in uniform, third from the right) at a bazaar in the Mansion House in Dublin.

A clipping of a report of a speech by Nora Connolly, the daughter of James Connolly, in St. Andrew’s Hall in Glasgow. The article is taken from ‘Forward’, a Scottish socialist newspaper (18 October 1919).

An image of North Gate Bridge (from Bachelor’s Quay) in Cork in about 1940. Designed by the architect Sir John Benson (1812-1874), the foundation stone for North Gate Bridge was laid in April 1863. The bridge was demolished in 1961 and replaced with Griffith Bridge named in honour of Arthur Griffith (1871-1922).

A view of North Harbour on Cape Clear, Ireland's most southerly island, situated about ten kilometres off the south-west coast of County Cork. A typescript annotation on the reverse of the print reads 'Harbour, Cape Clear / Roaring Water Bay / and Mount Gabriel'.

A postcard print of North Street in New Ross in County Wexford.