Clippings of articles from the ‘Evening Herald’ and the ‘Irish Press’ reporting on the execution of William Joyce in Wandsworth prison in London on 3 January 1946. Joyce (better known by his nickname ‘Lord Haw-Haw’) was an American-born fascist sympathiser, anti-Semite, and Nazi propagandist during the Second World War.
A flier titled ‘In Memoriam Staff Captain Erskine Childers, IRA / Died for the Irish Republic, Beggars Bush Barracks, Dublin, 24th November 1922’. (Volume page 30).
A letter from Michael Knightly, Press Censor, to Fr. Senan Moynihan OFM Cap., re the restrictions in place of the publication of the number of people employed at any airport in Ireland. (Volume page 70).
‘Memorandum of Ambulance work & efforts for peace’ by J.P. Homan, Vernon Avenue, Clontarf, Dublin. The memorandum refers to his work with St. John’s Ambulance during the Civil War hostilities in Dublin in June and July 1922. Specific mention is made of Homan’s interactions with Fr. Albert Bibby OFM Cap. and the friar’s efforts to secure a cessation of the fighting. Includes a short clipping of an obituary for J.P. Homan (‘Irish Independent’, 6 Aug. 1944). (Volume pages 79-87).
An image of the Corpus Christi procession leaving the Church of Saints Peter and Paul in Clonmel in County Tipperary. A typescript annotation on the reverse of the print reads ' Corpus Christi Procession, 1938 / The impressive scene as the Blessed Sacrament preceded by altar boys leaving Saints Peter and Paul, Clonmel to head the annual procession'. The photograph is credited to M.A. Keating, Clonmel, County Tipperary.