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A postcard print of a cartoon image of a boat at sea named ‘Irish Nationality’, being navigated by a priest (presumably representing the Catholic Church). The boat is being rowed by leading Irish politicians such as Éamon de Valera and Arthur Griffith. Each of their respective political parties are represented in writing on their oars – Sinn Féin, Labour, and the Nationalist Party. Printed by the Gaelic Press. The artist’s initials are given as ‘H.O’N’.

A Sinn Féin poster advocating for the candidacy of Arthur Griffith in the general election of 1918. The text reads ‘Put Him In To Get Him Out / vote for Griffith / the man in jail for Ireland’.

A view of a bookseller’s stall on Dublin’s Quays in about 1945.

A view of the Queen Victoria Statue outside Leinster House, Dublin, in about 1935. The bronze statue with three attendants, depicting Hibernia at War, Hibernia at Peace, and Fame, was designed by the Irish sculptor John Hughes and sat at the Kildare Street entrance to Leinster House (the seat of the Irish Parliament) from 1908 to 1948. Following its removal, it was stored in the Royal Hospital Kilmainham. The statute was eventually re-erected in 1987 in front of the Queen Victoria Building in Sydney, Australia.

Photographic prints annotated on the reverse: ‘J. Pearse / Queen’s Robing Room / House of Lords’. The images appear to show some of the statues of the twenty-six princesses extant in the Queen’s robing room in the House of Lords, London. Pearse made carvings of princesses and robes and crowns for the ‘throne room’ (or the ‘Queen’s robing room’) in the House of Lords in the Palace of Westminster.

A photographic print of British army personnel with goods seized from St. Enda’s College (the school founded in 1908 by Patrick Pearse) in Dublin. The manuscript caption reads ‘Loot from St. Enda’s’.

Receipt for rates (£13 10s) for Cullenswood House, Oakley Road, in the district of Rathmines and Rathgar paid by Patrick Pearse in March 1915.

A photographic print of the main street in the Dublin suburb of Rathmines in the first decade of the twentieth century.

A view of Lower Rathmines Road, Dublin, in about 1945. The photograph was taken from the bridge spanning the Grand Canal. Although usually referred to as Portobello Bridge, the official name is La Touche Bridge, named after William Digges La Touche (1747-1803), the heir to a prominent Dublin business family and a director of the Grand Canal Company.

A clipping of an article titled 'Real Irish Music' published in 'The Waterford Star' (28 Nov. 1903). The article takes the form of a letter to the editor from 'a real admirer' and refers to Fr. Richard Henebry's scholarship on traditional Irish music.