The front cover of the ‘Irish Life’ magazine (Vol. XXXIX, No. 14, 26 May 1922). The cover has drawings of Éamon de Valera and Michael Collins. The artist is credited as Frank Leah (1886-1972). (Volume page 203).
A photograph of Fr. Dominic O’Connor OFM Cap. (right) and Fr. Stanislaus Kavanagh OFM Cap. (second from left) with two unidentified republicans in Freemasons’ Hall (or ‘Masonic Hall’) on Molesworth Street in Dublin. The two Capuchin friars visited the Hall following its seizure by anti-Treaty republicans in April 1922.
Certificate of registration of John Hill into the Grand Royal Arch Chapter of Ireland (an Irish Freemasonry institution). The certificate is dated 10 November 1859 and is signed by Augustus FitzGerald, 3rd Duke of Leinster (1791-1874), Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of Freemasons of Ireland, and Lucius Henry Deering (1818-1887), Deputy Grand Secretary.
A clipping of an article reporting on the award of the Freedom of Limerick to the painter Seán Keating and former district justice Joseph M. Flood. The article also refers to the Municipal Gallery of Irish Art in Limerick. The article was published in the ‘Irish Press’ (23 March 1948).
A clipping of an article titled ‘Freedom of Dublin offered to Mr. Shaw’, ‘Irish Press’ (5 February 1946). Refers to a Dublin Corporation vote to offer the honour to George Bernard Shaw.
The title page of anti-Treaty publication ‘Freedom’ (24 September 1922). The cover has a satirical portrait of General Richard Mulcahy, Commander-in-Chief of the Provisional Government’s forces. The cartoon’s title reads ‘When Mulcahy wore the collar of gold which he won from the proud invader’. (Volume page 47).
A view of the old Franciscan Monastery just outside the village of Roundstone in County Galway in about 1960. The Franciscan Brothers left Roundstone and their monastery was sold to the Irish Development Authority (IDA) in 1974. The building was subsequently demolished, and the site was repurposed by the IDA into Michael Killeen Park, a small indigenous craft centre with various factory shops. All that remains of the former monastery is the bell tower.
A clipping of an image of Francis Sheehy-Skeffington who was shot dead in Portobello Barracks in Dublin during the 1916 Rising, after having been detained by British soldiers.
An image of (standing, first on the left), Fr. Senan Moynihan OFM Cap., (standing, second on the left), Daniel Corkery, (seated, on the left) William Frederick Paul Stockley, and other clerical and lay individuals. The photograph was most likely taken in Cork.