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A clipping of an article reporting on the funeral of Fr. Mícheál Ó Flannagáin (Michael O’Flanagan) in Glasnevin Cemetery in Dublin. The clipping is taken from ‘The Kerryman’ (16 August 1942).

A clipping of a report on the executions in Mountjoy Jail of Edward Foley and Patrick Maher, who were convicted of having shot an RIC sergeant, Patrick Wallace, during an ambush in Knocklong in May 1919. Reference is also made to the execution of Constable William Mitchell, who was convicted of the murder of Robert Dixon, a magistrate who was killed during a robbery at his home in Dunlavin in County Wicklow. The clipping is taken from the ‘Evening Herald’ (7 June 1921).

A flier with the text of a manifesto signed off on by IRA prisoners Michael Kilroy and Michael MacGiollaruaidh, then on hunger strike in Mountjoy Jail. The text refers to the death of Terence MacSwiney in 1920.

A printed memoriam sheet for Mick Radford, a republican who was killed by Free State forces on 22 June 1923. The text is signed ‘Larry de Lacy, The Jail, Wexford’

An image of President Seán T. O’Kelly giving a speech at a reception for the Boston Archdiocesan pilgrims at the Iveagh Grounds in Dublin. (Volume page 57).

An image of Taoiseach John A. Costello giving a speech at a reception for the Boston Archdiocesan pilgrims at the Iveagh Grounds in Dublin. President Seán T. O’Kelly, Archbishop John Charles McQuaid, and Archbishop Richard Cushing are seated behind. (Volume page 68).

A clipping of a report of the visit of Archbishop Richard Cushing and the Boston pilgrims to Mount Melleray Cistercian monastery in County Waterford. The clipping is taken from the ‘Dungarvan Observer’ (1 October 1949). (Volume page 86).

A drawing of the replica Irish Round Tower located in the Philippi area of the Flats region near Cape Town in South Africa. The tower (formally known as St. Patrick’s Shrine) was built on the slopes of Table Mountain which overlooks the city of Cape Town. The tower was constructed by Fr. James Kelly, an Irish Catholic missionary. The tower was a noted landmark in the Cape Flats district and acted as a focal point for annual St. Patrick’s Day’s festivities for Cape Town’s Irish community with the spire bedecked with national colours. The tower was demolished in 1978. (Volume page 72).

An invitation to a banquet organised by the Knights of Equity, an Irish Catholic fraternal organization, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, on 17 March 1950. The card shows Blarney Castle, a fifteenth-century tower house, in County Cork. The festivities organised by the Knights of Equity included the singing of popular Irish songs such as ‘It’s a great day for the Irish’ and ‘When Irish eyes are smiling’.

A letter from the superintendent, Municipal Gallery of Modern Art, Parnell Square, Dublin, to Fr. Senan Moynihan OFM Cap. regarding permissions to reproduce four paintings by Sir John Lavery. (Volume page 59).