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A clipping of a report on the funeral of Sir John Lavery in Mount Jerome Cemetery in Dublin. One of the images shows Fr. Senan Moynihan OFM Cap. in attendance. The clipping is taken form the ‘Irish Times’ (14 January 1941). (Volume page 3).

A clipping of an article reporting on the 40th annual Belfast Society exhibition which included works by Sir John Lavery. The clipping is taken from the Irish Independent (13 October 1921). (Volume page 112).

A clipping of a photograph of Sir Horace Plunkett following a meeting of the Irish Privy Council. Reference is made to the bullet hole in Plunkett’s car. The newspaper title from which the clipping was taken is not given.

An image of Sir Alfred Yarrow and his wife Lady Eleanor Yarrow. A typescript caption on the reverse of the print reads ‘Exclusve photographs of Sir Alfred and Lady Yarrow at their Hampshire residence “Green Meadows”, Andover. Sir Alfred was one of the pioneer shipbuilders of the country, and now, at the age of 89, enjoys happy retirement’. The photograph is credited to the Topical Press Agency, London.

A republican flier titled ‘Sinn Féin – the fruitful principle’. The text includes from Éamon de Valera’s ‘interview with Mr. W.H. Brayden of the Associated Press of America, July 20th, 1923’

A postcard print captioned ‘The Sinn Fein Revolt in Dublin. the First and Only copy of “The Irish War News” issued by the Sinn Feiners’. ‘Irish War News’ was published by the republicans occupying the General Post Office in Dublin during the 1916 Rising.

A flier promoting a ‘monster meeting’ to aid in the establishment of a Sinn Féin club. The meeting was to be held in the Purveyors’ Assistants Hall on Exchange Street in Dublin.

A manifesto issued by Sinn Féin during the general election for the Fourth Dáil (27 August 1923). The first line of the text reads ‘The Sinn Féin candidates in this Election stand as they have stood in every election since 1917, for the unity and untrammelled independence of Ireland. Like Padraig Pearse they know but one definition of freedom ...’.

A clipping of a report on various Sinn Féin meetings and demonstrations in the country. Reference is made to speeches made by Darrel Figgis and George Noble Plunkett. The report was published in the ‘Irish Independent’ (20 September 1917).

A signed menu card for a reception marking the visit of Cardinal John Joseph Glennon to Áras an Uachtaráin in Dublin. The card is signed by Cardinal Glennon. It is also signed by Seán T. Ó Ceallaigh (Seán T. O’Kelly), the President of Ireland, and by his wife Phyllis Bean Úi Cheallaigh (Phyllis O’Kelly). The other signatures are those of Taoiseach Éamon de Valera, Seán Mac an tSaoi (Seán MacEntee), the Minister of Health, and Séamus Ó Riain (James Ryan), the Minister of Agriculture. Cardinal Glennon died five days later in Dublin (9 March 1946). His body lay in repose in All Hallows College (his old seminary) before being returned to the United States for burial in the Cathedral Basilica of St. Louis.