A postcard print of Michael O’Hanrahan. The caption reads ‘Author of the “The Swordsmen of the Brigade” etc / Executed in Kilmainham Prison, May 4th 1916’.
A studio photograph of Fr. Patrick Kavanagh OFM, a Franciscan friar and historian of the 1798 rebellion. A manuscript caption reads ‘Father Kavanagh OFM / Historian of ‘98’
A postcard with images of the ‘Enniscorthy Leaders’ of the Irish Volunteers in 1916. The individuals are named as Captain James Rafter, John Etchingham and Captain [Robert] Brennan.
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’.
A postcard print of an image of a worshippers at a religious service to commemorate the centenary of Catholic emancipation held in the Phoenix Park in Dublin in June 1929. The image is credited to the 'Irish Independent'.
A postcard print of the grave of Fr. Nicholas Sheehy in Clogheen in County Tipperary. Father Sheehy (c.1728-1766) was a local priest who was executed following what were widely believed to be false charges of involvement in agrarian unrest during the Penal Law era.
A Republic of Ireland Bond Certificate (for $10) issued by Éamon de Valera during his American tour. This bond was issued to Hannah Ritchie and is dated 21 January 1920. The printed signature of Éamon de Valera has the unusual spelling of ‘de Bhailéara’.