Record of the Cork City and County Irish Volunteers during Easter Week 1916. An attached declaration by Seán Murphy, Irish Volunteers 1916 Association (Cork), refers to a statement made by Breid Ní Foghludhe referring to her role as a dispatch carrier for Seán MacDermott during the Rising. The record itself refers to the foundation of the Irish Volunteers in Cork in 1913 and to their abortive role in the Rising. The record is incomplete as pp 8-21 have been torn from the bound copy.
Drafts compiled by William J. Stapleton for an article titled ‘Michael Collins’ Squad’, published in 'The Capuchin Annual' (1969), pp 368-77. The file also includes draft articles by Stapleton relating to the Jacob’s Factory garrison in the 1916 Rising and the capture of a British armoured car during the War of Independence.
A letter and notes from Conor A. Maguire re his article titled ‘Republican Courts’ in 'The Capuchin Annual' (1969). Maguire provides some additional detail in relation to the photographic of the Republican Court sitting in Westport in 1920 (p. 383). The note reads: ‘I recognise John Kelly, later County Registrar, and J.C. Garvey, Solicitor, Castlebar, from whom I received the photograph after the Truce. He told me that he had arranged to have it taken and had kept it hidden behind the shutters in his office. Noticeable at the back are two of the IRA Police, easily identifiable, as they stand at attention with their caps on. One, I understand, was Seán Gibbons’
Draft of an article on Augustine Birrell (1850-1933), Chief Secretary for Ireland, and his role in the 1916 Rising. The author of the text is not given.
A view of Annestown (in Irish ‘Bun Abha’, meaning ‘river’s end’), a small coastal village in County Waterford, in about 1955. The tower of the Church of Saint John the Baptist is visible in the image. This small-scale rural church was constructed by the Board of First Fruits, an institution of the Church of Ireland, which was established in 1711 to build and improve Anglican churches and rectories in Ireland. The Church of Saint John the Baptist in Annestown dates to about 1822.
