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Two admission tickets to the first meeting of Dáil Éireann which took place in the Round Room of the Mansion House on 21 January 1919. In Irish: ‘Permit or ticket allowing bearer (unnamed) to attend the first assembly of Dáil Eireann on Tuesday 21 January 1919’. The tickets are signed by George Noble Plunkett.

Newspaper cuttings book compiled and annotated by Fr. Stanislaus Kavanagh OFM Cap. Printed stamp on inside front cover: ‘Franciscan Capuchin Library, Church Street, Dublin’. The pages have been numbered by Fr. Stanislaus. The cuttings includes (at pp 94-5) clippings of photographic prints of relating to the imprisonment of republican prisoners in Mountjoy Jail. One of the prints shows Fr. Augustine reciting the Rosary outside the Jail. 'Irish Independent', 15 Apr. 1920. Another print shows Fr. Augustine announcing the release of republican prisoners. 'Cork Examiner', 17 Apr. 1920.

Letter from the Most Rev. Daniel Cohalan, Bishop of Cork, to Fr. Edwin Fitzgibbon OFM Cap., Provincial Minister, referring to the withdrawal of Fr. Dominic’s faculties due to his inability to take the examination for renewal of faculties. Bishop Cohalan also refers to his unease on reading an announcement in the papers that Fr. Dominic is to be appointed honorary chaplain to a brigade of the IRA. The Bishop wrote: ‘Now I put it to you that a lay body has no authority to confer an ecclesiastical honour from a lay authority’. He later asks Fr. Edwin: ‘Are you not conceding to a military brigade what belongs essentially to the church?’ With a copy reply from Fr. Edwin claiming that he knew nothing of Fr. Dominic's appointment as chaplain to the IRA until his attention was drawn to a report in the Cork newspapers.

Memorial cards for Fr. Dominic O’Connor OFM Cap. (with photographic print). ‘Capuchin Pastor of St. Mary of the Angels, Hermiston, Oregon. Civic Chaplain to Lord Mayor Thomas MacCurtain and Lord Mayor Terence MacSwiney, 1920. Died at Bend, Oregon, 17th Oct. 1935’.

Photographic postcard print of Fr. Dominic O’Connor OFM Cap. with another Capuchin friar (possibly Fr. Hilary McDonagh OFM Cap.) dated 17 Mar. 1919; print of Fr. Dominic (full length and seated) attached to a greeting card with annotation: ‘To Helen, with best wishes, Fr. Dominic, OSFC, 1/1/19’; undated photographic print of Fr. Dominic (full length in Capuchin Franciscan habit).

A report of speech by the Bishop of Limerick, a self-proclaimed nationalist and land-reformer, referring to contemporary political opinion. Alone of all the Irish Hierarchy, O’Dwyer was the only one to support the leaders of the 1916 Rising. A sentence beginning ‘Ireland will never be content as a province’ is underlined in the text. With 'Irish Emigrants and English Mobs / Letter from the Bishop of Limerick' (10 Nov. 1915).

The fliers claim the support of Fr. Laurence Dowling OFM Cap. and Fr. Albert Bibby OFM Cap., Capuchin Franciscan Friary, Church Street, calling them ‘distinguished representatives of the Order which in dark and evil days held aloft the lamp of learning in Ireland’. Father Lawrence wrote ‘I am glad Mr. John Farren is seeking election as a member of the Dublin Corporation. …’. The fliers were printed by Mitchell & Co., 29 Capel Street, Dublin, and published by the candidate.

'An lóċrann' was established by Pádraig Ó Siochfhradha (1883-1964) and was published in Cork. It featured Irish language revivalist literature and articles on Gaelic folklore and music. The file comprises the following editions:
July 1917 (no. 16)
Mar. 1918 (no. 24). Annotation on page 8: ‘Father Albert [Bibby OFM Cap.]’.
Apr. 1919. (no. 37)
July 1919 (no. 40). 2 copies
Dec. 1919 (no. 45)
Feb. 1920 (no. 47)
July 1920 (no. 52)

The file comprises the following editions: 6 July 1922. (no. 1) – 16 July 1922. (no. 7); 29 July (no. 11) – 5 Aug. 1922 (no. 12). These were styled the ‘war news’ editions. The editor of 'Nationality' was Sean T. O’Kelly. The newspaper of the same name was suppressed after the 1916 Rising, but was published for a couple of years later in Belfast. These first seven issues of the weekly paper cover all the hostilities during this early Civil War period, including the shooting of Cathal Brugha. The file includes multiple copies of some editions.

Official Communiqués from Republican Ministers including Éamon de Valera, President; Austin Stack, Minister for Finance; Padraig Ó Ruitleis, Minister for Home Affairs. These typescript duplicates of communiqués were published by the publicity department of the Anti-Treaty ‘Dail Eireann’ Republican Government. Includes Statement on ‘Why the Four Courts was Attacked’; Statements for publication regarding the trial of Capt. Erskine Childers in November 1922; Statement regarding the treatment of Joseph Clarke by Free State authorities. Clarke acted as the courier for the First Dáil but was interned from January 1921. Released in 1923, he acted as caretaker of the Sinn Féin headquarters on Harcourt Street, and founded the Irish Book Bureau. Although the Anti-Treaty Sinn Féin rejected participation in the Dáil, they continued to contest local elections, and Clarke sat on Dublin Corporation. (13 Nov. 1922); Proclamation by Liam Lynch, Chief of Staff of the IRA, declaring allegiance to De Valera as President of the Republic and pledging ‘our support in all the legitimate efforts to maintain and defend the Republic …’. 3 copies. (28 Oct. 1922); Order from Padraig Ó Ruitleis, Minister for Home Affairs, decreeing ‘that until further notice the present be observed as a time of National mourning, that all sports and amusements be suspended, that all Theatres, picture houses and other places of amusement and rest be closed …’. (13 Mar. 1923); ‘Cease Fire Order’ issued by Éamon de Valera on 27 April 1923: ‘As evidence of our good-will, the Army Council [of the IRA] is issuing herewith an Order to all Units to suspend aggressive action – the order to take effect as soon as may be, but not later than noon Monday, April 30th’. With blank nomination form used by Republican candidates in the parliamentary elections for the Third Dáil Eireann held on 16 June 1922. Printed by Browne & Nolan, Ltd., Printers, Dublin.