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A soft-bound volume containing the the following pamphlets referring to the Irish Question:
• Report of the Labour commission to Ireland. A pamphlet publishing the findings of British Labour Party-sponsored commission on the Irish troubles. The chairman of the commission was Arthur Henderson, MP (1863-1935). Physical description: iv, 119, [1] pp : illus. (incl. plan, facsims.) ; 25 cm.
• The American Commission on conditions in Ireland: interim report. A pamphlet reporting the findings of an American Commission investigating the Irish troubles. The commission held public hearings in Washington, D.C., on 19-20 November, 9-23 December 1920 and on 13,14,19 and 21 January 1921. The chairman was noted as L. Hollingsworth. Published in London by Harding and Moore in 1921. Physical description: 72 pp.
• Who burnt Cork City? a tale of arson, loot, and murder; the evidence of over seventy witnesses. 1921. A pamphlet published by the Irish Labour Party and Trades Union Congress in January 1921. The work drew upon eye-witness evidence assembled by Seamus Fitzgerald which argued that the fires which had devastated Cork city on the night of 11 December 1920 had been deliberately set by British forces. Members of the fire service testified that their attempts to contain the blaze were hampered by soldiers who fired on them and cut their hoses with bayonets. Physical description: 68 p. illus.

Sinn Féin. Tuairisc na Rúnaithe: Árd-Fheis, 1921. Includes Secretaries’ report and note on the accounts of the party. Printed in Dublin by Sinn Féin. Physical description: 10 pp; tables; 26 cm; With typescript report of the Hon. Treasurer at the Árd-Fheis, 27 Oct. 1921. The report notes that ‘in presenting the balance sheet of the most abnormal year the Sinn Fein Organisation has yet experienced, it is a matter for congratulation that thro’ all the stress and pressure of the greater portion of the time covered by the present balance sheet the Organisation continued to work steadily by keeping in touch with all its Comhairle Ceanntair …’. Includes a table titled ‘Receipts and disbursements from 1st October 1920 to 8 Oct. 1921’. Typescript signature of Siobhan Bean an Phaoraigh, Hon. Secretary.

Handbill in the republican interest attacking the Irish Free State's alleged policy of ‘iron rule’. Printed in Manchester by Whiteley & Wright. Titled ‘No. 2’ in a series of handbills.

Handbill in the republican interest eulogizing Harry Boland (1887-1922).

A pamphlet in the republican interest by Frank Gallagher who worked alongside Erskine Childers on the republican publicity staff. During this period Gallagher and Robert Brennan were significant contributors to the 'Irish Bulletin'. Gallagher served long stints in prison due to his IRA involvement and went on many hunger strikes (the shortest lasting three days, the longest 41 days).

Photographic prints by Charles Doherty, Letterkenny, County Donegal. Most of the prints are annotated on the reverse. The file includes the following images:

• Sheephaven Bay, County Donegal.
• Barnesmore Gap, County Donegal.
• Cashel Village, Glencolmcille, County Donegal.
• The countryside around Kilmacrennan village, County Donegal.
• A Capuchin friar giving a blessing following his ordination probably in Letterkenny, County Donegal.
• St. Eunan’s Cathedral, Letterkenny, County Donegal.

Photographic prints by Hugh Doran (1926-2004) of Drimnagh in Dublin. The images are mostly of architecture, and views of Dublin and its populace. The majority of the prints are not captioned. The file includes the following images:

• The old Liberty Hall, Dublin.
• Wellington Quay and Grattan Bridge from Liffey Bridge, Dublin.
• John’s Lane, Dublin.
• St. Patrick’s Cathedral (Roman Catholic), Armagh.
• The Swiss Cottage, Cahir, County Tipperary.
• Wolfe Tone Quay, Dublin.
• The interior of The Chapel Royal, Dublin Castle.
• Poolbeg Lighthouse, Dublin Bay
• A house on Lambay Island.
• St. Patrick’s Bridge, Cork.
• Theobald Mathew Bridge and Four Courts, Dublin.
• Schoolhouse Lane, Dublin.
• The College of Surgeons, St. Stephen’s Green, Dublin.
• Portbello House, Dublin.
• St. Paul’s Church, Arran Quay, Dublin.
• The Ha’penny Bridge, Dublin.
• An elderly woman smoking a pipe.

Photographic prints by T.J. Molloy. Most of the prints are annotated on the reverse. The covering envelope is dated 18 Jan. 1960. The file includes the following images:

• Architectural detail from Mellifont Abbey, County Louth.
• Bective Abbey, County Meath.
• Lambay Island, County Dublin.
• Candle-lit vigil in a church.
• Rural and farm images.
• Statue of Our Lady situated on a cliff near Rathdrum, County Wicklow.

Photographic prints by Colm M. O’Byrne, Drimnagh, Dublin. Most of the prints are captioned. Many of the images are of farmers and rural landscapes. The file includes the following images:

• Mount Errigal, County Donegal.
• Gola Island, County Donegal.
• Sandycove, County Dublin.
• Dun Laoghaire, County Dublin.
• Arranmore Island, County Donegal.
• Rural scenes near Rockwell, Cashel, County Tipperary.
• Kenmare Manor, County Kerry.
• Countryside near Glendalough, County Wicklow.
• Dun Laoghaire, County Dublin.
• O’Connell Bridge, Dublin.

Photographic prints of Éamon de Valera (1882-1975) compiled for publication in 'The Capuchin Annual'. The file includes the following images:

• De Valera at All Hallows College, Dublin, with Dr. Arthur W. Conway (1875-1950), President of University College Dublin, Cardinal Norman Thomas Gilroy, Archbishop of Sydney, and President Seán T. O’Kelly.
• De Valera at Kilmainham Jail with Frank Aiken.
• De Valera at Dun Laoghaire Harbour, with J.A. Lyons, Prime Minister of Australia.
• De Valera arriving at 10 Downing Street, with Seán McEntee and John Dulanty (1883-1955), Irish High Commissioner in London. 17 Jan. 1938.
• De Valera’s visit to the Vatican in March 1962. He was accompanied by Sinéad Bean de Valera, and Frank Aiken, Minister for External Affairs. Includes photographs of his audience with Pope John XXIII and other representatives of the Holy See. 29 prints.
• De Valera’s visit to the United States and Canada in 1964. He was accompanied by Sinéad Bean de Valera, and Frank Aiken, Minister for External Affairs. Includes photographs of de Valera with the Most Rev. Francis Spellman, Archbishop of New York, President Lyndon B. Johnson, Jacqueline Kennedy, Archbishop Sebastian Baggio, Apostolic Delegate to Canada, Georges Vanier, Governor-General of Canada, Robert F. Wagner, Mayor of New York. 30 prints.
• De Valera at the official opening of John F. Kennedy Memorial Park, Slieve Coillte, New Ross, County Wexford (28 May 1968). 2 prints.
• De Valera’s state funeral (2 Sept. 1975). Includes photographs of the funeral procession along O’Connell Street, the service at the Pro-Cathedral, and the internment at Glasnevin Cemetery, Dublin. 19 prints.