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Letter from Fr. Albert Bibby OFM Cap., St. Francis Hospital, Santa Barbara, to Fr. Bonaventure Murphy OFM Cap., referring to his weakening condition and suggesting that the end is near. He writes ‘I know my dear mother and sisters will feel my death – won’t you write and console them’. He asks to be remembered in a lengthy list of family members and friends. Bibby writes 'Remember me to all the brethren – for no one have I the smallest particle of bitterness, though alas I have often said bitter things for which I in heartily sorrow'.

Memorial Card for Éamonn Ceannt

Memorial card 'For the souls of General P. H. Pearse and the Officers and Men of the Irish Republican Army'

Memorial card for Captain Richard Coleman ‘who fought for the Freedom of Ireland, Easter, 1916, and died in Usk Prison, England, on December 9th, 1918’.

An anthology edited by E.G.B, Published in honor of those who died and those who were incarcerated. The collection includes: We shall rise again, Easter 1916/James Connolly--The Wayfarer/P.H.Pearse – ‘the remaining contributions, many of which are not published elsewhere, are unsigned’.

Dated 9.30 am. Letter from Major A.F. Owen Lewis, General Staff Officer, Irish Command, Headquarters to The Governor, Arbour Hill Detention Barracks: ‘Please allow Father [Columbus] Murphy to interview Pearse the rebel leader and any other rebels whom he may wish to see’. On Royal Arms embossed paper. Faded Ink-stamped: Headquarters Ireland.

Authorisation from Colonel H.V. Cowan, Assistant Adjutant General, Headquarters, Irish Command, Parkgate, Dublin, to Fr. Aloysius Travers OFM Cap. The note reads: ‘The General Officer Commander in Chief directs that every facility be given to his Revered Father Aloysius OSFC to visit rebel prisoners at any of the places of detention or internment, to hear confessions and administer the rights of his Church, at all times’.

A national policy by Éamon de Valera: speech delivered at the inaugural meeting of the Fianna Fáil at La Scala Theatre, Dublin, May 1926 amplified and with complementary matter / Printed by the Mellifont Press, Ltd., Dublin and published by Fianna Fáil, 34 Lower Abbey Street, Dublin.

Pamphlet titled 'Draft Constitution as approved by Dáil Eireann ... Stand by Ireland's Declaration of Independence and Social Justice / Vote "Yes" on July 1st'. The text contains the draft of the Fianna Fáil-drafted Irish constitution of 1937. Includes side-by-side Irish translation of the English text. The constitution was translated into Irish over a number of drafts by a group headed by Micheál Ó Gríobhta (assisted by Risteárd Ó Foghludha) from the Department of Education. Issued by the Director of Elections for and on behalf of Fianna Fáil candidates, 13 Upper Mount Street, Dublin.

An Anti-Treaty handbill comprising a poem with a constant refrain asking ‘Who killed Cathal Brugha?’ who died in fighting on O’Connell Street in July 1922.
It reads:
“Who killed Cathal Brugha?”
“I” said Mick Collins,
With a toss of his head
Tis well he is dead
I killed Cathal Brugha.
The second stanza contains a similar refrain in respect of General Richard Mulcahy.