A letter from Maurice Farkoa to Antionette MacKinlay (née Sterling) stating that he has ‘broken down’ due to overwork and can only ‘accept a few private engagements’
A letter from Lilian Braithwaite to Antionette MacKinlay (née Sterling) thanking her for the gift of two tickets for her concert.
A slip with an autograph of Ada Rehan dated 1894.
A slip containing a signature of Michael Foot, Labour MP for Devonport, addressed to Eoin O’Mahony, National University Club, 13a Lower Grosvenor Place, London.
An anti-conscription hand bill issued by the standing committee of Sinn Féin. A manuscript note suggests that the flier was distributed by hand on 21 May 1918.
A copy of a flier titled ‘Éire abú / statement to be read at every public meeting throughout Ireland on the 15th August, 1918. The document is signed by [Rev.] Michael O’Flanagan, Vice-President and Acting President of Sinn Féin, T. Kelly (Alderman) [and] H. Boland, Hon. Secretary, on behalf of the Sinn Féin Standing Committee.
Letter from Éamon de Valera addressed to Irish men and women in England asking them to support the movement for Irish independence. Text includes ‘Men and women of the Irish race – the land of your forefathers is still in bondage’; ‘Irishmen! duty claims – love prompts that you strive to set your Motherland free’; ‘Self-determination, understood in the only way it has a practical meaning, is the one basis on which the Governments of nations can rest now’. At foot of sheet: ‘Europe knows the justice of our claims. Lovers of liberty everywhere bid us Godspeed’.
A report on the publication of propaganda and publicity material prepared for the Sinn Féin Annual Ard Chomhairle in 1919. Several pamphlets publicising the Irish independence movement are mentioned.
Circular letter regarding the organisation and operation of National Arbitration Courts.
A clipping of a newspaper article on St. Michan’s Anglican Church on Church Street in Dublin. The article includes an illustration of the building. Reference is made to the internments of several individuals associated with the 1798 rebellion in the church’s vaults.