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A letter from James J. Campbell, 27 Old Cavehill Road, Belfast, to Fr. Senan Moynihan OFM Cap., referring to his comment on the ‘Orange Terror’ article by ‘Ultach’ in ‘The Capuchin Annual’.

A letter from Maud Gonne MacBride, Roebuck House, Clonskea, to Fr. Senan Moynihan OFM Cap. The letter refers to her views on partition and the forthcoming content on the same subject in ‘The Capuchin Annual’. She wrote ‘The infirmities of old age prevent me from active work, but leave me more time for thought, and I believe that on the ending of partition Ireland’s destiny depends …’.

A letter from Maud Gonne MacBride, Roebuck House, Clonskea, to Fr. Senan Moynihan OFM Cap., referring to the issue of partition. She affirms that she ‘is one of those banned from entering the 6 counties and have been twice arrested for crossing the border’.

A clipping reporting on T.J. Campbell’s criticism of the passage of the Special Powers Amendment Bill in the Stormont parliament in Northern Ireland. The article was published in the ‘The Irish Weekly and Ulster Examiner’ (19 March 1943).

A printed flier from Ailtirí na hAiséirghe (‘architects of resurrection’) on the subject of partition. Includes references to the ideology of the party’s founder Gearóid Ó Cuinneagáin (1910-1991).

A clipping of an article referring to an attack on pilgrims travelling to the Eucharistic Congress in Dublin who were accosted while on a train from Belfast. The article is taken from the ‘Irish Press’ (June 1932).

A clipping of an obituary for the artist and President of the Royal Hibernian Academy Dermod O’Brien. The article notes that he was the grandson of William Smith O’Brien, they Young Irelander. The obituary was published in the ‘Irish Press’ (5 October 1945).

A flier for a performance of ‘Easter 1916’, a play by Montagu Slater, an English poet and playwright. The play covers the period from the 1913 lock-out to the 1916 Rising by chronicling the life of James Connolly, described as ‘Ireland’s first Socialist martyr’. A performance of Slater’s play was produced by the Left Theatre Company at the La Scala Theatre in Dublin in April 1936.

A postcard print captioned ‘Irish Rebellion, May 1916 / Ruined Sackville Street, Dublin, barricaded with motor cars’.

A postcard print captioned ‘Irish rebellion May 1916 / Liberty Hall, Dublin, the rebel headquarters, after the storming’. Printed by the ‘Daily Sketch’ for Eason and Sons.