Clippings showing the presentation by Major H.E. de Courcy Wheeler of arms and mementoes from the 1916 Rising. De Courcy Wheeler had accepted the surrender of Patrick Pearse and Constance Markievicz following the defeat of the insurrection. The items were handed over to the state at a reception at Áras an Uachtaráin in Dublin. The image (right) shows Áine Ceannt and Margaret Mary Pearse examining a revolver which belonged to Constance Markievicz. The clippings are most likely taken from the 'Irish Independent' (30 April 1948).
A clipping of a report on a presentation made to Christopher J. Brady, Michael J. Molloy, and William P. O’Brien who printed the 1916 Proclamation. The article is taken from the ‘Irish Press’ (25 November 1952).
A clipping of a photograph of Holden Stodart, a member of the St. John’s Ambulance Brigade, who was killed in Dublin on 26 April 1916. The image was published in the ‘Weekly Dispatch’ (30 April 1916).
An image of the landscape near the village of Kilkieran (Cill Chiaráin) in Connemara, County Galway. A manuscript annotation on the reverse of the print reads ‘The Open Road / Landscape view from Kilkerrin [sic], Connemara’. The photograph is credited to P.J. Cahir, Knockroe, Kilfenora, County Clare.
A photographic print of Archbishop Daniel Mannix and other clergymen at ‘The Advocate’ printing press in Melbourne, Australia. This weekly newspaper was published for the Catholic Archdiocese of Melbourne.
A lithograph depicting the death of Daniel O’Connell in Genoa, Italy, on 15 May 1847. The original caption reads ‘The Death of Ireland’s Liberator / The Vicar General with the Clergy were round his head as the prayers were recited. His hands were fervently clasped upon his noble Breast, his appurtenance perfectly serene. When at last his mighty voice was hushed, his countenance, his hands responded to the prayers’.
