A clipping of an article referring to various documents and objects associated with the 1916 Rising held in various collections in Britain. Reference is made to the naval ensign salvaged from the German gun-runner ‘Aud’. The article was published in the ‘Irish Press’ (7 April 1947).
A republican flier titled ‘Can Ireland Stand Alone? / Is she rich enough to set up as an independent nation’. The flier was published by Sinn Féin in Dublin and is dated 28 August 1918.
A Sinn Féin poster advocating for the candidacy of Arthur Griffith in the general election of 1918. The text reads ‘Put Him In To Get Him Out / vote for Griffith / the man in jail for Ireland’.
Certificate of registration of John Hill into the Grand Royal Arch Chapter of Ireland (an Irish Freemasonry institution). The certificate is dated 10 November 1859 and is signed by Augustus FitzGerald, 3rd Duke of Leinster (1791-1874), Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of Freemasons of Ireland, and Lucius Henry Deering (1818-1887), Deputy Grand Secretary.
A clipping of an image of the funeral of Noel Lemass, a republican whose mutilated body was found on Featherbed in the Dublin Mountains on 12 October 1923. He was buried in Glasnevin Cemetery following a requiem mass at St. Mary’s Pro-Cathedral in Dublin.
A printed copy of Lloyd George’s letter to Sir Horace Plunkett referring to certain reservations about the powers which could be granted to an Irish Representative assembly during the Great War.
Instructions for local Sinn Féin clubs for 1921-2. The document divides up the work suitable for Sinn Féin Cumainn in different areas (divided into those in urban, rural or seaboard areas, those with ample hall accommodation, and those that can only act as an election or organising committee). Also provided is a list of appropriate books for Sinn Féin Club libraries.
A clipping of an article from ‘Irish Opinion’, a weekly labour newspaper, questioning John Redmond’s role in ‘saving’ Kynoch’s munitions factory in Arklow, County Wicklow.