The exterior of the Capuchin Friary at Sihole, Zambia. The original caption notes that Fr. Killian Flynn OFM Cap. and Fr. Timothy Phelim O’Shea OFM Cap. walked through the district of Kalabo in 1942 to find a site. Fr. Gerard Joyce OFM Cap. and Br. Alexius Paolucci OFM Cap. were later assigned there.
The school at Sihole mission station. The original caption reads: ‘Academy started in 1946 and finished in March 1947. The builder was Br. Andrew O’Shea OFM Cap.
The poem reads: ‘Thy favours still, O Lord bestow; Through Mary’s hands may grace still flow; Give me the Cross or pain or woe, But give to Eire Liberty’.
Profession of vows of Br. Rod Pieretti OFM Cap. into the hands of Fr. Terence Harrington OFM Cap., Provincial Minister, on the occasion of his silver jubilee in Monze.
The file comprises the following editions of this daily news sheet: 6 Dec. 1923 (no. 28)-1 Jan. 1924 (no. 44). The following copies are extant in the file: Nos. 23; 24; 25; 27; 28 (2 copies); 29 (2 copies); 30 (2 copies); 31; 32; 37; 38; 40; 41 (2 copies); 42 (2 copies); 44. It was published in Dublin at Sinn Féin Headquarters, 23 Suffolk Street, Dublin.
A clipping of a report on various Sinn Féin meetings and demonstrations in the country. Reference is made to speeches made by Darrel Figgis and George Noble Plunkett. The report was published in the ‘Irish Independent’ (20 September 1917).
A manifesto issued by Sinn Féin during the general election for the Fourth Dáil (27 August 1923). The first line of the text reads ‘The Sinn Féin candidates in this Election stand as they have stood in every election since 1917, for the unity and untrammelled independence of Ireland. Like Padraig Pearse they know but one definition of freedom ...’.
A flier promoting a ‘monster meeting’ to aid in the establishment of a Sinn Féin club. The meeting was to be held in the Purveyors’ Assistants Hall on Exchange Street in Dublin.
A postcard print captioned ‘The Sinn Fein Revolt in Dublin. the First and Only copy of “The Irish War News” issued by the Sinn Feiners’. ‘Irish War News’ was published by the republicans occupying the General Post Office in Dublin during the 1916 Rising.