The file comprises the following editions of this weekly socialist and nationalist newspaper founded and edited by James Connolly: 6 Nov. 1915 (Vol. 1, No. 24) 18 Dec. 1915 (Vol. 1, No. 30) 1 Apr. 1916 (Vol. 1, No. 45) From 1915, Connolly printed 'The Workers’ Republic' newspaper on a Double Crown Wharfdale printer from offices at Liberty Hall.
Newspaper cuttings book compiled and annotated by Fr. Stanislaus Kavanagh OFM Cap. Printed stamp on inside front cover: ‘Franciscan Capuchin Library, Church Street, Dublin’. The pages have been numbered by Fr. Stanislaus. The book includes on pp 71-82; 86-92; 97-100; 123-124 numerous cuttings reporting on the 1916 Rising and its aftermath. Some of the reports refer to Fr. Augustine Hayden OFM Cap. and his ministering to Con Colbert.
A satirical republican flier on the demise of the pro-Treaty 'Freeman's Journal' newspaper. The flier promotes a 'funeral procession' for the paper and notes that it ceased publication 'from an acute attack of Clerical Intimidation, Softening of the Back-bone, and other painful disorders'. Reference is made to the former proprietors of the newspaper, Francis Higgins (c.1745–1802), probably better known as the 'Sham Squire', and Sir John Gray (1815-1875).
The file contains the following editions of this weekly nationalist newsprint edited by Ed. Dalton: 28 Mar. 1915 (Vol. 1, No. 8)-23 Apr. 1916 (Vol. 1, No. 64). The series is incomplete but there are multiple copies of some editions extant in the file. The cover banner of 'The Spark' was drawn by Grace Gifford
'On the proper shoulders'. At head of text: extracts from the Official Report of proceedings in the English House of Commons (Hansard, June 26th, 1922, Vol. 155, no. 84).
A view of the Crom Abú (or Crom a Boo) Bridge and White's Castle on the River Barrow at Athy in County Kildare. An annotation on the reverse of the print reads 'Evening at Athy on the River Barrow'.
An image of fishermen unloading nets on the shores of Lough Neagh in Northern Ireland. A manuscript annotation on the reverse of the print reads 'On the shores of Lough Neagh fishermen bringing new nets to be treated with "cutch" / getting ready for the new season's work'.