• Photographic print (on card) of a portrait of Fr. Theobald Mathew OSFC. The print is by William Lawrence, portrait painter and photographer, Dublin. 16.5 cm x 10.5 cm. 2 copies. • Photographic print (on card) of the Father Mathew statue in the workshop of Mary Redmond (1863-1930) before its installation on Sackville (O’Connell) Street, Dublin, in 1893. 16.5 cm x 12 cm. (See image above). • Copy engraving of Fr. Theobald Mathew OSFC. 25 cm x 17 cm. Printed. • Photographic print of the plaque on Cove Street, Cork, commemorating Fr. Mathew’s residence in a house (No. 8) on that street. The plaque was erected by Cork Corporation in 1980. 15 cm x 10 cm. Colour print. • Cutting of a cartoon titled ‘The cause of the high death-rate / The Working-man’s Sunday’ showing ‘as it was spent before the Sunday Closing Act’ and ‘as it is spent now in unwholesome quarters of the city – as the working-man must get his beer’. [c.1890]. 1 p. • Photographic print of the Father Mathew statue on O’Connell Street, Dublin, in c.1955. Ink stamp on reverse reads ‘Irish Tourist Board Photo’. 25.5 cm x 17.8 cm. • Copy print (on card) of Fr. Theobald Mathew OSFC. 25.5 cm x 20 cm.
A clipping of two images showing (top) Jacob’s biscuit factory described as one of the ‘rebel’s forts’ and (below) Constance Markievicz ‘behind the bars at Liberty Hall’. The clippings are likely taken from the ‘Daily Mirror’ (May 1916).
A clipping reporting the executions of Patrick Pearse, Thomas MacDonagh, and Tom Clarke. The article is taken from the ‘Dublin Evening Mail’ (3 May 1916).
A clipping of a Joseph Plunkett in detention at Richmond Barracks following the defeat of the insurrection. The caption reads ‘Joseph Plunkett (nearest the camera), who was shot, and Grace Gifford, who married him in the condemned cell a few hours before his execution’. The newspaper title from which the clipping was taken is not given.
A clipping of a report on the executions of Con Colbert, Éamonn Ceannt, Michael Mallin, and Seán Heuston. The clipping is taken from the ‘Evening Herald’ (8 May 1916).
A clipping of a letter from the relatives of the late Seán Hales condemning the executions of republicans in reprisal for his murder. The signatories include his brother Donal Hales, Irish Consul in Genoa, Italy. The letter was addressed to the editor of the ‘Cork Examiner’ but the clipping is taken from ‘Eire’ (20 January 1923).
A clipping of a report on the appointment of Monsignor Patrick J. O’Donnell, a Waterford-born priest, as Domestic Prelate in New York. The clipping is taken from the ‘Dungarvan Observer’ (26 August 1944). (Volume Page 32).
A clipping of an article reporting on the death of Mary McWhorter (spelt here ‘MacWhorter’), a prominent Irish American activist. Mary McWhorter was the long-time president of the Chicago-based Ladies Auxiliary of the Ancient Order of Hibernians. The clipping is taken from the ‘Irish Press’ (23 August 1944). (Volume Page 33)