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Blank postcard print titled 'Military Operations, Dublin, June-July 1922 / Shell Exploding on Four Courts'. The image is credited to Hogan, Dublin.

Letter to Lena May Murphy, Cork, from Fr. Dominic O’Connor OFM Cap. (23 Nov. 1918). It reads: ‘I must thank you very sincerely for your great kindness to my dead father in his last illness. All at home are never done telling everybody of you and your wonderful goodness’. This letter was sent by [Maire] Murphy, 35 Mercier Park, Curragh Road, Cork, to Fr. Nessan Shaw OFM Cap. (13 Nov. 1991), explaining that Lena May Murphy was her late aunt. With a copy photograph of Lena May Murphy, and notes by Fr. Nessan re Lena May who worked as a nurse caring for elderly patients.

Text of a poem or song signed by Fr. Dominic O’Connor OFM Cap. and dated ‘9/4/4/20’. Fr. Dominic occasionally used the republican calendar to denote his years: 1920 was the fourth year of Republic founded in 1916. With a phonetic aid to pronunciation.

The series contains souvenir booklets and miscellaneous ephemera and artefacts relating to the 1916 Rising. Most of the booklets contain photographic postcards depicting various figures, events and artefacts associated with the Easter Rising and its aftermath.

An image captioned 'The Goats' Path overlooking Bantry Bay' in County Cork.

A view of a horse-drawn harvester in about 1955. An annotation on the reverse of the print reads 'Near the end of its hay day'.

An image of the view from the top of Errigal ('An Earagail') in County Donegal in about 1955. A manuscript annotation on the reverse of the print reads 'At peace with the world / View from the top of Mount Errigal, County Donegal'.

A view of the Square in Charlestown in County Mayo in about 1960.

A view of the town of Ballyhaunis in County Mayo in about 1955. The building in the distance is St. Patrick's Church.

A view of a fishing party on the shores of Lough Derg in County Tipperary in about 1960.