An image of Irish National Army troops at Beggars Bush Barracks in Dublin. Originally constructed for the British military in 1827, the barracks was the first military installation to be handed over to the newly formed Provisional Government on 1 February 1922.
A photographic print of a National Army soldier receiving treatment from a member of St. John’s Ambulance Brigade during the fighting in Dublin at the outset of the Civil War in late June/early July 1922.
A clipping of a satirical article reporting on a performance of a play by Myles na gCopaleen (Brian O’Nolan / pen-name Flann O’Brien) in the Abbey Theatre in Dublin. The article was published in the ‘Irish Press’ (26 January 1943).
Scores, sheet music and arrangement for pieces performed at the Father Mathew Feis, Church Street. The file includes sheet music for works by Beethoven, Handel, Shostakovich and Mendelssohn. Some choral pieces (with piano accompaniment) are also extant.
Musical score (sheet music) for ‘Amhráin an Oireachtais 1. A Éire mhilis uasal / Tadhg Ua Donnchadha do chum; Riobárd Ua Duibhir do ghléas le haghaidh buidhne ceóil an Oireachtais’ (Dublin, Connradh na Gaedhilge, 1902).
• 'The song of the river / A tribute to temperance societies / dedicated by permission to the Very Rev. Theobald Mathew by Haydn Corri' (Dublin: Haydn Corri’s Musical Academy, 3 Hamilton Row, Merrion Square). 2 copies. One of the copies has a manuscript annotation on the front cover: ‘With the composer’s best regards’. • 'The Mathew Quadrilles for the piano forte / composed and respectfully dedicated to the Very Reverend Theobald Mathew / the bright morning star of temperance / by Henry Devlin' (London: T.C. Bates, 6 Ludgate Hill). • 'Temperance Melodies for the Teetotallers of Ireland by William MacNamara Downes' (Cork: Albion Printing Office, 35 Great George’s Street, 1843). 24 pp.
A photograph of Muriel MacSwiney and Terence MacSwiney’s sisters Mary and Annie. The original caption is titled ‘The widow of Terence MacSwiney’ and refers to his death ‘after fasting for 73 days in Brixton Prison’. It also affirms that Muriel MacSwiney ‘collapsed after the long strain and was not with him when he passed out’. The image is credited to World Wide Photos.
Dublin Corporation Municipal tax demands and rates’ receipts for the Capuchin community, Church Street. The file includes notices of demands and official receipts for the rates paid. The receipts were usually signed by the guardian of the community.
Certificate from Frederick J. Lyons, collector, affirming that no rates are due on 24 South Mall, Cork, as the property is empty. With receipt for rents payable on the said premises.