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A clipping of a photograph of a bust of Fr. Gerald McCann OFM Cap. sculpted by Laurence Campbell. The bust was exhibited in the Royal Hibernian Academy.

A biographical sketch of Fr. Senan Moynihan OFM Cap. and an assessment of his work as editor of ‘The Capuchin Annual’. The article reads ‘Last year Capuchin Periodicals transferred their editorial offices from the Father Mathew Hall, Church Street, to nine large rooms in an old Georgian house at the foot of Capel Street ...’. The article includes a review of the 1941 edition of the ‘Annual’. It was published in the ‘Connacht Sentinel’ (4 February 1941).

A flier setting out the rules and constitution of the Irish Unionist Alliance (South Louth Division).

Flier from the Irish Unionist Alliance setting out the need for an ‘extensive petition’ in response to William Gladstone’s Government of Ireland (Second Home Rule) Bill.

Letter from Alexander Edward Miller regarding his candidacy in the forthcoming Trinity College by-election. The by-election was held due to the resignation of the incumbent Conservative MP, John Thomas Ball on his appointment as Lord Chancellor of Ireland. The contest was won by Edward Gibson.

Flier from Dodgson Hamilton Madden for the impending Trinity College (Dublin University) by-election. The flier reads ‘I have always been a firm supporter of the Conservative party, and I look upon its present position with pride. That party, with the patriotic aid of the Liberal Unionists, has succeeded in averting from the Empire disintegration and dishonour, and from Ireland a signal and crushing disaster’. Madden received 1,376 in the contest and was elected an MP.

A clipping of an article by Seán Nolan titled ‘In Memory of Frank Ryan’ published in the ‘Irish Workers’ Weekly’ in April 1945.

An image of individuals on O’Connell Bridge in Dublin. The photograph was most likely taken by Arthur Fields, the well-known Dublin street photographer.

A photographic postcard print captioned ‘Learning Irish Dancing at Ring College’ (Coláiste na Rinne) in County Waterford. Coláiste na Rinne was established in 1905 and officially recognised as an Irish language summer school in 1907. The principal founders of the college were Pádraig Ó Cadhla (1875-1948), an organiser for Conradh na Gaeilge in the locality, and Richard Henebry (1863-1916), also known as Risteard de Hindeberg, a Waterford-born priest, Irish language scholar and traditional music collector.

An image of an artillery exercise at Fort Templebreedy near Crosshaven in County Cork. The print is credited to the 'Irish Press'.