A group of Zambian Capuchin friars at a chapter meeting in Lusaka. The group includes Br. Patrick M. Sergi Tarimo OFM Cap. (Tanzania); Br. David Namiluko OFM Cap., Br. David Liwena OFM Cap., Br. Patrick Chinyama OFM Cap., Br. James Chanda OFM Cap., Br. Felix Mununga OFM Cap., and Br. Raphael Maliti OFM Cap.
An Anti-Treaty handbill comprising a poem with a constant refrain asking ‘Who killed Cathal Brugha?’ who died in fighting on O’Connell Street in July 1922. It reads: “Who killed Cathal Brugha?” “I” said Mick Collins, With a toss of his head Tis well he is dead I killed Cathal Brugha. The second stanza contains a similar refrain in respect of General Richard Mulcahy.
An Anti-Treaty handbill (black type on buff coloured paper). Text on recto reads: (on left-hand side) ‘“Yesterday the RIC were Irishmen who took (includes image of a hand pointing to the following line in bold type in centre of handbill) "Guns and Orders from England". (On right-hand side) "To-day Free-State soldiers are Irishmen who take (includes another image of a hand pointing to the same line in bold type in centre of handbill) "Guns and Orders from England / in order to / Shoot down Republican Soldiers / Destroy Republican Printing Presses / Raid the homes of Irish Republicans / Fire on Irish Prisoners in the Jails / Fill the Jails with Irish Volunteers / Wage economic war on the Dependants / of the Irish Republicans. / You did not Join the Irish Volunteers for this. / (in larger font and bold type) Don't be any longer Blind. The Men against you are Fighting without / Pay for the Old Cause which/ will NEVER DIE”’.
A republican handbill with the text of a ballad titled 'A Dublin Battle Ditty' referring to the attack by the forces of the Provisional Government on the Four Courts and the ensuing fighting in Dublin in June and July 1922.
Letter from William Walsh, Archbishop of Dublin, to Cardinal William Henry O’Connell, Archbishop of Boston. The printed letter refers to the former’s donation of £105 to the Irish National Fund inaugurated by the First Dáil.
Walsh, William Joseph, 1841-1921, Roman Catholic Archbishop of Dublin
The song uses the refrain ‘Up Plunkett and McGuinness! For I want my four green fields'. Joseph McGuinness contested the 1917 South Longford by-election. At that time, he was prison in Lewes, Sussex, for his part in the 1916 Rising.
An illustrated poster issued for the candidate, Joseph McGuinness, by his authorised Election Agent, P. J. Halnon, Solicitor, Longford. Printed at the Gaelic Press, 30 Upper Liffey Street, Dublin.
An election flier issued by the Trade Union Congress and the Irish Labour Party addressed 'to the workers of Ireland' setting out their polices in advance of the general election of December 1918.