A clipping of a report on the assassination of Field Marshal Sir Henry Wilson by Irish republicans. The report is taken from ‘Country Life’ (1 July 1922).
A clipping of a report on the death of the Irish nationalist politician Eamon Donnelly. The report was published in the ‘Irish Press’ (30 December 1944).
A photographic print of a British military inspection in the Royal Barracks (now Collins Barracks) in Dublin. The inspecting officer is General Sir John Maxwell (1859-1929).
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.
A photograph of Tomás MacCurtain, Lord Mayor, demonstrating a Fordson tractor (manufactured locally by the American Ford Motor Company) in Cork in 1920.
A clipping of a photograph of Irish Volunteers in Wexford described as local leaders during the 1916 Rising. The group includes Séamus Rafter, Robert Brennan, and Séamus Doyle.
An postcard print of the entrance to the Irish College of St. Anthony in Leuven (Louvain) in Belgium. The partially obscured inscription over the archway reads ‘Do ċum glóire Dé agus onóra na hÉireann (‘For the glory of God and the honour of Ireland’) and is taken from the ‘Annals of the Four Masters’.
The front cover of ‘The Catholic Mirror’ (March 1945). The illustration is titled 'Saint Patrick's arrival in Ireland, at early dawn'. The bound volume includes some extracts from an article on the life of Saint Patrick published in the periodical.