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A clipping of a report on Éamon de Valera’s tribute to Thomas Ashe in a speech in Ennis, County Clare. Reference is also made to the remarks of Michael Fogarty, Bishop of Killaloe. The clipping is taken from the ‘Weekly Freeman’ (6 October 1917).

A clipping of a statement issued by Éamon de Valera regarding the non-participating of republicans in the Tailteann Games. De Valera argues that the Games were ‘officially opened by Free State Ministers’ and that the participation of republicans would only serve ‘to further the pretence that the people of Ireland have now secured the freedom they desire’. The newspaper from which the clipping was taken is not stated.

A photographic print of mourners (mostly religious) arriving to pay their respects to the late Archbishop Paschal Robinson OFM, Apostolic Nuncio to Ireland. The location may be the Apostolic Nunciature building in the Phoenix Park in Dublin. Robinson’s remains were later taken to the St. Mary’s Pro-Cathedral in Dublin where his Requiem Mass was celebrated.

A clipping of an article reporting on the appointment of Monsignor Ettore Felici as the new Apostolic Nuncio to Ireland. The article provides a brief sketch of Felici’s career as a papal diplomat. The clipping is taken from the ‘Irish Independent’ (3 September 1949).

A card to Fr. Senan Moynihan OFM Cap. inviting him to attend a reception to commemorate the anniversary the Pope’s coronation at the Apostolic Nunciature in Dublin.

Servants and staff welcoming the newly married Ena Dingwell Tasca Stewart-Bam and Sir Pieter von Blommenstein Bam (d. 20 Dec. 1928) at Ards House in County Donegal in 1910. The smaller copy of the print has the following annotation: ‘Taken over 20 years ago, at some kind of reception given to the Stewards by his tenants xx – Sir Peter and Lady Stewart. Arrow on photograph points to present gardener (W. Barr)’.

An image of Ena Dingwell Tasca Stewart-Bam on the front stairway in Ards House.

A view of the exterior of Ards House, Creeslough, County Donegal.

A view of Ards House and demesne as seen from the shores of Sheephaven Bay in County Donegal.

An image of the main portico entrance to Ard Mhuire Capuchin Friary (formerly Ards House) in County Donegal.