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A postcard of The O’Rahilly (Michael Joseph O'Rahilly). The print is credited to Lafayette Studios, Dublin.

A pictorial postcard print of the sanctuary of St. Mary of the Angels, Church Street, Dublin, in about 1920.

A postcard print of Thomas Ashe. The caption notes that he was the ‘leader of the North County Dublin Volunteers in the Rising’.

A postcard print of Thomas MacDonagh. The caption notes that he was ‘Commandant of [the] Bishop Street Area’ and one of the signatories to the ‘Irish Republic Proclamation’.

A postcard print of Captain Thomas Slater. The caption notes that he was sentenced to death, but his sentence was commuted to penal servitude for life.

A series of captioned postcard prints showing various scenes and sights in Jerusalem.

A photographic print of individuals praying outside Brixton Prison in London during Terence MacSwiney’s hunger strike. The caption refers to the persons as ‘two Irish sympathizers’. The image is credited to Wide World Photos.

A postcard print captioned 'Presbyterian Church & the Bridge, Portlaw, County Waterford'. The church dates to about 1845. The two-storey building adjacent to the church is the manse (a name given to a house inhabited by a minister, typically from the Presbyterian, Methodist or other Reformed Protestant religions). The manse in Portlaw was occupied by the Reverend David Ferguson, Presbyterian minister in Portlaw, from about 1843 to 1887. The Presbyterian church in Portlaw was closed in 1931.

An image of a presentation by Fr. Gerald McCann OFM Cap. (1910-1958) to Captain Robert Monteith (1879-1956), the veteran Irish republican.

Clippings showing the presentation by Major H.E. de Courcy Wheeler of arms and mementoes from the 1916 Rising. De Courcy Wheeler had accepted the surrender of Patrick Pearse and Constance Markievicz following the defeat of the insurrection. The items were handed over to the state at a reception at Áras an Uachtaráin in Dublin. The image (right) shows Áine Ceannt and Margaret Mary Pearse examining a revolver which belonged to Constance Markievicz. The clippings are most likely taken from the 'Irish Independent' (30 April 1948).