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A large group of both men and women (both sitting and standing) in St. Mary of the Angels, Church Street, Dublin. Most of the individuals are wearing Father Mathew Temperance Society badges and medals. They are almost certainly members of the lay temperance association attached to the church.

A view of Lower Main Street in Graiguenamangh, County Kilkenny, in about 1905. The image was probably taken (or acquired) by Fr. Angelus Healy OFM Cap. (1873-1953), a Capuchin friar who was a native of Graiguenamangh. A horse drawn carriage (called a ‘brake’) can be seen carrying passengers on the right of the road. These were extensively used in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries as a means of public transport and conveyance. Going in the opposite direction is what appears to be some sort of parade of horses and jockeys (in apparently elaborate silks).

(Seated, first on the left) Fr. Chrysostom Sutton OSFC (1876-1918) with other Capuchin friars (and novices) in the Kilkenny Friary garden.

A press ticket for admission to the national convention of the United Irish League in the Mansion House in Dublin in April 1912. The ticket is signed by Joseph Devlin who was appointed the League’s General Secretary in 1904.

A flier with the lyrics of the socialist anthem ‘The Red Flag’ by Jim Connell, an Irish political activist. For an unknown reason, this handbill credits him as ‘Jem Connell’.

A leaflet with the text of a lament for Thomas Ashe by Seán Ó Cathasaigh (Seán O’Casey). Printed in Dublin by Fergus O'Connor.

A flier with the text of poem commemorating Thomas Ashe by ‘Corduff’.

A flier with the text of a poem by Maeve Cavanagh titled ‘Rescue’ referring to the imprisonment of Irish republicans.

An anti-Treaty flier castigating the attitudes of the Irish national newspapers.

A flier referring to a public meeting to be held in the Mansion House, Dublin (16 July 1917) calling for the reburial of the remains of the executed leaders of the Easter Rising.