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A clipping of an article (with illustration) on the ruins of Dysartgallen Church in County Laois (formerly Queen’s County).

A clipping of an illustration of King John’s Castle in Limerick city.

A clipping of an article (with illustration) of the Eagle’s Nest, a mountain located in Killarney National Park in County Kerry.

A clipping of an article exploring the history of the Franciscan friary on the Hill of Slane in County Meath.

A clipping of an article referring to the ‘big tree’ of Chapelizod, an historical elm tree which stood in the Dublin suburb. The clipping is taken from the ‘Evening Herald’ (14 August 1897).

A clipping of an article on Ballymote Castle in County Sligo. The drawing is by William Stokes Boyers.

A clipping of an illustration of the Meeting of the Waters (the convergence of the waters of the Avonbeg and Avonmore Rivers) near Avoca in County Wicklow.

A clipping of an article reflecting on two historic houses, one which formerly stood on Castle Street, a medieval thoroughfare linking Dame Street with Fishamble Street, not far from Dublin Castle. The second illustration shows a house on Marrowbone Lane; a street located off Cork Street on the south side of Dublin. The clipping was taken from the ‘Evening Telegraph’ (5 December 1898).

Clippings of articles relating to Kilmallock in County Limerick calling attention to the state of some of the town’s historic medieval buildings. The description of Kilmallock as ‘the Baalbek of Ireland’ is attributed to the Reverend Thomas Campbell (1733-95), a Church of Ireland clergyman and antiquarian, in his ‘A philosophical survey of the south of Ireland’ (1777). Baalbek is a city situated in modern-day Lebanon, renowned for its ruined Roman temple complex (now a UNESCO world heritage site).

Photocopy of a letter from Fr. Michael O'Shea OFM Cap., Capuchin Franciscan College, Rochestown, County Cork, to Winifred Etheridge, c/o Major F. Etheridge DSO, Broadway Cottage, Littleham, North Exmouth, Devon. The letter (27 January 1923) provides a detailed, eyewitness description of an engagement between Free State soldiers and irregular republicans near Rochestown College in August 1922. Winifred Etheridge was a sister of Ian McKenzie Kennedy, a Scottish-born republican, who died during the battle. The file also includes a photocopy of a letter (26 August 1922) from Nora Lucey, 3 Pembroke Street, Cork, to Mrs McKenzie Kennedy providing further detail on the skirmish and on the death of her son, Ian McKenzie Kennedy. A copy sketch map (drawn by Fr. Michael O'Shea OFM Cap.) showing details of the battle between Free State forces and Anti-Treaty irregulars around Rochestown is also extant in the file.