A clipping of an article by Daniel O’Boyle recalling Éamon de Valera’s journey to Derry to speak at St. Columba’s Hall in support of republican candidates in 1924. The clipping is taken from the ‘Derry Journal’ (27 July 1945).
A clipping of a photograph of Éamon de Valera with his half-brother Fr. Thomas Wheelwright, a Redemptorist priest. The clipping is taken from the ‘Irish Press’ (6 December 1945).
A clipping of an article quoting Éamon de Valera’s response to criticisms from Fr. P.J. Brennan, a priest in Castleisland in County Kerry. The clipping is taken from the ‘Irish Independent’ (30 March 1922).
A Christmas greeting card from Jack Belton, Lord Mayor of Dublin.
A Christmas greeting card from Fr. Jack Hanlon.
A Christmas greeting card from Seumas O’Brien. The card has a verse by Brian O’Higgins. The card has an image of the bandstand and lake in St. Stephen’s Green in Dublin.
A clipping of an article reflecting on James Joyce’s final months. The article was originally published in ‘Time’ magazine (10 February 1941) and reprinted in the ‘Irish Times’ (15 March 1941).
A clipping of an ‘Irish Times’ editorial assessing the legacy of James Joyce who died in Zurich on 13 January 1941. The editorial was published on 14 January 1941.
A clipping of a profile of Mary Isabel Leslie (pseudonym ‘Temple Lane’), an Irish nationalist writer and poet. The source of the clipping is not stated but it is likely taken from an edition of the 'Eason's Bulletin'.
An image of the Pádraic Ó Conaire statue in Eyre Square, Galway. In 1929 Conradh na Gaelige (Gaelic League) commissioned the sculptor Albert Power (1881-1945) to create a statue of Ó Conaire. His work was unveiled in Eyre Square by An Taoiseach Éamon de Valera in 1935. The statue image here is credited to Charles C. Fennell who captioned the print ‘Tell me a story’.