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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.

Letter from Eva Gore-Booth, 33 Fitzroy Square, London, to Fr. Albert Bibby OFM Cap.

A view of Pollan Bay near the village of Ballyliffin situated in the north-west of the Inishowen Peninsula in County Donegal. A manuscript annotation on the reverse of the print reads 'View over Pollan Bay near Malin Head / mountains of Inishowen outlined'.

An image of boating on Bailieborough Lake (or Lough) in County Cavan. An annotation on the reverse of the print reads 'On the lake at Bailieborough / County Cavan'.

An image of Ardboe High Cross in County Tyrone. A typescript annotation on the reverse of the print reads 'High Cross at Ardboe / said to be the finest example in Ireland'.

An image of fishermen casting a large net into the sea off Kinsale in County Cork.

A view of West Town Harbour on Tory Island off the coast of County Donegal. An annotation on the reverse of the print reads 'Donegal Mountains seen at a distance of 10 miles from the harbour at West Town, Tory Island'.

A view of the Casey’s Corner building at the junction of Market Quay and Lower O’Connell Street in Kinsale in County Cork.

A view of the village of Gleno (or Glenoe) in County Antrim. The settlement is located about half-way between Larne and Carrickfergus.

A view of the two-arch stone bridge (over the River Lagan) in Finnis near Dromara in County Down.