A republican flier with the text of a ballad be sung to the air of ‘Where the Blarney roses grow’. The first line reads ‘Twas over in Rathcormac, near the town of old Fermoy’. Cuthbert Lucas became Commander of 17th Infantry Brigade in Ireland in 1919. During the Irish War of Independence, in June 1920 he was captured by the IRA and held in East Clare. He was released four weeks later.
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A view of the cliffs on Garretstown beach in County Cork. A typescript annotation on the reverse of the print reads 'Garrestown, County Cork / The Smugglers' Steps'.
A view of Galway Docks. The large circular building is the Tynagh mines silo used to store concentrate and ore taken from the lead and zinc mines at Tynagh in County Galway. The mines ceased operation in 1981.