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A photographic print of General Michael Collins at Portobello Barracks (now Cathal Brugha Barracks) in Dublin in 1922. An annotation on the reverse refers to the provenance of this copy of the print as relating to 'F.E. Burdett, Peak View Road, Chesterfield, Derbyshire'.

A biographical note on Michael de la Bédoyère, editor of ‘The Catholic Herald’.

A clipping of a review by Michael Tierney of the second issue of ‘Bonaventura’. The review was published in ‘The Leader’ (18 September 1937).

A biographical note for the poet Michael Walsh.

An image of a military ceremony at Arbour Hill in Dublin. An annotation on the reverse of the print refers to the event as a ‘ceremony’. The soldiers have their rifles in the reverse arms position, so the event is most likely a funeral procession.

A photographic print of soldiers parading along College Green in Dublin on St Patrick's Day in 1939. Douglas Hyde (Dubhghlas de hÍde), President of Ireland, is taking the salute on the right of the image.

An image of Éamon de Valera inspecting Irish military personnel on O’Connell Street in Dublin. The parade marked the twenty fifth anniversary of the 1916 Rising and was held on 13 April 1941.

A photograph of a raid by the British military on the offices of the Sinn Féin Bank at 6 Harcourt Street in Dublin on 12 September 1919. The photograph is credited to Daniel Lennon, 7 St Alban’s Road, Dublin. Lennon annotated the print with a caption which reads ‘Following the proclamation of the City of Dublin by Lord French in September 1919 a raid was carried on No. 6 Harcourt St[reet] Dublin, Sinn Féin headquarters, on 12th September 1919. Photo shows raid in progress. Note the painters continuing their work unperturbed’.

Photographic prints of an Irish military tattoo at the Royal Dublin Society (RDS) arena in Dublin. The tattoo (essentially a pageant or display involving armed forces) was organised to raise funds for the Army Benevolent fund and to mark the contribution of the Irish Defence Forces (‘Óglaigh na hÉireann’) to the state during the wartime Emergency (1939-45). The reference to ‘Eoghan Ruadh Ó Néill’s Army’ in the caption refers to the centrepiece of the tattoo, a recreation of O’Neill’s famous victory at the Battle of Benburb (5 June 1646) during the Irish Confederate Wars.

An image of the mission car in Livingstone, Northern Rhodesia, in 1941.