A letter from N. O’Connor to the editor of the ‘Evening Herald’ refuting the assertion that his late brother (General Rory O’Connor) ‘left all his money to the Minister [Kevin O’Higgins] responsible for his death’.
A clipping of a report on the decision of the British government to ban all travel between Great Britain and Ireland. The clipping is taken from the ‘Irish Independent’ (3 March 1944).
A clipping of an image of James Joseph Campbell delivering a Catholic social week lecture in the Mansion House in Dublin. The clipping is taken from the ‘Evening Herald’ (24 March 1944).
A postcard print captioned ‘The Sinn Fein Revolt in Dublin. the First and Only copy of “The Irish War News” issued by the Sinn Feiners’. ‘Irish War News’ was published by the republicans occupying the General Post Office in Dublin during the 1916 Rising.
An image of individuals on O’Connell Bridge in Dublin. The photograph was most likely taken by Arthur Fields, the well-known Dublin street photographer.
A photographic postcard print captioned ‘Learning Irish Dancing at Ring College’ (Coláiste na Rinne) in County Waterford. Coláiste na Rinne was established in 1905 and officially recognised as an Irish language summer school in 1907. The principal founders of the college were Pádraig Ó Cadhla (1875-1948), an organiser for Conradh na Gaeilge in the locality, and Richard Henebry (1863-1916), also known as Risteard de Hindeberg, a Waterford-born priest, Irish language scholar and traditional music collector.