The funeral procession of Terence MacSwiney outside St. George’s Cathedral, Southwark, London, on 28 October 1920. MacSwiney was a republican Lord Mayor of Cork who died on 25 October 1920 in Brixton Prison after a lengthy hunger strike. As chaplain to the Mayor, Fr. Dominic O’Connor OFM Cap., a Capuchin friar, was at his side during his final days. He was also a prominent mourner at MacSwiney’s funeral. Fr. Dominic can be seen walking directly behind the carriage.
A satirical republican flier celebrating the demise of the pro-Treaty ‘Freeman’s Journal’ newspaper in 1924. The flier promotes a ‘funeral procession’ and notes that the newspaper ceased publication ‘from an acute attack of Clerical Intimidation, Softening of the Back-bone, and other painful disorders’. Reference is made to the former proprietors of the ‘Freeman’s Journal’, Francis Higgins (c.1745-1802), probably better known as the ‘Sham Squire’, and Sir John Gray (1815-1875).
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.
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'.
