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An anti-Treaty cartoon referring to General Richard Mulcahy as ‘haunted by the dreams of prisoners murdered by his troops’.

An anti-Treaty publicity item titled 'The branded arm of James O’Reilly Sketched from life by C de M'. The cartoon is attributed to Constance Markievicz (1868-1927). The sketch shows an arm with the sleeve rolled up to expose branded marks. According to the printed statement on the accompanying page, Stephen Gorman aka James O’Reilly of Ballyblia, Ardee, County Louth, was arrested on 11 September 1922 while travelling on a weekend visit to Drogheda. He was arrested on suspicion that he had taken part in a republican demonstration in Ardee. He was then branded.

A letter from William Partridge to Fr. Albert Bibby OFM Cap. referring to his arrival in County Mayo.

A copy of 'The Spark' of 23 April 1916 (Vol. III, no. 64).

Silver and bronze Father Mathew Feis ('Feis an t-Athair Maitiú') medals of uniform Celtic Cross design.

An adjudicator judging a piano performance probably at the Father Mathew Feis on Church Street in Dublin.

Images of the procession of friendly societies in the Italian Quarter of Hatton Garden in London in July 1931. The procession of Our Lady of Mount Carmel – held on the Sunday after 16 July – was Little Italy’s most important cultural event. Except during wartime, it has taken place annually since at least 1896. The procession was one of the first public manifestations of Catholicism given legal sanction since the Reformation in the sixteenth century. Queen Victoria was said to have granted special permission to the local police in Holborn to allow the parade to take place.

Letter from John Earley, stained glass artist and church decorator, Upper Camden Street, Dublin, to Fr. Jarlath Hynes OSFC regarding designs of the tabernacle and canopy of the High Altar in the Capuchin Friary Church on Walkin Street in Kilkenny.

The arrival of President Seán T. O’Kelly and his wife Phyllis Bean Úi Cheallaigh at St. Andrew’s Church, Westland Row, Dublin, for a Mass commemorating the 150th anniversary of the 1798 Rebellion.

An image of a parade to encourage recruitment for the Royal Dublin Fusiliers at the outbreak of the First World War.