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Colourised postcard print of South Mall, the National Monument and Holy Trinity Church in Cork. Printed description on the reverse reads ‘Father Mathew Memorial Church’.

Souvenir programme for St. Brigid’s Aonach held in Father Mathew Hall, Church Street, from 31 January to 5 February 1910. The object of the Fete was ‘to liquidate the heavy debt incurred by the recent extension of the Hall’. The debt of the Hall stood at £3,000. The Aonach consisted of various stands promoting goods of Irish manufacture.

Illustrated souvenir of the Great Temperance Demonstration held in Longford Town on 3 July 1910. Includes photographs and reports on speeches at the demonstration including an address by Most Rev. Joseph Hoare, Bishop of Ardagh and Clonmacnoise, Fr. Aloysius Travers OSFC and many other public figures.

Souvenir printed booklet with photographs of the exterior and interior of St. Mary of the Angels, Church Street. The booklet includes photographs of:
‘The High Altar during forty hours’ adoration’.
‘The Interior showing gallery and organ’.
‘The Calvary adjoining Sacred Heart Chapel’.
‘The Interior of the Sacred Heart Chapel’.
The booklet includes a typescript insert which reads: ‘Stations of the Cross in Community Choir, Church Street, Dublin, were erected by V.R. Fr. Peter Bowe of Tullaroan, Guardian, December 17th 1900. Note to this effect on back of First Station’.

Souvenir programme for the opening of an extension to Father Mathew Hall, Church Street. The programme provides an itinerary and guide to the first Father Mathew Feis, the Irish Trade Mark Exhibition and the Father Mathew Museum. The literary adjudicators for the Feis were Eoin MacNeill, Brian O’Higgins, George O’Moonan and Sinéad Ní Fhlannagáin. The new extension included a stage, dressing rooms, storage rooms, a new gallery, a ‘lantern and cinematograph operating chamber’ and a refreshment room.

Souvenir programme for the La Verna Fete held in the Mansion House, Dublin. The fete was held from 29 Sept. to 6 Oct. 1917 and was a fundraiser in aid of the Father Mathew Hall, Church Street. Printed by Independent Newspapers, Dublin. The programme includes photographic prints of:
Fr. Albert Mitchell OSFC, founder of the Father Mathew Temperance Association, Church Street.
Fr. Columbus Maher OSFC, founder and first President of Father Mathew Hall, 2 Feb. 1890-11 Sept. 1894.
Fr. Matthew O’Connor OSFC, President, 17 Sept. 1894-2 Dec. 1895
Fr. Nicholas Murphy OSFC, 9 Dec. 1895-27 June 1904
Fr. Aloysius Travers OSFC, 4 July 1904-18 Aug. 1913
Joseph Mooney, Vice-President and Honorary Secretary, Father Mathew Hall
Fr. Sylvester Mulligan OSFC, President ‘since 25 August 1913’

A view of the Spanish Arch, an historical landmark in Galway city, in about 1950.

A tribute to Terence MacSwiney seemingly published in Madrid, Spain, in August 1921. The text of the tribute is given in Spanish with an Irish and English translation. A portrait print of MacSwiney by the Spanish artist Maroto accompanies the text. This copy is signed by his sister Mary MacSwiney (Máire Nic Shuibhne) dated 25 October 1922.

A clipping reporting on T.J. Campbell’s criticism of the passage of the Special Powers Amendment Bill in the Stormont parliament in Northern Ireland. The article was published in the ‘The Irish Weekly and Ulster Examiner’ (19 March 1943).

A report of speech by the Bishop of Limerick, a self-proclaimed nationalist and land-reformer, referring to contemporary political opinion. Alone of all the Irish Hierarchy, O’Dwyer was the only one to support the leaders of the 1916 Rising. A sentence beginning ‘Ireland will never be content as a province’ is underlined in the text. With 'Irish Emigrants and English Mobs / Letter from the Bishop of Limerick' (10 Nov. 1915).