A view of Cave Hill, a prominent rocky hill overlooking Belfast. The structure on the slopes of Cave Hill is Belfast Castle, constructed in the late 1860s for George Hamilton Chichester, 3rd Marquess of Donegall (1797-1883).
A clipping of a report on the reaction to George Bernard Shaw’s death in the contemporary Catholic press in Britain. The clipping is taken from ‘The Tidings’ (24 November 1950). ‘The Tidings’ was a newspaper published by the Catholic Archdiocese of Los Angeles.
A clipping of an article referring to a meeting in the Diocese of Dromore regarding the actions of the local Orange Order in opposing Catholic meetings. The article was published in the 'Freeman's Journal' (29 December 1917).
A postcard print of a large crowd assembled around a specially erected altar on Watling Street Bridge (now known as Rory O’More Bridge) over the River Liffey in Dublin during the Catholic Emancipation centenary celebrations in June 1929.
A postcard print of an image of a worshippers at a religious service to commemorate the centenary of Catholic emancipation held in the Phoenix Park in Dublin in June 1929. The image is credited to the 'Irish Independent'.
A censored edition of the 'Catholic Bulletin', Vol. VI, no. 5-6, May-June 1916. On pp 250-253 there is a blank space with the title ‘Dublin – May 1916’ over a signature, probably referring to a poem by Gobnait Ní Bhruadair which was censored. Similarly, ‘Matters of the Moment’ has also been left purposely blank (pp 261-3). An annotation in pen on the front cover reads ‘Specimens of censorship. No editorial. No notes on Matters of Moment. Part of Msgr. O’Riordan’s Sermon, p. 267’.