Pamphlet titled 'Draft Constitution as approved by Dáil Eireann ... Stand by Ireland's Declaration of Independence and Social Justice / Vote "Yes" on July 1st'. The text contains the draft of the Fianna Fáil-drafted Irish constitution of 1937. Includes side-by-side Irish translation of the English text. The constitution was translated into Irish over a number of drafts by a group headed by Micheál Ó Gríobhta (assisted by Risteárd Ó Foghludha) from the Department of Education. Issued by the Director of Elections for and on behalf of Fianna Fáil candidates, 13 Upper Mount Street, Dublin.
Postcard print of a drawing of the North Camp, Frongoch, Wales, by Cathal MacDubhghaill. Frongoch was described as the ‘University of the Revolution’. Among the internees in the camp were leading republicans such as Michael Collins, Terence MacSwiney, Richard Mulcahy, and Gerry Boland.
Six dray (or draft) horses standing harnessed to carts hauling large kegs at the Jameson Distillery, Bow Street, Dublin. This is an image of some of the working horses used at the Jameson Distillery in Dublin, in about 1905. The photograph was probably taken from atop of the Capuchin Friary which fronted onto Bow Street.
A view of the town of Drogheda in County Louth in about 1955. Visible in the print is the River Boyne (Drogheda is the last bridging point on the river before it enters the Irish Sea). Prominent buildings include (on the right) St. Peter's Church situated on an elevated site on the north side of West Street in the centre of the town.
A view of the waterfall called the ‘Dropping Well’ near Knaresborough in North Yorkshire, England. An original file number (2737) is extant on the print.
An image of St Columba's Church in Drumcliffe in County Sligo. An annotation on the reverse of the print notes that the church graveyard is the final resting place of William Butler Yeats.
A pictorial record album of the destruction of parts of Dublin during the Rising. Published in Dublin by Mecredy, Percy and Co., Ltd. Title from cover. At head of cover title: ‘Passed for transmission abroad by the official press bureau’. Caption title: ‘The Sinn Fein rebellion’.
A clipping of a letter from the artist Paul Henry regarding the need to find an appropriate location in Dublin for a gallery to house the paintings from the Hugh Lane bequest. The letter was published in the ‘Irish Independent’ (4 October 1922).