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A handbill outlining the objectives of Conradh na Gaeilge (Gaelic League). The primary aim of the League was the ‘preservation of Irish as the national language of Ireland, and the extension of its use as a spoken tongue’. A secondary objective was to encourage ‘the study and publication of existing Irish literature and the cultivation of a modern literature in Irish’.

A copy of ‘Clár Cuimhneacháin / Comóradh i gcuimhne Thomáis Dáibhís, Magh Ealla, 1942’ (Baile Átha Cliath: Seamus Ó Dubhthaig & a Chomlucht, 1942). A commemorative booklet reflecting on the life of the Irish nationalist Thomas Davis. Inserts in the volume include newspaper clippings re celebrations marking the centenary of the foundation of ‘The Nation’ newspaper by Davis, and a signed menu card for a dinner marking the centenary in Mallow, County Cork (including the signature of Éamon de Valera).

A copy of a pamphlet titled ‘Through corruption to dismemberment … / a story of apostacy and betrayal / by “Red Hand” ([Derry, c.1915]).

The front cover of ‘The Gael / An Gaodhal’ (August-September 1900). Only the cover page is extant.

A file of editions of ‘An t-Óglach’ from January to October 1930. The file includes an offprint from the publication written by the Marquis Mac Swiney of Mashinglass (Patrick MacSwiney) titled ‘Notes on the early services of “Irlanda el famoso” with reference to recent paper on the Irish regiments in the service of Spain’ (Dublin: ‘An t-Óglach’, printed at Mahon’s printing works, Yarnhall Street, 1930).

A drawing of St. Patrick’s Catholic Church in Saul in County Down. The illustration is dated and initialled by Peter Frederick Anson. The illustration is titled ‘Saul Church, Co. Down’.

A drawing of the Basilica of Saint Clare (Basilica di Santa Chiara) in Assisi, Italy. The illustration is initialled by Peter Frederick Anson. An ink stamp on the reverse gives a date of 15 December 1939.

A drawing of the Church of Santa Maria Maggiore (Chiesa di Santa Maria Maggiore) in the Piazza del Vescovado in Assisi, Italy.

A drawing of the town of San Gimignano in Tuscany, Italy. The illustration shows San Gimignano’s surviving medieval tower houses. The illustration is initialled by Peter Frederick Anson.

A drawing of the refectory of Saint Clare in the San Damiano church complex in Assisi, Italy. The illustration is initialled by Peter Frederick Anson.