A clipping of Seán Keating working on one of the fourteen panels of the Stations of the Cross for the chapel in St. Eunan’s College in Letterkenny in County Donegal. The clipping is taken from the ‘Sunday Express’ (7 October 1951).
A clipping of an article on the wood carvings of Clare Sheridan on display in the Ashley Gallery in London. The article was published in ‘The Tablet’ (6 October 1951).
A flier for a performance of ‘Easter 1916’, a play by Montagu Slater, an English poet and playwright. The play covers the period from the 1913 lock-out to the 1916 Rising by chronicling the life of James Connolly, described as ‘Ireland’s first Socialist martyr’. A performance of Slater’s play was produced by the Left Theatre Company at the La Scala Theatre in Dublin in April 1936.
A postcard print captioned ‘Irish rebellion May 1916 / Liberty Hall, Dublin, the rebel headquarters, after the storming’. Printed by the ‘Daily Sketch’ for Eason and Sons.
A postcard print captioned ‘Irish rebellion May 1916 / the interior of the ballroom, Imperial Hotel, Dublin, after the siege’. Printed by the ‘Daily Sketch’ for Eason and Sons.
A postcard print captioned ‘Irish rebellion May 1916 / Talbot Street, Dublin, held against a rebel charge. Picture taken under fire’. Printed by the ‘Daily Sketch’ for Eason and Sons.
An article reporting on the return by Captain E.J. Hitzen of some mementoes and ephemera he captured following the 1916 Rising. The items included the white flag used by Éamon de Valera during the surrender of Boland’s Mill. The article also refers to Hitzen’s recollections of the Rising. The clipping is taken from the ‘Irish Times’ (5 April 1948).