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An image of Irish Army armoured cars on manoeuvres in the countryside. The vehicles are most likely Swedish-built Landsverk armoured cars. The print is credited to the ‘Irish Press’.

Photographic prints of an Irish military tattoo at the Royal Dublin Society (RDS) arena in Dublin. The tattoo (essentially a pageant or display involving armed forces) was organised to raise funds for the Army Benevolent fund and to mark the contribution of the Irish Defence Forces (‘Óglaigh na hÉireann’) to the state during the wartime Emergency (1939-45). The reference to ‘Eoghan Ruadh Ó Néill’s Army’ in the caption refers to the centrepiece of the tattoo, a recreation of O’Neill’s famous victory at the Battle of Benburb (5 June 1646) during the Irish Confederate Wars.

A clipping of an article titled ‘Freedom of Dublin offered to Mr. Shaw’, ‘Irish Press’ (5 February 1946). Refers to a Dublin Corporation vote to offer the honour to George Bernard Shaw.

A flier referring to a resolution passed at a meeting of the Property Defence Association held in Dublin in August 1881.

A page-length report on the sinking of the ‘Lusitania’ published in the ‘Freeman’s Journal’ (8 May 1915).

A leaflet with the text of a eulogy for Thomas Ashe. Printed by Fergus O'Connor, Dublin.

A leaflet with the text of a satirical ballad about the Royal Irish Constabulary Reserve Force (the Black and Tans) with reference to what is known as known as the ‘Sack of Balbriggan’.

A notice reporting on the death of Lord FitzAlan on 18 May 1947. The obituary appeared in the ‘Irish Independent’ on 19 May 1947. Edmund Fitzalan-Howard, 1st Viscount FitzAlan of Derwent, was the last Lord Lieutenant (Viceroy) of Ireland (1921-2).

A republican flier titled ‘To the Irish People’ referring to the threat of conscription.

A flier titled ‘George Noble Plunkett was born in Dublin on December 3rd, 1851. In 1884 he received the title of Count of The Holy Roman Empire ... A vote for Plunkett is a vote for Ireland's freedom’. The leaflet is most likely an election flier for the North Roscommon by-election in February 1917.