Prisoner autograph text at Limerick Jail dated 27 February 1923.
Prisoner (Maurice O'Brien) autograph text at Limerick Jail dated 8 March 1923.
Bound volume containing the complete run of 'An Barr Buadh' (‘The Trumpet of Freedom’), from 16 Mar. 1912 (Vol. 1, No. 1)-25 May 1912 (Vol. 1, No. 11). In March 1912, Pádraig Pearse founded this weekly Irish language political journal. Its purpose was to ‘advocate the political independence of Ireland’. With only a limited circulation, 'An Barr Buadh' only ran to eleven issues and had only four pages. Regular contributors included Pearse himself, Brian O’Higgins, Éamonn Ceannt, Thomas Mac Donnell, Desmond Ryan, Cathal Brugha, The O’Rahilly and Peadar Kearney. The articles focused almost exclusively on political issues and paper rarely dealt with social or economic matters. The first page of the bound volume is annotated with the manuscript signature of Tomás de Roíste, the noted Gaelic scholar.
A ‘national annual’ with contributions from Arthur Griffith, Alderman Thomas Kelly, Seamus O’Sullivan, ‘John Brennan’, ‘Brian Na Banban’ (Brian O'Higgins), Patsy Patrick and Alderman P. Macken. Cover contains a cartoon drawn by Grace Gifford: ‘Thou are not conquered yet dear land’.
A copy of ‘The Irish Worker’ (6 September 1913). Founded (and initially edited) by Jim Larkin in 1911 as a pro-labour alternative to the capitalist-owned press, ‘The Irish Worker’ was particularly noted for its caustic cartoons by Ernest Kavanagh (1884-1916) attacking William Martin Murphy and the Dublin Metropolitan Police during the Lockout of 1913
'An Claidheamh Soluis' (‘the sword of light’) was an Irish nationalist newspaper published by Conradh na Gaeilge (the Gaelic League). It was published as a weekly bi-lingual newspaper for the advancement of the Irish language. Eoin MacNeill was its first editor. He oversaw its publication from 1899 to 1901. In 1900 the League took control of the weekly bilingual paper 'Fáinne an Lae' (See CA/IR/1/8/1/1). This title was merged with 'An Claidheamh Soluis' and the newspapers appeared as 'An Claidheamh Soluis agus Fáinne an Lae'. The paper was later published under the names of 'Fáinne an Lae' (1918–9; 1922–30) and 'Misneach' (1919–22).
The file contains the following issues of the newspaper under its various titles:
'An Claidheamh Soluis'
31 Jan. 1914-29 Dec. 1917
31 Jan. 1914 (pp 3-10 only)
13 Nov. 1915 (no. 920)
1 Mar. 1916 (no. 937)
29 Apr., 6, 13, 20, 27 May 1916 (no. 944)
10 May 1916 (no. 946)
24 May 1916 (no. 948)
9 Sept. 1916 (no. 959)
16 Sept. 1916 (no. 960)
23 Sep. 1916 (no. 961)
16 Dec. 1916 (no. 973)
21 July 1917 (no. 1,004)
4 Aug. 1917 (no. 1,006)
29 Sept. 1917 (no. 1,013)
20 Oct. 1917 (no. 1,017)
27 Oct. 1917 (no. 1,018)
3 Nov. 1917 (no. 1,019)
17 Oct. 1917 (no. 1,021)
24 Oct. 1917 (no. 1,022)
15 Dec. 1917 (no. 1,025)
22 Dec. 1917 (no. 1,026)
29 Dec. 1917 (no. 1,029)
'Fáinne an Lae'
9 Mar. 1918-20 Sept. 1919
9 Mar. 1918 (no. 1037)
13 Apr. 1918 (no. 1,042) – 4 May 1918 (no. 1,045)
18 May 1918 (no. 1,047) – 25 May 1918 (no. 1,048)
15 June 1918 (no. 1,051)
4 Jan. 1919 (no. 1,080)
23 Aug. 1919 (no. 1,113)
20 Sept. 1919 (no. 1,117)
'Misneach'
7 Feb. 1920-4 Dec. 1920
7 Feb. 1920 (no. 12)
29 May 1920 (no. 28)
26 June 1920. (one sheet only)
3 July 1920 (no. 33)
10 July 1920 (no. 34)
17 July 1920 (no. 35)
31 July 1920 (no. 37). Oireachtas 1920 edition.
11 Sept. 1920 (no. 43)-2 Oct. 1920 (no. 46)
16 Oct. 1920 (no. 48)-4 Dec. 1920 (no.
A flier for a patriotic concert and celebration to commemorate the anniversary of the birth of Robert Emmet (1778-1803), the Irish rebel leader, held in the Rotunda Rooms in Dublin on 4 March 1915.
Statement titled 'Partition' issued by the Pro-Treaty Government Publicity Department suggesting that Éamon de Valera 'was aware of the "Ulster" clauses of the Treaty long before the Treaty was signed, and that he made no protest; that he had assured Mr. Lloyd George that force would not be used against "Ulster" in order to bring the six counties into a United Ireland ...'.
The Ecclesiastical Review on morality of hunger-strike / Rev. Michael Hogan SJ. Reprinted from 'The Irish World', May 1933. Printed by the Catholic Book Publishing Co., 43-45 East 12th Street, New York City.
The file comprises the following editions of this weekly Anti-Treaty newspaper: 9 Apr. 1922 (Vol. 1, No. 1)-2 July 1922 (Vol. 1, No. 13). Each edition featured political cartoons on the front page (some of which were drawn by Grace Plunkett).