Letter to Lena May Murphy, Cork, from Fr. Dominic O’Connor OFM Cap. (23 Nov. 1918). It reads: ‘I must thank you very sincerely for your great kindness to my dead father in his last illness. All at home are never done telling everybody of you and your wonderful goodness’. This letter was sent by [Maire] Murphy, 35 Mercier Park, Curragh Road, Cork, to Fr. Nessan Shaw OFM Cap. (13 Nov. 1991), explaining that Lena May Murphy was her late aunt. With a copy photograph of Lena May Murphy, and notes by Fr. Nessan re Lena May who worked as a nurse caring for elderly patients.
Text of a poem or song signed by Fr. Dominic O’Connor OFM Cap. and dated ‘9/4/4/20’. Fr. Dominic occasionally used the republican calendar to denote his years: 1920 was the fourth year of Republic founded in 1916. With a phonetic aid to pronunciation.
The series contains souvenir booklets and miscellaneous ephemera and artefacts relating to the 1916 Rising. Most of the booklets contain photographic postcards depicting various figures, events and artefacts associated with the Easter Rising and its aftermath.
A postcard print commemorating Bishop Edward O'Dwyer with reference to his speech on accepting the freedom of Limerick city in September 1916. The text reads 'Ireland will never be content as a province. God has made Ireland a nation, and while grass grows and water runs, there will be men willing to dare and die for her'.
A book written by W. J. Brennan-Whitmore referring to the experiences of Irish republicans imprisoned after the 1916 Rising. Published in Dublin by The Talbot Press.
A pamphlet in the republican interest referring to those interned by British authorities in the aftermath of the 1916 Rising. Written by the Most Rev. Edward Thomas O’Dwyer (1842-1917), Bishop of Limerick. Published in Limerick, 1917.
A handbill using a quotation from President Wilson’s address to the Senate of the United States on 22nd January 1917. The text encourages American recognition of the Irish Republic. Published by the Irish Nation League, 27 Dawson Street, Dublin.
A republican flier used to publicize the issuing of Irish Bond Certificates in the United States. A comparison is drawn between Benjamin Franklin’s visit to Ireland in 1769 and Eamon de Valera’s visit to the America in 1919. The flier asks ‘Will America do unto Ireland in 1920 as Ireland did unto America in 1769?’ Readers are asked to ‘Subscribe for the bond certificates of the Republic of Ireland and mail your check today to Eamon De Valera, 411 Fifth Avenue, New York’.