A plate showing a sketch of Thomastown Castle in County Tipperary, the birthplace of Fr. Theobald Mathew OSFC. The sketch is by Denis Santry (1879-1960).
Illustrated souvenir of the Great Temperance Demonstration held in Longford Town on 3 July 1910. Includes photographs and reports on speeches at the demonstration including an address by Most Rev. Joseph Hoare, Bishop of Ardagh and Clonmacnoise, Fr. Aloysius Travers OSFC and many other public figures.
George Gavan Duffy, ‘The groundwork of conscription / an epitome of the military service code in Great Britain with the disciplinary measures, civil and military, for its enforcement’ (Dublin / London: The Talbot Press Ltd., 89 Talbot Street / T. Fisher Unwin Ltd., 1 Adelphi Terrace, 1918).
Fr. William Ferris, ‘The story of man / an essay towards the formation of a new and very necessary science to be called cosmopolitics’ (Tralee: Kingdom Publishing Company, 1948). A clipping of a review of the book published ‘The Kerryman’ newspaper (25 July 1948) is inserted into the pamphlet.
Rev. Michael O’Riordan, ‘A reply to Dr. Starkie’s attack on the managers of national schools’ (Dublin: M.H. Gill & Son, [1903]). The preface reads ‘The contents of the following pages appeared week by week as articles in “The Leader”, from about the time of the publication of Dr. Starkie’s Belfast Address to the middle of last May [1903]’.
A copy of a pamphlet titled ‘The tryal of Mr. Charles Lucas / on certain articles of impeachment, exhibited against him, before the citizens of Dublin’ (Dublin: printed for Peter Wilson, in Dame Street, MDCCXLIX. [1749]).
A copy of a pamphlet titled ‘Ireland at the bar! The state trials, 1881 / Speech of A.M. Sullivan, Esq., M.P. on behalf of Mr. Patrick Egan, Honorary Treasurer, Irish National Land League’ (Dublin: J.J. Lalor, 65 Talbot Street, [c.1881]). The pamphlet has printed portraits of A.M. Sullivan and Patrick Egan.
A Cistercian, ‘An Epitome of Cistercian history / from Citeaux (12th cent.) to Roscrea (20th cent.)’ (Roscrea: Mount St. Joseph Abbey, 1925).
A copy of a pamphlet titled ‘Sixmilebridge / a few queries arising from a few facts, as briefly considered in a letter from David John Wilson, Esq., to the people of England in general, and the Lord Adolphus Vane, in particular’ (Dublin: James Duffy, 7 Wellington Quay, 1853). Refers to an incident at Sixmilebridge in County Clare where in 1852 a riot occurred, in which several local people were injured by the police. The occasion was the election, where the opposing parties were the Conservative candidate (Vandeleur) and the nationalist candidates (O’Brien and Fitzgerald).
Gordon Wheeler (editor), ‘Homage to Newman / 1845-1945 / a collection of essays to make the Cardinal more widely known and more greatly loved in the centenary year of his conversion’ (Westminster: Westminster Cathedral Chronicle, 1945).