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
A clipping of a letter from the relatives of the late Seán Hales condemning the executions of republicans in reprisal for his murder. The signatories include his brother Donal Hales, Irish Consul in Genoa, Italy. The letter was addressed to the editor of the ‘Cork Examiner’ but the clipping is taken from ‘Eire’ (20 January 1923).
The file contains the following editions of this illustrated weekly newspaper: 8 July 1922 (No. 4,342. Vol. 161); 15 July 1922 (4,343. Vol. 161). The editions contain numerous photographic prints of the fighting in Dublin at the outbreak of the Civil War. Includes a photograph of ‘Father Dominic [O'Connor OFM Cap.], who was reported to have been with the Rebels in the Four Courts’.
An image of The Lough, a freshwater lake located to the south-west of Cork city centre. A Capuchin friar and another individual are walking at the lake's edge.
A view of the Lyric Cinema, James Street, Dublin in about 1950. The Lyric Cinema closed in 1962 and the building was later used as part of a commercial premises. It was demolished in 2002.