The song uses the refrain ‘Up Plunkett and McGuinness! For I want my four green fields'. Joseph McGuinness contested the 1917 South Longford by-election. At that time, he was prison in Lewes, Sussex, for his part in the 1916 Rising.
An illustrated poster issued for the candidate, Joseph McGuinness, by his authorised Election Agent, P. J. Halnon, Solicitor, Longford. Printed at the Gaelic Press, 30 Upper Liffey Street, Dublin.
An election flier issued by the Trade Union Congress and the Irish Labour Party addressed 'to the workers of Ireland' setting out their polices in advance of the general election of December 1918.
The fliers claim the support of Fr. Laurence Dowling OFM Cap. and Fr. Albert Bibby OFM Cap., Capuchin Franciscan Friary, Church Street, calling them ‘distinguished representatives of the Order which in dark and evil days held aloft the lamp of learning in Ireland’. Father Lawrence wrote ‘I am glad Mr. John Farren is seeking election as a member of the Dublin Corporation. …’. The fliers were printed by Mitchell & Co., 29 Capel Street, Dublin, and published by the candidate.
Booklet celebrating the closing of the 150th anniversary celebrations. Includes songs and sections of the liturgy that were part of the celebration Mass. There is a very short historical summary of the Vincentian involvement at AHC at the beginning of the booklet, and a list of 'recent developments' at the College at the end of the booklet.
Black-and-white group photograph of Irish Vincentians in Drumcondra, taken April 1939. Most were seminarians at this moment. From left to right are to be seen: Francis Cleere, Matthew Ryan, Maurice O'Neill, Francis Sweeney, John Roughan (junior), Cornelius Curtin, John O'Hare, and Batholomew Sinnott, all CM.
Counterpart lease on property at Temple Road, in the town of Blackrock, in the parish of Monkstown, in the borough of Dun Laoghaire, in the barony of Rathdown, by Reverend John Carr CM and other Vincentian priests to the tenant Christopher Gregory, Dublin dairy proprietor. The land is bounded by the wall of Saint Joseph's College on the south, as well as by other names premises on the north, east and west. 43, 45, 47, 49 and 51 Temple Road are also being leased to Christopher Gregory. The lease is for 68 years for fifteen pounds and fifteen shillings rent every half year. The lease includes a map. There is also a list summarising the details of the lease.
The note reads: ‘Dear Mother, we had to surrender so we march to Phoneix [sic] Park, don’t forget to pray us’. A partially decipherable name and address is given on the reverse: ‘Matthew [ ], 12 Great Longford St, Dublin, off Aungier St.’ The item was found within an envelope annotated: ‘Farewell letter to His mother of a soldier of the I.R.A. who fought for Ireland in the Rising of Easter Week, 1916’.