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A view of the ruins on the Rock of Dunamase in County Laois in about 1960.

A flier with the text of a satirical republican ballad titled ‘The Rocky Road to Berlin’. The composition is credited to Cathal Mac Dubhghaill (d. 1926).

The sanctuary in the Church of St. Francis, Capuchin Friary, Kilkenny.

A photographic print of the shooting of Seán Treacy, a senior Irish Republican, on Talbot Street, Dublin, during the War of Independence.

A flier with the text of a ballad celebrating ‘The Smith of Ballinalee by ‘“Sean”, East Limerick’. Seán Mac Eoin's exploits as commander of the IRA's north Longford flying column, which carried out successful attacks on British forces at Ballinalee (November 1920) and Clonfin, near Granard (February 1921), earned him the sobriquet ‘the Blacksmith of Ballinalee’.

The printed text of the ‘The Song of the Legion of Rear-Guard’ written by Jack O'Sheehan. (Volume page 26).

The file contains the following editions of this weekly nationalist newsprint edited by Ed. Dalton: 28 Mar. 1915 (Vol. 1, No. 8)-23 Apr. 1916 (Vol. 1, No. 64). The series is incomplete but there are multiple copies of some editions extant in the file. The cover banner of 'The Spark' was drawn by Grace Gifford

A copy of 'The Spark' of 23 April 1916 (Vol. III, no. 64).

The spires of the Church of Ireland Cathedral of Saint Fin Barre as seen from the Sunday's Well district in Cork.

File containing photographic prints of the Stewart-Bam residence at Ards House, Creeslough, County Donegal. These are images of the residence (and former owners) before the Capuchin friars took possession of Ards House in 1930. Some of the prints were reproduced in 'A history of Ards' (1991) by Fr. David Kelleher OFM Cap. The file includes:
• Copy print of the gardens at Ards House in 1859. Fr. David notes that this photograph was taken by David Knox (1821-1895).
• Sir Pieter von Blommenstein Bam in the uniform of a Lieutenant Colonel during the Boer War in South Africa, c.1900.
• The staff of Ards House in 1906. The photograph is annotated on the reverse with the names of the male and female servants.
• Servants and staff welcoming the newly married Ena Dingwell Tasca Stewart-Bam and Sir Pieter von Blommenstein Bam (d. 20 Dec. 1928) at Ards House in 1910. The smaller copy of the print has the following annotation: ‘Taken over 20 years ago, at some kind of reception given to the Stewards by his tenants xx – Sir Peter and Lady Stewart. Arrow on photograph points to present gardener (W. Barr)’.
• An original print of a group with two jarveys outside Ards House in about 1910.
• Copy print of a sketch map of the Ards Estate Home Farm Offices, the property of A.J.R. Stewart.
• Ena Dingwell Tasca Stewart-Bam on the front stairway in Ards House in c.1910.
• A woman with a young child (presumably tenants) outside a cottage on the Ards Estate.