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An image of SS 'Stratheden', a British ocean liner, docked at the Port of Cape Town, South Africa.

A view of a man working on a spinning mule machine in Cill Rónáin (Kilronan) on Inishmore, one of the Aran Islands off the west coast of Ireland.

A photograph titled ‘spinner at Leenane in Connemara, County Galway’ in about 1935.

A view of a road running through the Spelga Pass in the Mourne Mountains in County Down.

Two copies of the ‘Speech of Roger Casement from the dock / Executed in Pentonville Prison, August 3rd, 1916.’ (Dublin: published by Fergus O’Connor, 1916).

A report of speech by the Bishop of Limerick, a self-proclaimed nationalist and land-reformer, referring to contemporary political opinion. Alone of all the Irish Hierarchy, O’Dwyer was the only one to support the leaders of the 1916 Rising. A sentence beginning ‘Ireland will never be content as a province’ is underlined in the text. With 'Irish Emigrants and English Mobs / Letter from the Bishop of Limerick' (10 Nov. 1915).

A clipping reporting on T.J. Campbell’s criticism of the passage of the Special Powers Amendment Bill in the Stormont parliament in Northern Ireland. The article was published in the ‘The Irish Weekly and Ulster Examiner’ (19 March 1943).

A tribute to Terence MacSwiney seemingly published in Madrid, Spain, in August 1921. The text of the tribute is given in Spanish with an Irish and English translation. A portrait print of MacSwiney by the Spanish artist Maroto accompanies the text. This copy is signed by his sister Mary MacSwiney (Máire Nic Shuibhne) dated 25 October 1922.

A view of the Spanish Arch, an historical landmark in Galway city, in about 1950.

Souvenir programme for the La Verna Fete held in the Mansion House, Dublin. The fete was held from 29 Sept. to 6 Oct. 1917 and was a fundraiser in aid of the Father Mathew Hall, Church Street. Printed by Independent Newspapers, Dublin. The programme includes photographic prints of:
Fr. Albert Mitchell OSFC, founder of the Father Mathew Temperance Association, Church Street.
Fr. Columbus Maher OSFC, founder and first President of Father Mathew Hall, 2 Feb. 1890-11 Sept. 1894.
Fr. Matthew O’Connor OSFC, President, 17 Sept. 1894-2 Dec. 1895
Fr. Nicholas Murphy OSFC, 9 Dec. 1895-27 June 1904
Fr. Aloysius Travers OSFC, 4 July 1904-18 Aug. 1913
Joseph Mooney, Vice-President and Honorary Secretary, Father Mathew Hall
Fr. Sylvester Mulligan OSFC, President ‘since 25 August 1913’