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Photographic print of Irish Republican prisoners at Fairford, Gloucestershire. An annotation (in pencil) on the reverse reads: ‘(left to right) Frank McCabe, Peter Healy (dead), Joe Mac Bride, Seán T. Ó Ceallaigh, Liam Peadar, Sceilg [John Joseph O’Kelly], Barney Mellows, Darrell Figgis, Dr. McCartan … Deportees at Fairford’.

A drawing of the replica Irish Round Tower located in the Philippi area of the Flats region near Cape Town in South Africa. The tower (formally known as St. Patrick’s Shrine) was built on the slopes of Table Mountain which overlooks the city of Cape Town. The tower was constructed by Fr. James Kelly, an Irish Catholic missionary. The tower was a noted landmark in the Cape Flats district and acted as a focal point for annual St. Patrick’s Day’s festivities for Cape Town’s Irish community with the spire bedecked with national colours. The tower was demolished in 1978. (Volume page 72).

A view of a group of Irish travellers in a traditional horse-drawn caravan on a country road.

A studio portrait print of a man in military uniform (possibly an Irish Volunteer). A manuscript date on the reverse reads ‘1913’. A pencil annotation on the image-side reads ‘Lloyd / Dublin’.

An image of an Irish Volunteer with a rifle. The individual is dressed in civilian clothes.

An image of a rifle, bullets and a belt associated with the Irish Volunteers. The equipment was probably seized after the conclusion of the 1916 Rising.

An image of Irish Volunteers posing with an Irish tricolour flag. No indication of the names of the individuals or the location of the photograph is given.

A photographic print of an assembly of Irish Volunteers. There is no caption associated with the print. The individual on the right is carrying a traditional harp flag, which was the official flag of the Irish Volunteers.

A ticket for an Irish Volunteers concert held in the Antient Concert Rooms on Great Brunswick Street (now Pearse Street) in Dublin on 9 April 1916. The concert included an address by Eoin MacNeill (1867-1945), a Gaelic scholar and Irish nationalist who had established the Irish Volunteers in 1913. (Volume page 187).

Manuscript list of names in Irish (possibly compiled by Patrick Pearse). The list includes Con Colbert, Brian O’Higgins, The O’Rahilly (Ua Rathghaille), and Patrick Pearse.