A pamphlet authored by Francis Sheehy-Skeffington (1878-1916) and Hanna Sheehy-Skeffington (1877-1946) referring to the struggle for Irish Independence and the country’s role in the First World War.
A booklet describing the attacks on civilians which took place in North King Street during the Rising. The work was written from a Sinn Féin perspective and was authored by John J. Reynolds.
A fruit seller on Shandon Street in Cork in about 1930.
A flier promoting an appeal for money to support the Irish Republican Prisoners’ Dependents Fund. The appeal is signed by Éamon de Valera, Michael Collins, and others.
A calendar from 1986 titled ‘A Glimpse of Old Wexford’. The month of April features a black and white image of Presentation Convent Enniscorthy with a short history of the convent.
Presentation SistersA biographical sketch of the life of Dom Columba Marmion OSB titled ‘A Great Irish Benedictine’. The sketch appears to be incomplete (p. 24/26). The remainder of the typescript is a compilation article on various monastic sites associated with Saint Columbanus in Italy including Bobbio Abbey.
A copy of ‘A guide to the Rock of Cashel by John Davis White’ ([Cashel], Third Edition, Printed at the “Cashel Gazette” office, Lady’s-well, 1888).
A guidebook to the Creeslough-Dunfanaghy locality published by the Doe Historical Committee. The booklet contains an illustrated chapter titled ‘The Peninsula of Ards’ which explores the history of the Ards estate and Ard Mhuire Capuchin Friary and Retreat House. With inserts, photographs and a ‘a progress report on the work of the Doe Historical Committee’ written by Fr. David Kelleher OFM Cap.
Thomas Johnston, ‘A handbook for rebels / a guide to successful defiance of the British government: being extracts of the speeches of Sir E. Carson ... , Sir J. H. Campbell ... , Mr. A. Bonar Law ... , Sir F. E. Smith ... , and other organisers of rebellion in Ulster ...’ (Dublin: Maunsel & Co., 1918).
'A History of Ards' by Fr. David Kelleher OFM Cap. published by Ard Mhuire Capuchin Friary. The booklet traces the history of the Ards estate from its occupation by the Wrays and the Stewarts to the arrival of the Capuchins in 1930. The chapter headings include: Life in the old mansion, The auction (1927), From manor house to Capuchin Friary, Novitiate and House of Theology, Life in the Friary, and Retreat House. The file also includes typescript and manuscript drafts of the text. Some of the photographs which appeared in the publication are extant at CA DL/5/1