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A letter and notes from Conor A. Maguire re his article titled ‘Republican Courts’ in 'The Capuchin Annual' (1969). Maguire provides some additional detail in relation to the photographic of the Republican Court sitting in Westport in 1920 (p. 383). The note reads: ‘I recognise John Kelly, later County Registrar, and J.C. Garvey, Solicitor, Castlebar, from whom I received the photograph after the Truce. He told me that he had arranged to have it taken and had kept it hidden behind the shutters in his office. Noticeable at the back are two of the IRA Police, easily identifiable, as they stand at attention with their caps on. One, I understand, was Seán Gibbons’

Three images of sculptural monuments most likely related to the workshop of James Pearse. One of card images is annotated (‘Subjects from Pulpit, Athlone’).

Copy black and white portrait print of Roger Casement.

A photograph of the crowds assembled outside Bow Street Court in London during the trial of Roger Casement. A manuscript annotation on the reverse reads ‘Casement trial / crowd outside Bow Street Court’. The copyright for the print is given as ‘Newspaper Illustrations Ltd. / 161 Strand W.C., London’.

A copy of the ‘Wolfe Tone Annual, 1959 / Salute to Roger Casement’. Published by Brian O’Higgins, 56 Parnell Square, Dublin.

A transcript of ‘An elegy to the memory of my much beloved and lamented friend Mr William Woodlock (born 1741; died 1825) of the town of Roscrea’. The second page of the transcript has family history notes by William Woodlock (1832-1890), including a partial family tree which indicates that William Woodlock (1741-1825) was his great-grandfather. An additional entry notes that William Paul Woodlock (c.1780-1834) left Roscrea in 1798.

Letter from Sir Dominic Corrigan (1802-1880), 4 Merrion Square West, Dublin, to ‘Fanny’ (possibly Frances Woodlock).

Expense journal of William Woodlock, 13 Hardwicke Place, Dublin. A manuscript annotation on the title page gives the date 13 August 1863. A note on the first page by William Woodlock reads ‘1863 / Kate [his sister] left Dublin, August 11, (Tuesday) for Bruges. Joseph [his brother] left Dublin, Thursday, August 13 for Cork, on his way to Australia … Am now left alone, and open a new account. W[illiam] W[oodlock]’. An additional note at the bottom of the opening page reads ‘Joseph sailed from Queenstown for Brisbane, Queensland, in the “Fiery Star”, Wednesday, August 19, 1863’. The remainder of the volume contains entries for routine expenditures including washing, cigars, stamps, and stationary.

A volume containing entries compiled by Fr. Patrick Sheehan seemingly covering the years 1874 to 1875. The dated chronicles are titled ‘A leaf from a life’. The diary-like entries are mostly routine providing a record of religious observance and meetings with various clergymen, religious, and lay individuals particularly in the Cloyne diocese in County Cork. The opening pages have been ripped from the volume and the first dated entry reads ‘Sept. 1. 1874. As usual, Met C.B. accompanied him home. Visited the original pepper in company Frs. Field & O’Keeffe’. Some literary content, personal reflections, and references are included in the text. Loose expense accounts are inserted towards the end of the volume. The entries in these accounts include ‘charity list’, rail and travel expenses, tailoring, stationary and other forms of routine expenditure.

Letter from Francis William Doyle Jones, sculptor, 2 Wentworth Studios, Manresa Road, Chelsea, London, to a Mr. Gallagher, returning the books and photographs which he had sent him. Doyle Jones completed a memorial statue of Canon Sheehan in Doneraile in 1925.