An anti-conscription and anti-English handbill issued with the aim of persuading members of the Royal Irish Constabulary not to support the British war effort. It reads ‘Private Hodgins would have his work cut out for him here but for you. You are the eyes and the ears for him. Do you think that your own people are likely to forget the fact? What do you think Private Hodgins would do if the German stranger was in England and gave him a gun?’.
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The leaflet refers to an unpublished letter from Father Isidore B. Mooney to the editor of 'The Irish Independent' newspaper, addressed and dated: Dublin, May 18, 1923. With introduction, and further discussion of letter, alleging ‘press conspiracy against truth’.
A flier with the text of a satirical republican ballad titled ‘Come along and join the British Army’ by “The Rajah of Frongoch” (a nickname used by Jimmy Mulkerns). The ballad derides Joseph Devlin and John Redmond of the Irish Parliamentary Party.
A press ticket for admission to the national convention of the United Irish League in the Mansion House in Dublin in April 1912. The ticket is signed by Joseph Devlin who was appointed the League’s General Secretary in 1904.
A flier with the lyrics of the socialist anthem ‘The Red Flag’ by Jim Connell, an Irish political activist. For an unknown reason, this handbill credits him as ‘Jem Connell’.
