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A clipping of a photograph of Cathal O’Shannon and Fr. Augustine Hayden OSFC at the Mater Hospital in Dublin where the former was receiving treatment. The clipping was used to illustrate an article on O’Shannon’s personal recollections of the 1916 Rising published in the ‘Empire News’ (4 September 1953).

A letter from Patrick Collins, 6 Clonmore Road, Ballybough, Dublin, to Fr. Senan Moynihan OFM Cap. enclosing a copy of an account of the final hours and execution of Seán Hueston in Kilmainham Jail on 8 May 1916. The account was written by his uncle who was a relation of Seán Hueston. Reference is made in the account to the ministrations to Heuston by Fr. Albert Bibby OFM Cap.

A clipping of a report referring to the award by King George V of the Military Medal to Louisa Nolan for her actions in saving the lives of British soldiers during the Easter Rising. The article is taken from the ‘Daily News’ (24 February 1917).

A clipping of a report on the St. Patrick’s Day parade in Cork city at which the local regiment of Irish National Volunteers honoured the ‘400 Volunteers who are fighting for Ireland in the trenches’. The article is taken from the ‘Daily News’ (18 March 1916).

A clipping of a letter from Kathleen Clark published in the ‘Sunday Independent’ in which she gives her recollections of the planning of the 1916 Rising. She refers to P.S. O’Hegarty’s assertion that the rebellion was only planned for Dublin. The letter is dated 29 July 1949 at 40 Merlyn Road, Ballsbridge, Dublin.

A postcard print of a nationalist cartoon titled ‘The Bewitched Signboard’ referring to elements of governance in what is termed ‘West Britain’.

A clipping of a report on the outbreak of the rebellion in Dublin taken from the ‘Irish Times’ (25 April 1916).

A permit from the Dublin Metropolitan Police allowing Edmond Donelan, Rose Dale, Vergemount, Clonskea, to pass through the streets of Dublin (2 May 1916). The page also has a used Dublin tramway ticket dated 24 April 1916.

A clipping of a pictorial map showing ‘the points attacked in the City of Dublin by the Sinn Féin rebels’. The illustration was printed in the ‘Weekly Dispatch’ (30 April 1916).

A clipping of a photograph of Jim Larkin with his family. The image was published in the ‘Weekly Dispatch’ (30 April 1916).