A bound volume with a manuscript title on the spine which reads ‘It’s Ireland’. The volume contains a very large number of postcard prints and photographic prints, newspaper clippings, original historical documents, and printed ephemera. Many of the pasted-in newspaper clippings (some of which are frayed and damaged) date from 1944 to 1946. These articles include references to the ongoing war in Europe, censorship in Ireland, the death of Frank Ryan, the execution of William Joyce (better known as ‘Lord Haw-Haw’), Eduard Hempel (the leading German diplomat in Ireland during the Second World War), and various political, artistic, and cultural events. Several invitation cards to Fr. Senan Moynihan OFM Cap. and Fr. Gerald McCann OFM Cap. for exhibitions and cultural events are also pasted into the volume. There are also a few clippings from the ‘Irish Travel’ magazine, the official organ of the Irish Tourist Association. The volume pages are not paginated.
The volume includes the following items:
• Postcard prints of historical sites in Assisi, Italy. Includes prints of the Basilica of Saint Francis of Assisi.
• Postcard prints of Cobh (formerly Queenstown) in County Cork.
• Postcard print of Mount Carmel Monastery, Haifa.
• Postcard prints of interior arrangements and altars for Catholic worship onboard several White Star ocean liners including the ‘Majestic’, ‘Megantic’, ‘Olympic’, ‘Homeric’, and ‘Calgaric’
• Postcard prints of the Capuchin Friary in Pantasaph, Wales.
• Post card prints of Port Said in Egypt and colour prints titled ‘Bedouin’, ‘The Pyramids of Gizeh’ and ‘Eventide in Desert’.
• Postcard views of various scenes in Jerusalem and in Bethlehem, Palestine.
• Postcard print of the entrance to the Irish College of St. Anthony in Leuven, Belgium.
• Postcard prints depicting aspects of the missionary work of French Capuchin friars (and female Franciscan religious) in India and in Africa (particularly in Somalia and Abyssinia).
• Postcard prints of the Abbey of Our Lady of Quarr on the Isle of Wight, England.
• Postcard prints of Saint Hugh’s Charterhouse (Carthusian Monastery), Sussex, England.
• Photographic prints of the Marian Grotto at the Capuchin Friary in Rochestown, County Cork.
• Postcard print of the memorial to 'Dr. Eadie (died 3rd June 1876), Landsowne Road Church, Dublin'.
• Postcard print of the Oostakker-Lourdes Grotto, France.
• Postcard print of Cologne Cathedral, Germany.
• Postcard prints of Franciscan female religious in Calais, France.
• Postcard print of various views of Avignon, France.
• Clipping, ‘Birth of democracy / Protestant settlers’ role’, ‘Unity’ (8 Feb. 1945).
• Clipping. ‘Old James Durnin of Croveigh’, ‘Derry Journal’ (9 Feb. 1945).
• Clipping, ‘Petrol pump summons / County Dublin TD cross-examined’, ‘Evening Herald’ (21 Feb. 1945).
• Clipping, ‘Obituary for Rev. J.J. Poland P.P.’, ‘Irish Times’ (22 Feb. 1945).
• Clipping, ‘The National Anthem’, ‘The Catholic Leaders’ Bulletin’ (Feb. 1945).
• Clipping, ‘The late Prof. C.P. O’Grady, Ashbourne Hotel’, ‘The Kerryman’ (3 Mar. 1945).
• Clipping, ‘The most savage censorship in Europe’, ‘The Irish Democrat’ (Feb. 1945).
• Clipping, ‘Máire Nic Shuibhne / Obituary for Mary MacSwiney’, ‘Cork University Record’ (Dec. 1944)
• ‘The Catholic Mirror’ (Mar. 1945). The edition includes articles on the life of Saint Patrick.
• Clipping, Seán Nolan, ‘In Memory of Frank Ryan’, ‘Irish Workers’ Weekly’ (Apr. 1945).
• A one-page typescript synopsis of a play titled ‘The truth about Nurse Cadden / a play by Don Alwyn’ (c.1945).
• Clipping, ‘Dr Eduard Hempel vacates Legation’ ‘Evening Herald’ (8 May 1945).
• Clipping, ‘Will the State save Dan O’Connell’s home for the Nation’, ‘The Kerryman’ (7 July 1945).
• Photographic print of individuals on O’Connell Bridge in Dublin. The image was likely taken by Arthur Fields (1901-1994)
• Photographic postcard print captioned ‘Learning Irish Dancing at Ring College’, County Waterford Baile na nGall, An Rinn (Ring), County Waterford.
• A postcard image of cottages in Baile na nGall (or Ballynagaul) in Ring, County Waterford. (c.1940).
• Postcard print of Carrick-a-Rede Rope Bridge, County Antrim (c.1910)
• ‘Irish Press’ prints of Irish Army soldiers and vehicles (c.1942). Includes an image of the Fort Templebreedy naval guns in County Cork and troops on parade in Collins Barracks, Cork.
• Photographic prints of the Irish military tattoo at the RDS arena in Dublin in 1945. One of the images is annotated ‘Eoghan Ruadh O’Neill’s Army’.
• Clippings of articles from the ‘Evening Herald’ and the ‘Irish Press’ reporting on the execution of William Joyce ('Lord Haw-Haw) in Wandsworth prison in London on 3 January 1946.
• Clipping, ‘Freedom of Dublin offered to Mr. Shaw’, ‘Irish Press’ (5 Feb. 1946). Refers to a Dublin Corporation vote to offer the honour to George Bernard Shaw.
• Clipping, ‘Kark Marx, a Sinn Feiner / by Eden and Cedar Paul’, ‘The Worker’ (15 Nov. 1919).
• Photographic print of loyalist graffiti. The graffiti reads ‘Orange Glory / Boyne No Pope’.
Several historical clippings and documents have also been placed into the volume by Fr. Senan. Some of these are nationalist-themed and cover events during the revolutionary period (1916-22) and the Irish labour movement. These include:
• ‘Our Churches / the Cathedral, College and Catholic Buildings of Tuam’, ‘Weekly Freeman’.
• A clipping from ‘The Voice of Labour’ (9 Nov. 1918).
• ‘Heroic act of Rev. John Lowham CSsR, Belfast, ‘The Catholic Fireside’ (2 Mar. 1901)
• Clipping and ephemera relating to the Dublin University Election and the City of Dublin election in 1868. Includes cuttings from contemporary copies of the ‘Freeman’s Journal’, ‘Evening Express’, and ‘Saunder’s Newsletter and Daily Advertiser’ referring to various Unionist politicians.
• Prospectus and application form for shares in the Land Corporation of Ireland Limited. (1882).
• Blank voting form for Alexander Edward Miller in the Trinity College (Dublin University) by-election (1875).
• Flier for a meeting of the Property Defence Association (5 Sept. 1881).
• Clippings and ephemera relating to the Irish landowners Convention (c.1888-1893).
• Menu card for a Unionist banquet held in The Rotunda, Dublin (26 Jan. 1893). The event was held to honour several leading Unionist politicians including Horace Plunkett (1854-1932).
• An engraving of the Four Courts, Dublin, by William Henry Bartlett (1809-1854).
• Printed flier for a meeting of the Alexander M. Sullivan Tribute Fund, Mansion House, Dublin. (24 Oct. 1884).
• Report of the Committee of the South City Special Coal Fund / 1872-73. (Dublin, 1872).
• Two original engravings from the ‘Illustrated London News’ showing the laying of the Atlantic Telegraph Cable at Valentia and the ‘Telegraph Cable Fleet at Berehaven, Bantry Bay, County Cork’. (28 July 1866).
• Clipping titled ‘On an Irish Island / a fifth-century monastery’. ‘Irish Independent’ (23 Oct. 1919). Refers to the ruins of a monastic site on the Maharees Islands off the coast of County Kerry.
• Page clipping from the ‘Freeman’s Journal’ reporting on the sinking of the ‘Lusitania’. (8 May 1915).
• Pencilled portrait of Fr. Senan Moynihan OFM Cap. by Fred A. Farrell in ‘The Universe’ (3 Mar. 1933).
• Flier for Alderman Alfred Byrne’s election campaign. ‘Irish Independent’ (16 Feb. 1932).
• Photographic copies of John Speed’s (1552-1629) maps of the Kingdom Ireland (1610).
