A view of the Falls Road, Belfast, looking towards the Diamond Cinema, in about 1950.
A copy of Stephen Gwynn, ‘The fair hills of Ireland / with illustrations by Hugh Thomson’ (Dublin: Maunsel & Co., 1914).
A copy of ‘The Evening Freeman’ (8 June 1847). The edition includes many tributes to Daniel O’Connell who died on 15 May 1847. A manuscript annotation on the first page reads ‘Engineer / Ballinrobe’.
Irish Independent, Tom Mitchell, William Cosgrave, Peter Pisani, Éamon de Valera
Articles taken from the Irish Independent newspaper containing photographs and articles concerning the celebration of the Eucharistic Congress in Dublin in June 1929 including photographs of William Cosgrave, President of the Executive Council (Taoiseach), Peter Pisani, Archbishop of Constantia and numerous Irish bishops and archbishops.
A copy of a pamphlet titled ‘The escape from Mountjoy / and other prison experiences of an Irish volunteer, Padraic Fleming (convict E-445) / written by the Rector of an Irish college / with a foreword by Piaras Beaslai, T.D.’ (New York: Reprinted by the Friends of Irish Freedom, Inc., [c.1921]).
A postcard print of the gatehouse (or porter's lodge) at the ruined Mellifont (Cistercian) Abbey in County Louth.
A leaflet listing Irish republicans who died in English jails. The final line reads ‘What are you going to do?’ Manuscript annotation reads ‘9th March 1919’.
A copy of Shane Leslie, ‘The end of a chapter’ (London: Constable and Co., 1916). A manuscript annotation on the first page reads ‘W.M. Kenealy / Dublin, Revered PP Aug. 29th, 1916’.
A reprint of an article from the ‘Daily Express’ extolling the ‘noble work done by the Orange Committee’. Issued from the Committee’s Offices in Dublin by Athol Johnson Dudgeon, honorary secretary.
Ada Kathleen Longfield, ‘The eighteenth century memorials by Dennis Cullen of Monaseed’ ([Dublin]: Copies obtainable from Avoca Handweavers, Glendalough, [1948]).