Flier from the Irish Unionist Alliance setting out the need for an ‘extensive petition’ in response to William Gladstone’s Government of Ireland (Second Home Rule) Bill.
A flier advertising a concert in the Mansion House in Dublin in aid of the family of Sylvester Pidgeon who died on 28 September 1914 from wounds sustained in the Bachelor’s Walk massacre which took place in Dublin on 26 July 1914. A printer by trade, Sylvester Pidgeon left behind a widow and five children ranging in age from three months to eleven.
A flier seeking support for the construction of a new chapel (St. Michael’s) at Cashelmore, Doe, County Donegal. The leaflet notes that ‘St. Michael’s Church, Cashelmore, is probably the oldest church being used by the Catholics of the diocese of Raphoe. Two inscriptions set in the eastern wall inform us that the church was built by Father Bernard Rodan in 1784 and re-built by Father Peter Gallagher in 1830’.
A flier for a patriotic concert and celebration to commemorate the anniversary of the birth of Robert Emmet (1778-1803), the Irish rebel leader, held in the Rotunda Rooms in Dublin on 4 March 1915.
Flier advertising plays to be performed by pupils of Scoil Éanna (St. Enda’s School), Cullenswood House, Oakley Road, on 5-7 February 1910. The plays to be performed were ‘The Destruction of the Hostel’ by Padraic Colum and ‘Iosagán’ by Patrick Pearse. Includes lists of performers in each of the plays and contextual notes on the plays.
Flier for a tea festival to mark the opening of the Franciscan Great Temperance Hall, Mary Street, [Cork]. It is noted that the ‘Very Rev. Theobald Mathew and other grater advocates of temperance will attend’.
Flier seeking subscriptions for a testimonial in favour of Philip Callan MP (1837-1902) during his 'absence in South America'. The flier is dated 22 January 1884 at Dundalk, County Louth. The reverse of the document is endorsed with manuscript notes by William Woodlock.
Flier for the annual retreat for the members of the Third Order of St. Francis attached to Holy Trinity Church, Charlotte Quay, Cork. The retreat was conducted by Fr. Bernard Jennings OSFC.