Recollections of the 1916 Rising by Nicholas Laffan titled ‘Ireland’s War of Independence / Easter Week 1916’. It is noted that Laffan was a Captain in G Company, 1st Battalion, Dublin Brigade, Irish Volunteers. With a cover letter from Laffan to Fr. Henry Anglin OFM Cap. stating that this article ‘has not appeared in any paper’. He also states that he is an old member of the Third Order of St. Francis (Merchants’ Quay) having joined in April 1904 (66 years ago)’.
A pamphlet by William Joseph Marie Alois Maloney (b. 1881), ‘M.D., Late Captain of the British Army’, referring to the Irish Question. Published in New York by The American Press.
An image of three Irish Air Corps aircraft on patrol over the coast in about 1940. A manuscript annotation on the reverse of the print identifies the aircraft type as an Avro Anson.
An image of Irish Army armoured cars on manoeuvres in the countryside. The vehicles are most likely Swedish-built Landsverk armoured cars. The print is credited to the ‘Irish Press’.
An image of Irish Army motorcyclists crossing a river while on manoeuvres. A manuscript annotation on the reverse of the print reads 'Motor cyclists and armour units cross a river / with the army in the south'.
An image of an Irish Army military vehicle (most likely a Morris C8, commonly known as a 'Quad') towing an artillery piece across a river. A typescript annotation on the reverse of the print reads ‘Battle of the South / Heavy gun is towed across a river / A picture from the manoeuvres in the south by Frank O’Brien, Fermoy’.
An Irish Army vehicle towing an artillery piece crosses a pontoon bridge while on manoeuvres. A manuscript annotation on the reverse of the print reads 'Artillery crosses a pontoon bridge during army manoeuvres in the south'.