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A flier titled 'A plea for the Catholic Boy’s Brigade by E.D. Daly'. The flier refers to the good works performed by Boys’ Brigade members in the Church Street area and seeks subscriptions to aid the organisation. It reads: ‘At present Church Street is not quite up to the mark of its energetic past. The sites of several of its rookeries of wickedness are now covered by Police Courts, and by buildings in which Capuchins carry on their work. …. How long this breeding ground of sin and crime existed in the past must be left to imagination. What is certain is that this worst spot of the worst city in Ireland was selected by the Capuchin Order as a place in which to live, beside the poor, and to help them against temptations to crime and intemperance. To anyone who can feel for the poor, and understand evils around them which they do not realise themselves, the way to Church Street from Sackville Street is still like a descent into Hades, if traversed about 8 p.m. at this time of year’. The file contains three copies of the document.

A flier with the text of a ballad titled ‘A Recruiting Come-all-ye’. The ballad derides the recruitment of Irishmen into the British armed forces.

An anti-Treaty flier rebuking several leading Free State politicians.

A leaflet with the text of a republican ballad celebrating Éamon de Valera.

A series of postcard prints of the Benedictine Abbey of Our Lady of Quarr on the Isle of Wight.

An account book titled ‘Book of money received or expended in the building of the new church of St. Mary of the Angels’. The book comprises a record of monies collected and expenditure in financing of the construction of the church. Most of the expenditure is recorded as lodgements on account in the Hibernian Bank Ltd. Several annotations are made in the account book. On 7 June it was recorded: ‘N.B. Very Rev. Daniel Patrick O’Reilly and Fr. Joseph Martin Harkins raised in the National [Bank] the sum of £300 for building purposes. This loan was advanced at three months’ payment – in full. A condition I regard as very much disparaging to our credit. Indeed, if I were allowed to act I would close the account in the National’.

An account book of the Dublin City & County Board of the Irish Volunteers. The account is with the Munster and Leinster Bank Ltd., Dame Street, Dublin. A manuscript title on the front cover reads ‘Dublin Co. Volunteers / Dublin City & Co. Board / 26 Great Brunswick Street / 2 Dawson Street / Dublin / Treasurer / Frank Fahy’. The entries cover the period from 31 October 1915 to 30 June 1916. Includes references to many transactions on the account made by Philip Bernard Joseph Cosgrave (1884-1923), and to entries made by ‘Byrne’, ‘Hanarhan’, 'Hannigan', and others.

A view of Achill Sound, a stretch of water separating Achill Island from the mainland. A manuscript annotation on the reverse of the print reads 'Looking across the Sound of Achill to the island from the mainland of Mayo'.

An image of the original act of profession of Fr. Fiacre Tobin OSFC (c.1620-1656) at the Irish Capuchin friary in Charleville, France. The document is dated 2 July 1638.

An image of the original act of profession of Fr. John Baptist Dowdall OSFC (c.1626-1710) at the Irish Capuchin friary in Charleville, France. The document is dated 5 October 1652.