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A letter from Tom Barry, 64 St. Patrick’s Street, Cork, to Bartholmew ‘Batt’ Murphy, referring to the death and funeral of the Irish republican Tom Hales. Barry refers to Bartholomew Murphy as ‘an old friend and comrade of Tom and indeed myself’. He also mentions his efforts to erect memorials in honour of Tom Hales.

A copy of Mary E.L. Butler (Máire de Buitléir), ‘Irish women and the home language’ (Dublin: The Gaelic League, 24 O’Connell Street Upper, [c.1900]). The text urges women to make the home an Irish-speaking environment, teach the language to their children, and support Irish publications and culture.

A copy of Professor Daniel Corkery, ‘The philosophy of the Gaelic League’ (Baile Átha Cliath: Connradh na Gaedhilge, 1948)

A copy of ‘Stepping-stones [by] Sceilg’ (John J. O’Kelly) (Dublin: Irish Book Bureau, [c.1940])

A copy of ‘Val Vousden's caravan’ (Dublin: 2nd edition, Cahill & Company, [c.1941]). The text features a series of monologues, recitations, anecdotes, satire, stories, and reminiscences compiled by the Irish entertainer Val Vousden (Bill MacNevin).

A copy of Fred Arthur MacKenzie, ‘The Irish rebellion, what happened and why’ (London: C.A. Pearson ltd., 1916). McKenzie wrote in the preface: ‘This little book describes what I saw and learned in Dublin during the Easter rising of 1916. … Two representatives of the Canadian Press were chosen to visit Ireland while the fighting was on. I had the good fortune to be one of them’.

A copy of D.L. Kelleher, ‘Great days with O’Connell’ (Dublin/Cork: Talbot Press, 1929). The publication provides an overview of the life and legacy of Daniel O’Connell.

A copy of Fr. Matthew Russell SJ, ‘Erin: verses Irish and Catholic’ (Dublin: M.H. Gill & Son, 1881).

A copy of ‘The Aran Islands / Parts III and IV / by John M. Synge’ (Dublin: Maunsel & Company, 1912). Printed label on inside front cover reads ‘Franciscan Capuchin Library, Church Street, Dublin’.

A copy of ‘The Rising of the Moon by Lady Gregory’ (London: Putnam, Covent Garden, 1947).