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A clipping of a montage of photographs showing the relations of Francis Sheehy-Skeffington. The clipping includes photographs of Mary Sheehy Kettle, a sister-in-law of Francis Sheehy-Skeffington and the wife of Tom Kettle, an Irish Party MP and British soldier. The caption notes that though Sheehy-Skeffington was ‘shot as a rebel – his death is now the subject of a court-martial’. It also notes that his wife’s family (Hanna Sheehy-Skeffington) has many family members serving in the British armed forces including Lieutenant Eugene Sheehy who ‘fought with the [Royal] Dublin fusiliers against the rebels’. The newspaper title from which the clipping was taken is not given.

A view of Sheares Street, near the Mardyke Park in Cork, in about 1940. The street was previously known as Nile Street before its name was changed to honour the Cork-born Sheares’ brothers, Henry (1753-1798) and John (1766-1798), members of the Society of United Irishmen who were executed following the 1798 Rebellion.

A clipping of an article referring to George Bernard Shaw’s return to his residence following a long period of convalescence in hospital. The clipping is taken from the ‘Irish Press’ (5 October 1950).

A clipping of an article titled ‘Shaw: an example and a warning’ by William Richard Titterton published in ‘The Universe’ (11 November 1950).

A postcard print titled ‘Control Tower, Shannon Airport, Rineanna, Co. Clare, Ireland’.