A clipping of photographs of scenes at Douglas Hyde’s funeral at St. Patrick’s Cathedral in Dublin. The images were published in the ‘Evening Herald’ (14 July 1949).
A bound volume containing newspaper clippings and printed ephemera relating to the life of the playwright George Bernard Shaw (1856-1950). The volume contains numerous posthumous newspaper tributes and eulogies and assessments of his work and legacy. A gilt title to the volume spine reads ‘Minute Book’.
A clipping of a report on the reaction to George Bernard Shaw’s death in the contemporary Catholic press in Britain. The clipping is taken from ‘The Tidings’ (24 November 1950). ‘The Tidings’ was a newspaper published by the Catholic Archdiocese of Los Angeles.
A clipping of a photograph of George Bernard Shaw while on holidays in Rosslare in County Wexford. The caption notes that it was one of the last photographs taken of Shaw in Ireland. The clipping is taken from the ‘Irish Travel’ magazine (February 1951).