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From the Queen agreeing in principle to a request of Dom Francois.

A view of a bookseller’s stall on Dublin’s Quays in about 1945.

An illuminated certificate solemnizing the marriage of Henrietta Sophia Pike and Reginald Ryley. The couple were married in the Quaker Meeting House on Grattan Street in Cork on 9 September 1875. Individuals from many prominent Quaker families in Cork are listed among the witnesses to the marriage including the Penroses of Woodhill, the Haughtons of Cleve Hill, and the Beales of Patrick’s Quay. Perhaps the most famous Irish business founded by Quakers is Bewley’s established in 1840, initially as tea and coffee merchants. Both Sophia Bewley and Joseph Bewley are also listed among the ninety-one witnesses.

An illustrated poster issued for the candidate, Joseph McGuinness, by his authorised Election Agent, P. J. Halnon, Solicitor, Longford. Printed at the Gaelic Press, 30 Upper Liffey Street, Dublin.

A Sinn Féin poster advocating for the candidacy of Arthur Griffith in the general election of 1918. The text reads ‘Put Him In To Get Him Out / vote for Griffith / the man in jail for Ireland’.

A blank membership card for the Purgatorial Society attached to Holy Trinity Church in Cork.