A complete copy of 'The Tatler and Bystander', 18 Feb. 1948, which includes an article (and photographic print) re the wedding in London of Pieter Stewart Bam (1914-2001) and Margaret Agnes Kitson. A manuscript annotation notes that ‘Pieter Stewart Bam is the son of the former owner of Ards House’.
A history of the Namibian nation and its struggle for independence written by Randolph Vigne and published by the International Defence and Aid Fund in London.
A booklet describing the attacks on civilians which took place in North King Street during the Rising. The work was written from a Sinn Féin perspective and was authored by John J. Reynolds.
Copy of Canon Patrick Augustine Sheehan’s (1852-1913) poem ‘Sentan the Culdee’. The poem was originally published in 'The Irish Monthly', XXIV, (Jan. 1896), pp 1-10.
Letter to Margaret Pearse from an individual with an address at Abbeyfield Mount School, Abbeyfield, Pitsmoor, Sheffield. The letter is unsigned and seemingly incomplete. The letter refers to the sale of Cullenswood House in Rathmines.
Lists of pledge-takers in the parish of Schull in County Cork. The lists include those who took the pledge under the parish priest, Fr. John O’Connor. The second list identifies those who took the pledge for life or for one year, and the names of the Young Irish Crusaders.
Letter to Fr. Peter Bowe OSFC, guardian, referring to the recent National Temperance Congress. The letter affirms that the ‘most efficient way of reaping the fruits of the Congress is by the formation in this city without further delay … of a branch of the “Father Mathew Total Abstinence Association” similar to those established in in the other centres throughout Ireland …’. The letter is signed by Robert Branigan, Thomas Cantwell JP, Thomas Hayden and William J. Cleere. The letter encloses a list of 107 names (with address) in support of the foundation of the aforementioned branch.
Search in the Registry of Deeds for acts affecting the house and concerns on Walkin Street, Kilkenny city, commonly called ‘The Munster Arms’ under the names of Margaret Empson and Joseph Empson between 22 Mar. 1859 and 2 May 1895.
