An article reporting on the return by Captain E.J. Hitzen of some mementoes and ephemera he captured following the 1916 Rising. The items included the white flag used by Éamon de Valera during the surrender of Boland’s Mill. The article also refers to Hitzen’s recollections of the Rising. The clipping is taken from the ‘Irish Times’ (5 April 1948).
Clippings showing the presentation by Major H.E. de Courcy Wheeler of arms and mementoes from the 1916 Rising. De Courcy Wheeler had accepted the surrender of Patrick Pearse and Constance Markievicz following the defeat of the insurrection. The items were handed over to the state at a reception at Áras an Uachtaráin in Dublin. The image (right) shows Áine Ceannt and Margaret Mary Pearse examining a revolver which belonged to Constance Markievicz. The clippings are most likely taken from the 'Irish Independent' (30 April 1948).
A clipping of a report on a presentation made to Christopher J. Brady, Michael J. Molloy, and William P. O’Brien who printed the 1916 Proclamation. The article is taken from the ‘Irish Press’ (25 November 1952).
A clipping of an appreciation of Margaret Kennedy (1892-1953) by R.M. Fox published in ‘The Irish Weekly and Ulster Examiner’ (13 June 1953). Kennedy was a member of Cumann na mBan who served in Marrowbone Lane during the Rising. She was subsequently imprisoned in Kilmainham Jail. She later worked with the Irish National Aid Association and became a captain in Cumann na mBan (1920), and later a Commandant.
A clipping of a photograph of Cathal O’Shannon and Fr. Augustine Hayden OSFC at the Mater Hospital in Dublin where the former was receiving treatment. The clipping was used to illustrate an article on O’Shannon’s personal recollections of the 1916 Rising published in the ‘Empire News’ (4 September 1953).
A letter from Patrick Collins, 6 Clonmore Road, Ballybough, Dublin, to Fr. Senan Moynihan OFM Cap. enclosing a copy of an account of the final hours and execution of Seán Hueston in Kilmainham Jail on 8 May 1916. The account was written by his uncle who was a relation of Seán Hueston. Reference is made in the account to the ministrations to Heuston by Fr. Albert Bibby OFM Cap.
A clipping of a report referring to the award by King George V of the Military Medal to Louisa Nolan for her actions in saving the lives of British soldiers during the Easter Rising. The article is taken from the ‘Daily News’ (24 February 1917).
A clipping of a report on the St. Patrick’s Day parade in Cork city at which the local regiment of Irish National Volunteers honoured the ‘400 Volunteers who are fighting for Ireland in the trenches’. The article is taken from the ‘Daily News’ (18 March 1916).
A clipping of a letter from Kathleen Clark published in the ‘Sunday Independent’ in which she gives her recollections of the planning of the 1916 Rising. She refers to P.S. O’Hegarty’s assertion that the rebellion was only planned for Dublin. The letter is dated 29 July 1949 at 40 Merlyn Road, Ballsbridge, Dublin.