A large bound volume containing documents, photographs, and newspaper clippings relating to the 1916 Rising. The volume holds an original copy of the 'Irish War News' (25 April 1916) along with original postcard prints, memoriam cards for the Rising’s leaders and other ephemera. Some of the newspaper clippings are of articles reporting on subsequent commemorations of the insurrection. The volume also holds photographs, clippings, and printed ephemera relating to prominent Irish artists and exhibitions of their work.
A bound volume containing clippings of articles chronicling the 1916 Rising by Michael J. Lennon (1891-1966). The articles were published in serial form in the ‘Irish Times’ from 1948-9. The articles appeared under the titles ‘Easter Week Diary I-VI’ (29 March-3 April 1948), and ‘The Easter Rising from the Inside I-VI’ (18-23 April 1949).
A permit from the Dublin Metropolitan Police allowing Edmond Donelan, Rose Dale, Vergemount, Clonskea, to pass through the streets of Dublin (2 May 1916). The page also has a used Dublin tramway ticket dated 24 April 1916.
A clipping of a pictorial map showing ‘the points attacked in the City of Dublin by the Sinn Féin rebels’. The illustration was printed in the ‘Weekly Dispatch’ (30 April 1916).
A clipping of a photograph of Second Lieutenant Guy Vickery Pinfield (8th King’s Royal Irish Hussars) who was killed in Dublin on 24 April 1916. The clipping is likely taken from the ‘Daily Mirror’ (May 1916).
A clipping of a photograph of Sir Roger Casement. The caption refers to him as a ‘traitor, in the uniform of [a] British Consul, which he disgraced’. The newspaper title from which the clipping was taken is not given.
A clipping of a report recounting various incidents of the rebels allegedly firing on civilians during the insurrection in Dublin. The newspaper title from which the clipping was taken is not given.
A clipping of an article referring to reports that James Connolly had died from his wounds at the General Post Office. The article was published in the ‘Daily Sketch’ (1 May 1916).
