A letter from Fr. Patrick MacSwiney (1885-1940), The Presbytery, Kinsale, County Cork, to Fr. Henry Rope. MacSwiney refers to his recollections of his former teacher, Fr. Michael O'Hickey, (Micheál Ó Hiceadha, 1861-1916), formerly Professor of Irish in St. Patrick's College, Maynooth.
A letter from Hugh A. MacCartan, 4 Gifford Avenue, Sandymount, Dublin, to Fr. Henry Rope. MacCartan refers to the contemporary political situation in Ireland and to the Sinn Féin movement.
A letter from Shane Leslie (1885-1971) to Fr. Henry Rope. Leslie refers to the possibility of Father Rope publishing an article in the 'Dublin Review'.
A bound volume containing newspapers clippings broadly covering significant events in the Irish Revolution. The volume contains clippings relating to Thomas Ashe, Tomás MacCurtain, the treaty debates, Jim Larkin and Irish trade unionism, executions during the Civil War, and the murder of Noel Lemass. Other (seemingly unrelated) clippings relate to the contested will of Richard Croker (1843-1922), an Irish American leader of New York City’s Tammany Hall organisation. The disputed will was the subject of a probate lawsuit in the Court of King’s Bench in Ireland. Many of the clippings are taken from the ‘Freeman’s Journal’ and the ‘Manchester Guardian Weekly’.
A clipping of an article reporting on the funeral service of Kathleen O’Kelly, the mother of Seán T. O’Kelly, in St. Mary’s Pro-Cathedral in Dublin. The clipping is taken from the ‘Freeman’s Journal’ (28 September 1923).
A clipping of tribute to the writer Dora Sigerson Shorter by Katharine Tynan. The tribute was published in the ‘Observer’ (13 January 1918).
A clipping of an appeal from the Church of Ireland Archbishops of Armagh and Dublin urging men to enlist in the British armed forces ‘in the present critical state of the battle for the world’s freedom’. Reference is made to the government’s purported intention to impose conscription upon Ireland. The clipping is taken from the ‘Irish Times’ (18 April 1918).
A clipping of an article by Lieutenant General Jeremiah Joseph ‘Ginger’ O’Connell on the handover of the Curragh military camp from the British Army to the Irish National Army. The article was written on the first anniversary of the handover. The clipping is taken from the ‘Freeman’s Journal’ (22 May 1923).
A clipping of an article reporting on a sermon preached by Daniel Cohalan, Bishop of Cork, praising the National Army and urging the populace to continue their support for their actions. The clipping is taken from the ‘Freeman’s Journal’ (25 May 1923).
A clipping of an article reporting Éamon de Valera’s speech at a gathering in the Scala Theatre in Dublin in which outlined the objectives of his new party Fianna Fáil. The clipping is taken from the ‘Irish Independent’ (17 May 1926).