The collections in the Vincentian Provincial Archive
Irish Vincentian Province
An image of an Irish Volunteer with a rifle. The individual is dressed in civilian clothes.
A studio portrait print of a man in military uniform (possibly an Irish Volunteer). A manuscript date on the reverse reads ‘1913’. A pencil annotation on the image-side reads ‘Lloyd / Dublin’.
An image of a rifle, bullets and a belt associated with the Irish Volunteers. The equipment was probably seized after the conclusion of the 1916 Rising.
An image of Irish Volunteers posing with an Irish tricolour flag. No indication of the names of the individuals or the location of the photograph is given.
A small collection of documents relating to Patrick Pearse’s involvement with the Irish Volunteers. The collection includes an important record book of the Irish Volunteers in Dublin covering the months leading up to the 1916 Rising.
A photographic print of an assembly of Irish Volunteers. There is no caption associated with the print. The individual on the right is carrying a traditional harp flag, which was the official flag of the Irish Volunteers.
A ticket for an Irish Volunteers concert held in the Antient Concert Rooms on Great Brunswick Street (now Pearse Street) in Dublin on 9 April 1916. The concert included an address by Eoin MacNeill (1867-1945), a Gaelic scholar and Irish nationalist who had established the Irish Volunteers in 1913. (Volume page 187).
Three copies of a tribute by Éamon de Valera to E Company of the Irish Volunteers during the Howth Gun-Running in July 1914. The text is dated 6 Mar. 1948.
Manuscript list of names in Irish (possibly compiled by Patrick Pearse). The list includes Con Colbert, Brian O’Higgins, The O’Rahilly (Ua Rathghaille), and Patrick Pearse.