Draft article titled ‘Some Unknown Heroes of the War of Independence’ with reference to the lives of Tommy Bryan, Jerry Mee, Sam Maguire, Paddy Moran, and Jack Staunton. The author of the article is not stated.
A flier for a patriotic concert and celebration to commemorate the anniversary of the birth of Robert Emmet (1778-1803), the Irish rebel leader, held in the Rotunda Rooms in Dublin on 4 March 1915.
Date: 1826 Author: Sigmund von Storchenau (1731-1798) Publisher: Neapoli, apud Lucam Marotta, Via S. Blasii, No. 119 Full title: 'Sigismundi Storchenau in academia vindobonensi … Institutiones logicae'
Photographic print of Monsignor Killian Flynn OFM Cap. at his installation as Prefect Apostolic of Victoria Falls in St. Theresa’s Church in Livingstone. The group includes Fr. Casimir Butler OFM Cap., Fr. Jarlath Gough OFM Cap., Fr. Fintan Roche OFM Cap., Br. Alexius Paolucci OFM Cap. and Fr. Christopher Crowley OFM Cap.
Photograph of the exterior of Holy Trinity Church and Friary on Father Mathew Quay in Cork. Construction work on what is now the RTÉ offices adjacent to the church can be seen in the photograph. Photographer/Studio: Domhnall Ó Máirtín, The Lough Photographic Studio, Cork.
A flier with the text of a satirical republican ballad titled ‘Come along and join the British Army’ by “The Rajah of Frongoch” (a nickname used by Jimmy Mulkerns). The ballad derides Joseph Devlin and John Redmond of the Irish Parliamentary Party.
A pamphlet and poem reflecting on John Hogan’s marble statue of the Transfiguration. The statue is held in Mount Argus Passionist Monastery in Harold’s Cross in Dublin. The poem asks the reader to remember the ‘weed-grown, cold [and] forgotten’ grave of the sculptor in the cemetery. The poetic tribute was written by John Clarke (1868-1934), a County Antrim-born nationalist and journalist who wrote numerous articles on Gaelic cultural revivalist subjects, often using the penname ‘Benmore’.
A view of the Church of the Four Masters on Main Street in Donegal Town in about 1940. The church was built to designs by Ralph Henry Byrne (1877-1946) and was constructed between 1931 and 1935. It was dedicated on St. Patrick's Day in 1935 by the Most Rev. William MacNeely, Bishop of Raphoe.
Photographic prints of the exterior of Ard Mhuire Friary and members of the Capuchin community bathing in the waters of Sheephaven Bay. The prints are date-stamped on the reverse.