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A view of the exterior and grounds of Ard Mhuire Capuchin Friary (formerly Ards House) in County Donegal.

Correspondence file relating to Christopher J. Brady who along with Michael J. Molloy and Liam Ó Briain, compositors, were responsible for printing the 1916 Proclamation. The Proclamation was composed in Liberty Hall, the headquarters of the Irish Transport and General Workers Union. Liberty Hall was also the location of the printing press, an antiquated Wharfdale Double Crown, used to print Connolly’s ‘The Worker’s Republic’ newspaper. Brady used this press to print the Proclamation on Sunday, 23 April 1916. The file includes a photographic print of Christopher J. Brady and letters mainly regarding requests that he authenticate original copies of the Proclamation. One of the letters (17 June 1934) is from Nellie Gifford-Donnelly to Brady requesting that he and Michael J. Molloy and Liam Ó Briain visit Dr. Kathleen Lynn to authenticate and sign a copy of the 1916 Proclamation in her possession. Both Gifford-Donnelly and Kathleen Lynn were committed nationalists and feminists who had participated in the Rising. Gifford-Donnelly was later instrumental in securing historical documents and objects associated with the Easter Rising. The Proclamation signed by Brady is now on display in the National Museum of Ireland.

Postcard to Patrick Pearse, 517 West 144th Street, New York, from ‘the Fitzgeralds’ sending Easter greetings.

An image of a commemoration marking the tercentenary of the synod which repudiated James Butler, 1st Marquess of Ormonde (1610-1688), the former Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, and excommunicated his followers. The synod was held in the Franciscan Friary in Jamestown in August 1650.

An image of boating on Bailieborough Lake (or Lough) in County Cavan. An annotation on the reverse of the print reads 'On the lake at Bailieborough / County Cavan'.

A photographic print of Br. Felix Harte OFM Cap. (1861-1935) with Irish Free State soldiers inspecting damage caused after the attack on the Four Courts in Dublin in July 1922.

A view of the exterior of Saint Patrick's Catholic Cathedral on North Street in Skibbereen in County Cork. Located in the Diocese of Cork and Ross, this neo-classical church was built between 1826 and 1832 to a design by the Cork-born architect, Michael Augustine O'Riordan (c.1783-1848), a Presentation Brother.

A view of O’Connell Street, Dublin, in about 1930. One of the prominent buildings on Upper O’Connell Street is the Grand Central Cinema which opened its doors in 1921. It was badly damaged in a bomb attack in 1923, and finally destroyed when a fire broke out in 1946. The location is now occupied by a bank.

A postcard print of Belfast City Hall issued by the Ulster Tourist Development Association (UTDA), 6 Royal Avenue, Belfast.

Letter from Robert Barton, Mountjoy Gaol, to Fr. Albert Bibby OFM Cap., stating that ‘prison life is no affliction to me. I much prefer the rest, seclusion and study of a cell to discoursing in public platforms’. He also discusses his reading of economic literature and affirms that he is learning Irish.