A clipping of an article quoting Éamon de Valera’s response to criticisms from Fr. P.J. Brennan, a priest in Castleisland in County Kerry. The clipping is taken from the ‘Irish Independent’ (30 March 1922).
A flyer condemning the 1916 executions and exhorting Americans to stay out of the First World War. “Thank God for Freedom's Martyrs in every Land and Age” is printed under the title.
A photographic print of Kathleen O’Connell, Éamon de Valera’s private secretary. The image is credited to the Associated Press, London.
A postcard reproduction of a painting of Constance Markievicz by the Polish artist Bolesław Szańkowski (1873-1953). The portrait dates to 1901 when Markievicz was resident in Paris. The postcard reproduction is captioned ‘Constance Countess Markievicz TD’ and probably dates to the early 1920s when she was serving as a Teachta Dála in Dáil Éireann.
An illustration referring to the pseudonym ‘Ultach’ used by J.J. Campbell for ‘Orange Terror’ article published in ‘The Capuchin Annual’ (1943). The illustration is an adaptation of the story by Aesop of the fox (the Orange Order) attempting to trick the rooster (‘Ultach’) into coming down from his perch. The drawing is probably by the artist Richard King (1907-1974).
Draft legal agreement between Patrick Pearse and the Intermediate Education Board for Ireland for funds for the provision of ‘equipment and appliances for the practical teaching of the Natural and Experimental Sciences’ in St. Enda’s School in Rathfarnham, Dublin. With a schedule of annual payments to be made by Pearse to Education Board from 1910 to 1920. The agreement is signed by Pearse and is dated 24 January 1911. The document is in typescript with various manuscript additions (8 pp). The file includes two printed copies of the agreement. The printed copies appear to be unsigned.
A view of Newcastle Bridge (an eighteenth-century four-arch road bridge over the River Inny) near Ballymahon in County Longford. A manuscript annotation on the reverse of the print reads 'Newcastle Bridge near Ballymahon, County Longford'.
A view of harvesting at Dugort (also known as Doogort) on Achill Island off the coast of County Mayo on Ireland's Atlantic seaboard. The peak in the background is Slievemore (in Irish: 'Sliabh Mór'), a distinctive, almost conical-shaped mountain and the second highest point on Achill Island after Croaghaun mountain.
A photograph of Br. Alexius Paolucci OFM Cap.
A clipping of an article (with illustration) on Poulaphouca Bridge in County Wicklow.