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A ‘Savage Model 1907’ Pistol reputed to have been used by an Irish Volunteer during the 1916 Rising. The weapon was found by a Capuchin friar on North King Street after the conclusion of the hostilities. With leather holster and spare bullet cartridge. A manuscript note found with the pistol in the gallery of St. Mary of the Angels, Church Street reads:
‘These are souvenirs of the 1916 Rising’. A revolver used in King Street. A scissors used in the Four Courts’. Fr. Col[umbus Murphy OFM Cap.]’.

A hopsack bag reputed to have been used by an Irish Volunteer during the 1916 Rising. Retrieved from the gallery of St. Mary of the Angels, Church Street, Dublin.

A view of Church Street looking towards North King Street in Dublin's north inner city.

An image of an artwork seller on O’Connell Bridge, Dublin, in about 1940.

Steamships at the quay in Waterford in about 1935.

A portrait print of John Redmond (1856-1918).

A view of horse-drawn hay harvesting in County Carlow in c.1935. The image shows the Brownshill Dolmen, a large megalithic portal tomb in County Carlow. The date of the tomb’s construction has been estimated to be between 4000 and 3000 BC. At one hundred metric tons, the dolmen’s cap stone is reputed to be the largest in Europe.

A view of the original Liberty Hall at the corner of Beresford Place and Eden Quay, Dublin, awaiting its demolition in the late 1950s.

A view of the coastal town of Moville in County Donegal in about 1962. An annotation on the reverse of the print reads 'An inviting place to relax near Moville, County Donegal'.

File containing illustrations for 'The Capuchin Annual' by Fr. Gerald McCann OFM Cap. (1910-1958). These humorous black-ink drawings depict aspects of Capuchin Franciscan life and were regularly published in the 'Annual'. Fr. Gerald also served as assistant-editor of the publication. The themes include Christmas festivities, pranks and mischiefs involving Capuchins (some of the friars depicted, including Fr. Senan Moynihan OFM Cap., were known to Fr. Gerald), sports, music, everyday chores and religious rituals.