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A clipping of an article titled ‘On an Irish Island / a fifth-century monastery’. ‘Irish Independent’ (23 October 1919). The article refers to the ruins of monastic site on the Maharees Islands off the coast of County Kerry.

A clipping of an appreciation of Margaret Kennedy (1892-1953) by R.M. Fox published in ‘The Irish Weekly and Ulster Examiner’ (13 June 1953). Kennedy was a member of Cumann na mBan who served in Marrowbone Lane during the Rising. She was subsequently imprisoned in Kilmainham Jail. She later worked with the Irish National Aid Association and became a captain in Cumann na mBan (1920), and later a Commandant.

A clipping of an article referring to rumours relating to the arrest of Jim Larkin in the United States for involvement with various communist and radical socialist organizations. The newspaper title from which the clipping was taken is not given.

An image of the medieval round tower and ruined church at Donaghmore in County Meath.

An Anti-Treaty fly poster probably referring to the Free State attack on the Four Courts. It reads:
EASTER WEEK REPEATS ITSELF
THE IRA STILL DEFENDS THE REPUBLIC.

The Report of the Royal Commission on the Rebellion in Ireland in 1916. A Royal Commission of Inquiry was established under Charles Hardinge, 1st Baron Hardinge of Penshurst (1858-1944) to investigate the causes of the Rising. The commission commenced its work on 18 May 1916 and it heard evidence over nine days from key figures including Augustine Birrell, the Chief Secretary for Ireland (1905-1916), and Neville Chamberlain, the Inspector General of the Royal Irish Constabulary. The report of the commission was published on 26 June 1916. The report outlined conclusions drawn from the commission of inquiry. It criticized the administrative and intelligence systems in place in Ireland. It reached the general conclusion that the main cause of the rebellion, ‘appears to be that lawlessness was allowed to grow up unchecked, and that Ireland for several years past has been administered on the principle that it was safer and more expedient to leave the law in abeyance if collision with any faction of the Irish people could thereby be avoided'.

A view of two farmers at work on Inishmaan (Inis Meáin), one of the Aran Islands off the coast of County Galway, in about 1930.

The exterior of Sawmills Church and School near Livingstone in Northern Rhodesia.

A ticket for a republican event titled ‘Arms for Irishmen / Best Dance of the Season’. (Volume page 187).

A flier with the text of a ballad memorializing Tomás Mac Curtain, Lord Mayor of Cork.