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A telegram referring to the ratification of the Anglo-Irish Treaty by Dáil Éireann on 7 January 1922. The telegram reads ‘Roche, Presbytery, Winchester St., [St Helier] Jersey / Treaty ratified majority seven / Jim’. (Volume page 152).

A clipping of members of the Women’s National Health Association (WNHA) in Dublin in 1915. The image was published in the ‘Irish Life’ magazine (19 February 1915) on the occasion of the departure of the WNHA’s founder Ishbel Hamilton-Gordon (Lady Aberdeen) from Ireland. She is the central figure in the front row. (Volume page 155)

A clipping of a cartoon by Grace Gifford titled ‘The Bridal Gown’. The drawing was published in the ‘Irish Life’ magazine (7 November 1913). (Volume page 159).

A postcard print image of a large crowd assembled on Sackville Street (later O’Connell Street) in Dublin. The caption to the original postcard image (printed by Chancellor Photographic Studio) reads ‘Irish Language Procession, September 19, 1909’. (Volume page 27).

A clipping of an article reporting the appointment of new government ministers. The article was published in the ‘Irish Press’ (3 July 1943). (Volume page 167).

A clipping of an article reporting on the death of Colonel Joseph O’Reilly, the former aide-de-camp to Michael Collins. The article was published in the ‘Irish Independent’ (29 July 1943). (Volume page 173).

A ticket for an Irish Volunteers concert held in the Antient Concert Rooms on Great Brunswick Street (now Pearse Street) in Dublin on 9 April 1916. The concert included an address by Eoin MacNeill (1867-1945), a Gaelic scholar and Irish nationalist who had established the Irish Volunteers in 1913. (Volume page 187).

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

A photographic print of James Ryan with his wife (Máirín Cregan) and their family. The print is credited to Lafayette Studios. (Volume page 189)

A programme for a concert organised by Cumann na mBan in Bray, County Wicklow. The date is not given but an accompanying note elsewhere in the volume suggests that the event was held just a few weeks before the 1916 Rising. Many of the performers in the concert were participants in the Rising. Douglas ffrench-Mullen (1892-1943) was a younger brother of Madeleine ffrench-Mullen, the well-known republican, feminist, and labour activist. He served in the South Dublin Union under Éamonn Ceannt during the Rising. He was wounded during the fighting and was detained initially in Richmond Barracks and later at Frongoch Camp in Wales. Ffrench-Mullen was released in September 1916. His fellow accompanist at the Bray concert was the Carlow-born Cathal Mac Dubhghaill (d. 1926). A talented musician and composer, he arranged the music for Peadar Kearney ‘A Soldier’s Song’ in its published form. He participated in the Rising and was afterwards interned at Frongoch Camp, where he illustrated several well-known sketchbooks. Gerard Crofts (1888-1934) was a poet and operatic singer. During the Rising, he served with Commandant William James Brennan-Whitmore in the General Post Office and in the final retreat to Moore Street. He was court-martialled and sentenced to ten years imprisonment but was released under the terms of a general amnesty in June 1917. Seosamh MacCathmhaoil (Joseph Campbell) was born in Belfast in 1879 and emerged as an influential poet and Irish music lyricist. He supported the Rising and was active as a non-combatant during Easter Week, performing rescue and first-aid work. In 1917, he published a translation from Irish of the short stories of Patrick Pearse. He died in County Wicklow in June 1944. (Volume page 190).