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A flier produced for Thomas Harris, the Fianna Fáil candidate, in the Kildare by-election held in June 1931.

A printed copy of Lloyd George’s letter to Sir Horace Plunkett referring to certain reservations about the powers which could be granted to an Irish Representative assembly during the Great War.

A republican flier titled ‘Can Ireland Stand Alone? / Is she rich enough to set up as an independent nation’. The flier was published by Sinn Féin in Dublin and is dated 28 August 1918.

Instructions for local Sinn Féin clubs for 1921-2. The document divides up the work suitable for Sinn Féin Cumainn in different areas (divided into those in urban, rural or seaboard areas, those with ample hall accommodation, and those that can only act as an election or organising committee). Also provided is a list of appropriate books for Sinn Féin Club libraries.

A satirical republican handbill assailing the character of David Lloyd George.

A republican handbill comparing the treatment of Irish prisoners held by the Free State authorities with those detained by the administration in the Northern Ireland. The leaflet suggests that both administrations are ‘puppets’ of England.

An anti-Treaty republican handbill. The text reads ‘Mr. [William T.] Cosgrave stated on Sunday in Dublin, that the Republican Hunger-strikers are in jail because life and property were not safe while they were at large. … During the past six months, sixteen Free State Soldiers have been convicted in the criminal courts for robbery under arms and murder. .. Not even one Republican soldier has been charged with any of these offences. Who then are the robbers?’.

A letter from N. O’Connor to the editor of the ‘Evening Herald’ refuting the assertion that his late brother (General Rory O’Connor) ‘left all his money to the Minister [Kevin O’Higgins] responsible for his death’.

A clipping of a report on the decision of the British government to ban all travel between Great Britain and Ireland. The clipping is taken from the ‘Irish Independent’ (3 March 1944).

A clipping of a tribute to Kevin Barry published in the ‘National Student’ (December 1945).