The file comprises: 9 Aug. 1922 (no. 1); 12 Aug. 1922 (no. 3); 15 Aug. 1922 (no. 5). 2 copies; 22 Aug. 1922 (no. 7). 2 copies; 1 Sept. 1922 (no. 10). 2 copies; 5 Sept. 1922 (no. 12); 16 Sept. 1922 (no edition number). Title page has a drawing ‘With the IRA (somewhere in Ireland)’ by Constance Markievicz; 17 Sept. 1922 (no. 15). 2 copies; 27 Sept. 1922 (no. 19); 28 Sept. 1922 (no. 20). Title page has a drawing ‘Free Staters in Action’; 1 Oct. 1922 (No. 21). Title page has a drawing ‘With the Dublin Brigade, IRA’ by Constance Markievicz; 8 Oct. 1922 (no. 23). 2 copies; 22 Oct. 1922 (No. 30); 27 Oct. 1922 (No. 33). The issue of 8 Oct. 1922 is annotated on the reverse ‘G.K. 544 N.C.R., A.F. M. Philips. It was found in an envelope with a manuscript annotation: ‘Rev. Fr. Sebastian [O’Brien OFM Cap.]’.
The file contains the following editions of this Anti-Treaty newsletter: 12 Aug. 1922 (No. 1)-23 Sept. 1922 (No. 6) 6 Sept. 1922 (No. 8)-4 Nov. 1922 (No. 12) 18 Nov. 1922 (No. 14)-19 Dec. 1922 (No. 19) Multiple copies of some editions of 'The Nation' are extant in the file. With two copies of 'Handbills for Heretics', an undated Anti-Treaty publication which re-used some content from 'The Nation'.
A photographic print of General Michael Collins at Portobello Barracks (now Cathal Brugha Barracks) in Dublin in 1922. An annotation on the reverse refers to the provenance of this copy of the print as relating to 'F.E. Burdett, Peak View Road, Chesterfield, Derbyshire'.
The title page of anti-Treaty publication ‘Freedom’ (24 September 1922). The cover has a satirical portrait of General Richard Mulcahy, Commander-in-Chief of the Provisional Government’s forces. The cartoon’s title reads ‘When Mulcahy wore the collar of gold which he won from the proud invader’. (Volume page 47).
A republican flier with the text of a ballad titled ‘Griffith & De Valera / or “put” and “take” for Ireland’. To be sung to the air of ‘The Peeler and the Goat’.
A clipping of two election fliers for the County Dublin constituency. The fliers were produced for Darrel Figgis (an Independent Pro-Treaty candidate) and Thomas Johnson (the Labour Party candidate). The advertisements appeared in the ‘Irish Independent’ (15 June 1922).
An image of the interior courtyard area of the Four Courts in Dublin following the attack on the building at the outset of the Civil War. A manuscript caption on the reverse of the print reads ‘Rebel garrison surrenders / Four Courts in flames after great explosion / Picture shows the barricade behind the inside gates after the surrender’. The republican forces occupying the Four Courts, commanded by Rory O’Connor, surrendered after two days of shelling by the National Army (28-30 June 1922).
An image of a destroyed building. No location is given but it is likely part of the Four Courts complex in Dublin. The building was largely destroyed during the assault by Provisional Government forces at the outset of the Civil War.
An image of Irish National Army troops at Beggars Bush Barracks in Dublin. Originally constructed for the British military in 1827, the barracks was the first military installation to be handed over to the newly formed Provisional Government on 1 February 1922.
A clipping of a letter from the artist Paul Henry regarding the need to find an appropriate location in Dublin for a gallery to house the paintings from the Hugh Lane bequest. The letter was published in the ‘Irish Independent’ (4 October 1922).
