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Letter to Lena May Murphy, Cork, from Fr. Dominic O’Connor OFM Cap. (23 Nov. 1918). It reads: ‘I must thank you very sincerely for your great kindness to my dead father in his last illness. All at home are never done telling everybody of you and your wonderful goodness’. This letter was sent by [Maire] Murphy, 35 Mercier Park, Curragh Road, Cork, to Fr. Nessan Shaw OFM Cap. (13 Nov. 1991), explaining that Lena May Murphy was her late aunt. With a copy photograph of Lena May Murphy, and notes by Fr. Nessan re Lena May who worked as a nurse caring for elderly patients.

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.

A Sinn Féin poster advocating for the candidacy of Arthur Griffith in the general election of 1918. The text reads ‘Put Him In To Get Him Out / vote for Griffith / the man in jail for Ireland’.

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 clipping of an article from ‘Irish Opinion’, a weekly labour newspaper, questioning John Redmond’s role in ‘saving’ Kynoch’s munitions factory in Arklow, County Wicklow.

A postcard print of a cartoon image of a boat at sea named ‘Irish Nationality’, being navigated by a priest (presumably representing the Catholic Church). The boat is being rowed by leading Irish politicians such as Éamon de Valera and Arthur Griffith. Each of their respective political parties are represented in writing on their oars – Sinn Féin, Labour, and the Nationalist Party. Printed by the Gaelic Press. The artist’s initials are given as ‘H.O’N’.

A postcard print of a nationalist cartoon titled ‘The Bewitched Signboard’ referring to elements of governance in what is termed ‘West Britain’.

A full-length photographic print of Robert Erskine Childers (1870-1922), the English-born Irish nationalist and Sinn Féin propagandist.

Bro. Lawrence Kane/Fr Lawrence Sullivan 1918c

A signed print of Constance Markievicz (1868-1927). The card is signed ‘Constance de Markievicz, I.R.A.’ and is dated 4 March 1918. The postcard image is credited to the Lafayette Studio, Dublin.