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A clipping of an article referring to various documents and objects associated with the 1916 Rising held in various collections in Britain. Reference is made to the naval ensign salvaged from the German gun-runner ‘Aud’. The article was published in the ‘Irish Press’ (7 April 1947).

A photographic print of the surviving members of the First Oireachtas held in 1897. The photograph was taken in College Park in Dublin in 1947. The group includes Tadhg Ó Donnchadha (‘Torna’), Seosamh Ó Conchubhair, Pádraig Ó Siochfhradha (‘An Seabhac’), and Seamus MacManus.

A clipping of a profile of the sculptor May Power by Geraldine Coster published in ‘Personality Parade’ (April 1947). May Power was the daughter of the renowned Dublin-born sculptor Albert Power.

Inscribed on foot: ‘Moore’s Melodies Presented by Denis Guiney 1947’. The bowl is inscribed with winners from 1973-96. The base also has silver shields indicating winners.

A clipping of a short article reporting on the funeral of Mary Brigid Pearse (1884-1947) at the Church of Annunciation in Rathfarnham, Dublin. The clipping is taken from the ‘Irish Press’ (17 Nov. 1947). The article reads 'The President, Taoiseach and members of the Government were among those who attended the funeral of Miss Mary Brigid Pearse, which took place to Glasnevin Cemetery on Saturday, after Mass in the Church of the Annunciation, Rathfarnham, celebrated by Rev. Joseph Mallin, S.J., son of the executed 1916 leader, and a former pupil of St. Enda's'.

An image captioned 'Dominion Monarch / 1947'. The photograph shows a line-crossing ceremony on the ship, an initiation rite that commemorates a person's first crossing of the Equator. Built in England between 1937 and 1939, the 'Dominion Monarch' was a passenger liner which regularly operated services between Britain and ports in the southern hemisphere (particularly in South Africa, Australia and New Zealand).

An image taken from on board the 'Dominion Monarch' docked in the Port of Cape Town, South Africa. The ship in the distance is either the RMMV 'Stirling Castle' or her identical sister ship the RMMV 'Athlone Castle', British passenger liners built by Harland & Wolff (Belfast) for the Union-Castle Line's mail service from Southampton to Cape Town.

A photographic print of Molly Childers arriving in Boston for medical treatment in 1947. She was treated as a patient in Brookline Hospital in Massachusetts from 1947 to 1950.