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A republican handbill with the text of a ballad titled 'A Dublin Battle Ditty' referring to the attack by the forces of the Provisional Government on the Four Courts and the ensuing fighting in Dublin in June and July 1922.

Address to the Dublin Brigade by the Officer Commanding, signed by Oscar Traynor.

Cartoons attributed to Constance de Markievicz (1868-1927).
• A figure of Hibernia with arms behind her back and chained. Michael Collins (1890-1922), holds a gun to her head. Behind Michael Collins are a bishop and William Thomas Cosgrave, (1880-1965). In front of Hibernia and carrying a piece of paper with the words ‘Propaganda D.F.’, is Desmond Fitzgerald, (1889-1947). The caption reads: Carey Collins - Go down on your b------ knees without any more d-----d fuss swear allegiance to King George and his heirs. : Faker Fitzgerald - Don't listen to Devalera [sic]. I could tell you a lot about great great grandmother and Spanish gold. : The Bishop - Take any other oath that will get you out of your difficulties. : Comic Cosgrave - It was an awful joke talking about freedom, you know.
• The branded arm of James O’Reilly Sketched from life by C de M. View of an arm with the sleeve rolled up to expose branded marks. According to the printed statement on the accompanying page, Stephen Gorman aka James O’Reilly of Ballyblia, Ardee, County Louth, was arrested on 11 September 1922 while travelling on a weekend visit to Drogheda. He was arrested on suspicion that he had taken part in a republican demonstration in Ardee. He was then branded.
Notes: Title printed. Watermarks visible.
Physical description: 1 stencil print: roneo; 32.6 x 19.3 cm. (2 copies).

An autograph book signed by Anti-Treaty IRA prisoners detained in Limerick Jail in early 1923. The text includes patriotic and republican poems and statements composed by the detainees. The volume was compiled by James O’Mahony (Séamus Ó Mathúna) from Mitchelstown in County Cork. O’Mahony joined the Irish Volunteers in September 1917 and was active in the anti-conscription campaign. As an engineering student in University College Cork, he continued his republican activities and by July 1921 held the rank of adjutant of the 6th Battalion of the Cork No. 2 Brigade of the IRA. He participated in several engagements with British forces in Cork during the War of Independence and was appointed the brigade’s principal training officer. He took the Anti-Treaty side during the Civil War and was a member of the republican forces which fought in a large-scale engagement in Kilmallock in County Limerick in August 1922. He was captured by the National Army in December 1922 and was initially confined in Mitchelstown. In early January 1923, he was moved to Limerick Jail and was held there until he escaped on 31 March.

A republican handbill titled 'Conspiracy to Murder' referring to an alleged plot to have Éamon de Valera assassinated.

An Anti-Treaty fly poster probably referring to the Free State attack on the Four Courts. It reads:
EASTER WEEK REPEATS ITSELF
THE IRA STILL DEFENDS THE REPUBLIC.

A flier advertising a lecture by Constance Markievicz in San Francisco in the United States on 7 May 1922.

An Anti-Treaty handbill: 'Forward the Nationals! ...'.

A one-off Anti-Treaty publication produced on a duplicating machine with caricatures of Sir Alfred Cope, Cosgrave, Mulcahy, Walsh, Blythe, Fitzgerald, etc. The drawings are attributed to Constance de Markievicz (1868-1927).
The publication includes caricatures of:
Séan Ó Muirthile, member of the Supreme Council of the IRB (Irish Republican Brotherhood) 1916, Head and shoulders.
Desmond Fitzgerald, (1889-1947), Minister for External Affairs 1922-1927 and Minister for Propaganda outside the cabinet, August 1921. Described as ‘Liar in Chief to Publicity Department. Slave-State’. Head and shoulders, full face.
Ernest Blythe (1889-1975), Minister of Posts and Telegraphs: ‘The importance of being Earnest …’.
J.J. Walsh: ‘The man of “letters” with the “mailed” fist;
Richard Mulcahy: ‘haunted by the dreams of prisoners murdered by his troops’;
W.T. Cosgrave: ‘Jester in chief to the Freak State as seen in the Empire’.

An anti-Treaty cartoon referring to Desmond Fitzgerald (1889-1947), Minister for External Affairs (1922-7), and Minister for Propaganda outside the cabinet (August 1921). The caption refers to Fitzgerald as ‘Liar in Chief to Publicity Department. Slave-State’.