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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).

A photographic print of Aodh de Blacam. A manuscript note attached reads 'Please substitute enclosed snapshot in any future hue-and-cry for Aodh de Blacam as it is 25 years later and tactfully conceals absence of thatch'.

Photographic print of and Aodh de Blacam (left) and Fr. Senan Moynihan OFM Cap.. The print is signed by the photographer Adolf Morath (1905-c.1977).

A view of two inhabitants of the Aran Islanders off the coast of Galway on Ireland's western seaboard in about 1940.

An image showing the use of currachs to unload supplies for communities on the Aran Islands in about 1940. The print is titled ‘Aran contacts the World’.

The pamphlet comprises extracts taken from a ‘discourse at the Third Council of Baltimore, by Dr. John Ireland, late Archbishop of St. Paul, 10th November 1884’. Rev. Edmond O’Shea, Philadelphia, contends that the principles contained in Dr. Ireland’s speech offer a ‘full vindication by America’s foremost Statesman and Theologian of the Irish Republic proclaimed by Padraig Pearse and the Men of Easter Week, 1916, and ratified by Plebiscite of the Irish People, December 28th, 1918’.

A photographic print of the Most Rev. Thomas O’Donnell (1874-1936), Archbishop of Halifax (Nova Scotia, Canada).

An election handbill quoting a letter from the Most Rev. William J. Archbishop of Dublin criticising the stance of the Irish Parliamentary Party. It reads: ‘For years past I have never had a moment’s doubt that the Irish Home Rule cause in Parliament was being led along a line that could only bring it to disaster. …’. The handbill concludes with a call to vote for W.T. Cosgrave in the Kilkenny by-election.

An image of William Joseph Walsh (1841-1921), Archbishop of Dublin from 1885 to 1921.

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Sectional plan and front-view elevation of the proposed Church of the Immaculate Conception in Parow, Cape Town, South Africa. The plan is initialed ‘GA’ and is dated 19 January 1935.