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An exterior view of the Cathedral of the Most Holy Trinity located on Barronstrand Street in Waterford city.

A view of Wicklow town and harbour in about 1940.

A view of Castlegar, a small village located just outside Galway city, in about 1945. . An annotation on the reverse of the print reads ‘Coming home from the market / a picturesque scene at Castlegar, near Galway’. The image was taken by P.J. Cahir, Knockroe, Kilfenora, County Clare.

A view of O’Connell Street, Dublin, in about 1930. One of the prominent buildings on Upper O’Connell Street is the Grand Central Cinema which opened its doors in 1921. It was badly damaged in a bomb attack in 1923, and finally destroyed when a fire broke out in 1946. The location is now occupied by a bank.

A view of the island of Ireland's Eye off Howth Head on the Dublin coast in about 1945.

An image of Hore Abbey (or Hoare Abbey, sometimes known as St. Mary's), a ruined Cistercian monastery in County Tipperary. A typescript annotation on the reverse reads 'Through the window of the Rock of Cashel / A snap through one of the round windows of the Rock of Cashel showing Hore Abbey in the left corner'.

The file comprises the following editions of this weekly Anti-Treaty newspaper: 9 Apr. 1922 (Vol. 1, No. 1)-2 July 1922 (Vol. 1, No. 13). Each edition featured political cartoons on the front page (some of which were drawn by Grace Plunkett).

'The Plain People (Na Daoine Macánta)', Vol. 1, No. 13, 2 July 1922.

An illustration by Grace Plunkett which appeared in ‘The Plain People / Na Daoine Macánta’ newspaper on 16 April 1922.

The file comprises the following editions: 28 June 1922 (no. 1) – 16 Mar. 1923 (no. 175). The series is missing a small number of editions but there are multiple copies of other issues extant in the file. The publication began with the attack on anti-treaty republicans in the Four Courts, and the publication focused on ways of conveying news of the changing situation to journalists, republican supporters and the general public. The first (un-numbered) edition was styled as a communiqué from Rory O’Connor, Major General, IRA. It read:
‘The boys are glorious, and will fight for their Republic to the end. How long will our misguided former comrades outside attack those who stand for Ireland alone?’ Reference is made in this first communiqué to Fr. Albert Bibby OFM Cap. and Fr. Dominic O’Connor OFM Cap. who were ministering to the besieged republicans.