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A large collection of contemporary republican newspapers and Anti-Treaty publications. The sub-series includes extensive files of both 'Poblacht na hEireann (War News)' and the republican newssheet, 'The Daily Bulletin'.
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The file comprises the following issues of this weekly Anti-Treaty newspaper: 3 Jan. 1922 (Vol. 1, No. 1)-29 June 1922 (Vol. 1, No. 27). The series is complete with multiple copies of some issues. The issue of 15 Mar. 1922 (no. 12) is endorsed ‘Fr. Stanislaus [Kavanagh OFM Cap.] … Dun Laoghaire’.
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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).
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'The Plain People (Na Daoine Macánta)', Vol. 1, No. 13, 2 July 1922.
Grace Plunkett (née Gifford) (1888-1955) was an Irish artist and cartoonist who was active in the republican movement. She married Joseph Plunkett in Kilmainham Jail only a few hours before he was executed for his part in the 1916 Rising. During the Civil War, Grace Plunkett sided with Anti-Treaty republicans. She was arrested in February 1923 and interned in Kilmainham for three months.
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An illustration by Grace Plunkett which appeared in ‘The Plain People / Na Daoine Macánta’ newspaper on 16 April 1922.
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The file comprises the following editions: 6 July 1922. (no. 1) – 16 July 1922. (no. 7); 29 July (no. 11) – 5 Aug. 1922 (no. 12). These were styled the ‘war news’ editions. The editor of 'Nationality' was Sean T. O’Kelly. The newspaper of the same name was suppressed after the 1916 Rising, but was published for a couple of years later in Belfast. These first seven issues of the weekly paper cover all the hostilities during this early Civil War period, including the shooting of Cathal Brugha. The file includes multiple copies of some editions.
'Poblacht na hEireann (War News)' was edited mainly by Erskine Childers until his arrest (November 1922), and later by Frank Gallagher and others. The later editions convey news of day-to-day events in the Civil War from a republican perspective. Events referred to include the deaths of Michael Collins and Arthur Griffith and the executions of Erskine Childers and other prominent republicans.
The first seven editions were issued in broadside format from the Four Courts and printed in central Dublin during and immediately after the siege which marked the outbreak of the Civil War. They were evidently printed in this format to facilitate pasting onto walls. Each of the first seven editions is circa 51 x 38 cm, printed on one side only, no. 3 on green paper and no. 6 on buff paper. The remainder of the editions are regular folio newsprints. All single sheets and printed on one side only. A copy of 5 July 1922 (no. 9) and the edition of 16 Mar. 1923 (no. 175) are in cyclostyled typescript format. The reason for publication in this format is given in the opening paragraph: ‘After an interruption of over a week, “An Poblacht” makes its reappearance today. On Wednesday March 7th enemy forces of the Colonial [Free State] Government raided our printing offices, seized our machinery and plant, and arrested the staff, including a girl clerk of sixteen years. The raid was designed to suppress the voice of the Irish Republic. … It will be apparent that the production of this issue of our paper has been attended by temporary difficulties’.
There appears to be no record of a complete run of this publication, but it certainly did not continue beyond Éamon de Valera’s ‘dump arms’ order of 24 May 1923.
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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.
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'Poblacht na hEireann (War News)', No. 2, 29 June 1922.
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'Poblacht na hEireann (War News)', No. 5, 1 July 1922.
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'Poblacht na hEireann (War News)', No. 6, 2 July 1922.
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'Poblacht na hEireann (War News)', No. 121, 22 Dec. 1922.
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'Poblacht na hEireann (War News)', No. 47, 24 August 1922. This edition was published two days after the death of Michael Collins, the National Army's Commander-in-Chief, at Béal na Bláth in County Cork. Its editorial on Collins commences: 'Yesterday the Nation was shocked by the news of Michael Collins death … now his boundless energy and inexhaustible resource are no more ...' This is one of the last issues of 'War News' produced by Erskine Childers in West Cork before THE encircling National Army made anti-Treaty positions untenable, and he had to move the printing press into a vacant cottage at Ballyvourney. Helping him to print his news sheets were Sean O'Faolain, Frank O'Connor, Sean Hendrick (all famous writers), and R. Longford who later established the Lee Press in Cork city.
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The series is incomplete but there are multiple copies of some editions extant in the file.
Individual (loose) editions:
15 July 1922 (No. 2)-21 July 1922 (No. 6).
7 Aug. 1922 (No. 20)-14 Aug. 1922 (No. 26)
16 Aug. 1922 (No. 28)-26 Aug. 1922 (No. 37)
29 Aug. 1922 (No. 40)
31 Aug. 1922 (No. 43)-1 Sept. 1922 (No. 44)
23 Sept. 1922 (No. 63)
26 Sept. 1922 (No. 65)-29 Sept. 1922 (No. 68).
30 Sept. 1922 (No. 70)-7 Oct. 1922 (No. 76).
10 Oct. 1922 (No. 78)-11 Oct. 1922 (No. 79)
12 Oct. 1922 (No. 80)-17 Oct. 1922 (No. 84).
Bound editions:
26 July 1922-5 Aug. 1922 (Nos. 10-19).
18 Aug. 1922-26 Aug. 1922 (Nos. 30-38).
29 Aug. 1922-7 Sept. 1922 (Nos. 40-49).
2 Sept. 1922-11 Sept. 1922 (Nos. 45-52).
8 Sept. 1922-19 Sept. 1922 (Nos. 50-59).
12 Sept. 1922-15 Sept. 1922 (Nos. 53-56).
16 Sept.-25 Sept. 1922 (Nos. 57-64).
20 Sept.-30 Sept. 1922 (Nos. 60-69).
30 Sept. 1922-6 Oct. 1922 (Nos. 70-79).
'The Fenian' was an Anti-Treaty newspaper providing the republican perspective on the course of Civil War hostilities. The paper warns that ‘insidious attempts have been made within the last few days by the English King’s Provisional Ministers to spread the rumour that a truce had been achieved. Under cover of this they hope to weaken the splendid morale of the republican troops and then attack them when off their guard’. The editions were bound together with a note indicating that they belonged to ‘Rev. Fr. Sebastian [O’Brien OFM Cap.], Church Street’.
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'The Fenian (War Issue)', 20 July 1922 (No. 5).
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The file comprises:
9 Aug. 1922 (no. 1);
12 Aug. 1922 (no. 3);
15 Aug. 1922 (no. 5). 2 copies;
22 Aug. 1922 (no. 7). 2 copies;
1 Sept. 1922 (no. 10). 2 copies;
5 Sept. 1922 (no. 12);
16 Sept. 1922 (no edition number). Title page has a drawing ‘With the IRA (somewhere in Ireland)’ by Constance Markievicz;
17 Sept. 1922 (no. 15). 2 copies;
27 Sept. 1922 (no. 19);
28 Sept. 1922 (no. 20). Title page has a drawing ‘Free Staters in Action’;
1 Oct. 1922 (No. 21). Title page has a drawing ‘With the Dublin Brigade, IRA’ by Constance Markievicz;
8 Oct. 1922 (no. 23). 2 copies;
22 Oct. 1922 (No. 30);
27 Oct. 1922 (No. 33).
The issue of 8 Oct. 1922 is annotated on the reverse ‘G.K. 544 N.C.R., A.F. M. Philips. It was found in an envelope with a manuscript annotation: ‘Rev. Fr. Sebastian [O’Brien OFM Cap.]’.
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The file contains the following editions of this Anti-Treaty newsletter:
12 Aug. 1922 (No. 1)-23 Sept. 1922 (No. 6)
6 Sept. 1922 (No. 8)-4 Nov. 1922 (No. 12)
18 Nov. 1922 (No. 14)-19 Dec. 1922 (No. 19)
Multiple copies of some editions of 'The Nation' are extant in the file. With two copies of 'Handbills for Heretics', an undated Anti-Treaty publication which re-used some content from 'The Nation'.
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The file comprises the following editions of this Anti-Treaty publication:
14 Aug. 1922 (No. 3)-7 Jan. 1923 (No. 35). Issue No. 20 is missing but there are multiple copies of some editions. The issue of 25 Aug. 1922 (No. 8) refers to the death of Michael Collins at Béal na mBláth. The issue of 25 Oct. 1922 (No. 18) is described as a ‘Terence MacSwiney memorial number’.
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The file comprises the following: an undated first edition of 'Freedom' containing an ‘extract from a letter from Rory O’Connor’ regarding the attack on the Free Courts; 17 Sept. 1922 (no edition number) with a portrait of Lawrence Ginnell by Constance Markievicz; 24 Sept. 1922 (No. 7) with a drawing of the ‘the branded arm of James O’Reilly sketched from life’ by Constance Markievicz; 22 Oct. 1922 (No. 11), 3 copies; Dec. 1922.
See also the collection of Anti-Treaty political cartoons at IE CA-IR-1-7-3-32.
https://catholicarchives.ie/index.php/anti-treaty-political-cartoons
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A copy of 'Freedom' (17 Sept. 1922). The cover has a portrait of Lawrence Ginnell (1852-1923), a veteran Irish nationalist and opponent of the Anglo-Irish Treaty. The sketched-portrait was drawn by Constance Markievicz.
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This Anti-Treaty publicity newssheet was distributed to journalists and republican supporters. Written from the republican perspective, it provides a daily account of the conduct of the Civil War and appeared in much the same format and was written in the same journalistic style as the earlier 'Irish Bulletin' (IE CA IR-1-8-2-1-5). It was produced by the republican publicity department and was probably edited by Erskine Childers until his arrest (November 1922), and later by Frank Gallagher and others. The file comprises the following issues: 27 Sept. 1922 (No. 1)-8 Aug. 1923 (No. 267). The series is incomplete but there are multiple copies of some issues.
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The Scottish edition of this weekly Anti-Treaty newspaper. The file comprises the following editions: 30 Sept. 1922-6 Jan. 1923.
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The Scottish edition of this weekly Anti-Treaty newspaper.
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The file contains the following editions of this Anti-Treaty publication: 8 Nov. 1922; 22 Nov. 1922 (No. 2); 29 Nov. 1922 (No. 3); 14 Dec. 1922 (No. 5).
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The newssheet is titled ‘No. 1’, and urges the ‘men of the Free State Army to read what your English Allies think of you’.
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Official Communiqués from Republican Ministers including Éamon de Valera, President; Austin Stack, Minister for Finance; Padraig Ó Ruitleis, Minister for Home Affairs. These typescript duplicates of communiqués were published by the publicity department of the Anti-Treaty ‘Dail Eireann’ Republican Government. Includes Statement on ‘Why the Four Courts was Attacked’; Statements for publication regarding the trial of Capt. Erskine Childers in November 1922; Statement regarding the treatment of Joseph Clarke by Free State authorities. Clarke acted as the courier for the First Dáil but was interned from January 1921. Released in 1923, he acted as caretaker of the Sinn Féin headquarters on Harcourt Street, and founded the Irish Book Bureau. Although the Anti-Treaty Sinn Féin rejected participation in the Dáil, they continued to contest local elections, and Clarke sat on Dublin Corporation. (13 Nov. 1922); Proclamation by Liam Lynch, Chief of Staff of the IRA, declaring allegiance to De Valera as President of the Republic and pledging ‘our support in all the legitimate efforts to maintain and defend the Republic …’. 3 copies. (28 Oct. 1922); Order from Padraig Ó Ruitleis, Minister for Home Affairs, decreeing ‘that until further notice the present be observed as a time of National mourning, that all sports and amusements be suspended, that all Theatres, picture houses and other places of amusement and rest be closed …’. (13 Mar. 1923); ‘Cease Fire Order’ issued by Éamon de Valera on 27 April 1923: ‘As evidence of our good-will, the Army Council [of the IRA] is issuing herewith an Order to all Units to suspend aggressive action – the order to take effect as soon as may be, but not later than noon Monday, April 30th’. With blank nomination form used by Republican candidates in the parliamentary elections for the Third Dáil Eireann held on 16 June 1922. Printed by Browne & Nolan, Ltd., Printers, Dublin.
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The file comprises the following editions of this weekly republican newspaper:
17 Mar. 1923 (Vol. 1, No. 9)-25 Oct. 1924 (Vol. 2, No. 41). The newspaper was published by the Irish Nation Committee, 6 Harcourt Street, Dublin. The series is incomplete but there are multiple copies of some issues.
The final item (25 Oct. 1924) is over-sized and is stored in a separate folder.
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'The Workers’ Republic, the official organ of the Communist Party of Ireland’, 19 May 1923 (New Series, No. 86). The newspaper carries a reprint of part of James Connolly’s pamphlet 'Erin’s Hope'.
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The file contains the following editions:
16 Oct. 1923
19 Oct. 1923 (2 copies)
25 Oct. 1923. No. 275
1 Nov. 1923. No. 280 (2 copies)
5 Nov. 1923. No. 281 (2 copies)
8 Nov. 1923. No. 283 (2 copies)
9 Nov. 1923. No. 284 (2 copies)
12 Nov. 1923 No. 285 (2 copies)
13 Nov. 1923. No. 286
14 Nov. 1923. No. 287
15 Nov. 1923. No. 289 (2 copies)
19 Nov. 1923. No. 290
20 Nov. 1923. No. 291
21 Nov. 1923. No. 292
29 Nov. 1923. No. 295
4 Nov. 1923. No. 296 (2 copies)
This Anti-Treaty newsletter contains many articles referring to the conditions of imprisonment of republican prisoners in Mountjoy Jail and to their decision to call a nationwide hunger strike. The file also includes various Anti-Treaty newsletters and bulletins (mostly issued by Padraig Ó Ruitleis, acting president) referring to the conditions of the ‘424 Republican Prisoners’ on hunger strike in Mountjoy Jail. These cyclostyled bulletins were issued mainly to newspapers and journalists
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The file comprises the following editions of this weekly Anti-Treaty newspaper:
7 Aug. 1923 (Vol. 1, No. 1)-27 Oct. 1923 (Vol. 1, No. 27); Multiple copies
Note: No. 15 is missing.
3 Nov. 1923 (Vol. 2, No. 2)-25 Oct. 1924 (Vol. 2, No. 53); Multiple copies
Note: Vol. 2, No. 34 is missing.
1 Nov. 1924 (Vol. 3, No. 1)-13 June 1925 (Vol. 3, No. 33); Multiple copies
Note: Vol. 3, No. 32 is missing.
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The file comprises the following editions of this Anti-Treaty republican publication: 20 Nov. 1923 (No. 2); 22 Nov. 1823 (No. 3); 11 Dec. 1923 (No. 10). Issue No. 3 is ink-stamped: ‘O’Dwyer, tobacconist and newsagent, 30 Oliver Plunkett Street, Cork’.
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The file comprises the following editions of this daily news sheet:
6 Dec. 1923 (no. 28)-1 Jan. 1924 (no. 44). The following copies are extant in the file: Nos. 23; 24; 25; 27; 28 (2 copies); 29 (2 copies); 30 (2 copies); 31; 32; 37; 38; 40; 41 (2 copies); 42 (2 copies); 44. It was published in Dublin at Sinn Féin Headquarters, 23 Suffolk Street, Dublin.
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A copy of 'Irish War News', 20 Apr. 1924 (Vol. I, No. 2) containing editorials and messages from Padraig J. Ó Ruithleis, acting president, and Sean T. O’Kelly, staff of Commandant-General Padraig Pearse, 1916.
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The file comprises the following editions of this weekly republican newspaper:
6 Nov. 1925 (Vol. 1, No. 21)-25 Dec. 1925 (Vol. 1, No. 28);
1 Jan. 1926 (Vol. 2, No. 1)-2 Apr. 1926 (Vol. 2, No. 14);
23 Mar. 1935 (new series, Vol. X, No. 8);
20 Apr. 1935 (new series, Vol. X, No. 12)-4 May 1935 (new series, Vol. X, No. 14);
18 May 1935 (new series, Vol. X, No. 16);
8 June 1935 (new series, Vol. X, No. 19).
Multiple copies of some editions are extant.
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A national policy by Éamon de Valera: speech delivered at the inaugural meeting of the Fianna Fáil at La Scala Theatre, Dublin, May 1926 amplified and with complementary matter / Printed by the Mellifont Press, Ltd., Dublin and published by Fianna Fáil, 34 Lower Abbey Street, Dublin.
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King and Constitution / by Frank Gallagher (Proinnsias Ó Gallchobhair). Published by Wood Printing Works Ltd., Fleet Street, Dublin. The purpose and goals of Fianna Fáil on p. [3] of wrapper.
For biographical information on Diarmuid Ó Cruadhlaoich (1875–1947) see the 'Dictionary of Irish Biography' at https://www.dib.ie/biography/crowley-o-cruadhlaoich-diarmuid-a2253
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Step by Step / from the Republic back into the Empire / The evolution of Eamon de Valera / by Diarmuid Ó Cruadhlaoich / Judge of the Supreme Court of the Irish Republic.