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Letter from Aodh de Blacam to Fr. Senan Moynihan OFM Cap. referring to proofs of his forthcoming article on his recent visit to Rome. He also refers to his 'rosaries' from Fr. Henry Edward George Rope. De Blacam concludes 'My patient is marvellously better. I myself lost 1 stone since New Year, not missing it'.

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 clipping of tribute to the writer Dora Sigerson Shorter by Katharine Tynan. The tribute was published in the ‘Observer’ (13 January 1918).

A clipping of an appeal from the Church of Ireland Archbishops of Armagh and Dublin urging men to enlist in the British armed forces ‘in the present critical state of the battle for the world’s freedom’. Reference is made to the government’s purported intention to impose conscription upon Ireland. The clipping is taken from the ‘Irish Times’ (18 April 1918).

A clipping of an article by Lieutenant General Jeremiah Joseph ‘Ginger’ O’Connell on the handover of the Curragh military camp from the British Army to the Irish National Army. The article was written on the first anniversary of the handover. The clipping is taken from the ‘Freeman’s Journal’ (22 May 1923).

A clipping of an article reporting on a sermon preached by Daniel Cohalan, Bishop of Cork, praising the National Army and urging the populace to continue their support for their actions. The clipping is taken from the ‘Freeman’s Journal’ (25 May 1923).

A clipping of an article reporting Éamon de Valera’s speech at a gathering in the Scala Theatre in Dublin in which outlined the objectives of his new party Fianna Fáil. The clipping is taken from the ‘Irish Independent’ (17 May 1926).

A clipping of an article reporting on the efforts of the Irish National Volunteers to secure more rifles and ammunition. The clipping is taken from the ‘Sunday Chronicle’ (31 May 1914).

A clipping of a photograph titled ‘Sinn Féin incendiarism in Liverpool’. The original caption notes that the image shows the ‘smouldering ruins of a Jordan Street cotton warehouse which was set on fire during Saturday night’. The clipping is taken from the ‘Manchester Guardian Weekly’ (3 December 1920).

A clipping of a letter from Constance Markievicz published in the ‘Freeman’s Journal’ on the need to encourage more Irish people to buy locally made cigarettes. Markievicz references the experiences of female workers in the tobacco industry and a campaign by the Women Workers’ Union which notes that two hundred women had recently been dismissed due to a ‘slackness in work’.