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An image of Éamon de Valera working with Kathleen O’Connell. The photograph is signed by both individuals. O’Connell was a long-term confidante of de Valera and served as his personal secretary for thirty-six years.

A clipping of an article referring to the possibility that Éamon de Valera may give a lecture in Denver, Colorado, in May 1939. The invitation to de Valera was given by the Catholic Library Association. The clipping is taken from the ‘Denver Catholic Register’ (9 February 1939).

A clipping of a report on Éamon de Valera’s appeal for national solidarity as negotiations between Dáil Éireann and British government representatives commence. The clipping is taken from the ‘Irish Independent’ (10 October 1921).

A clipping of an article by Éamon de Valera stating Sinn Féin’s political aspirations. The article was originally published in ‘The Monitor’, a newspaper published in New Jersey in the United States. The clipping is taken from the ‘Catholic Times’ (18 October 1919).

A clipping of a photograph of Constance Markievicz speaking at an anti-Treaty event in Cork. Éamon de Valera is seated behind Markievicz. The clipping is taken from the ‘Freeman’s Journal’ (21 February 1922).

A clipping of a report on Éamon de Valera’s tribute to Thomas Ashe in a speech in Ennis, County Clare. Reference is also made to the remarks of Michael Fogarty, Bishop of Killaloe. The clipping is taken from the ‘Weekly Freeman’ (6 October 1917).

A clipping of a statement issued by Éamon de Valera regarding the non-participating of republicans in the Tailteann Games. De Valera argues that the Games were ‘officially opened by Free State Ministers’ and that the participation of republicans would only serve ‘to further the pretence that the people of Ireland have now secured the freedom they desire’. The newspaper from which the clipping was taken is not stated.

A photographic print of mourners (mostly religious) arriving to pay their respects to the late Archbishop Paschal Robinson OFM, Apostolic Nuncio to Ireland. The location may be the Apostolic Nunciature building in the Phoenix Park in Dublin. Robinson’s remains were later taken to the St. Mary’s Pro-Cathedral in Dublin where his Requiem Mass was celebrated.

A clipping of an article reporting on the appointment of Monsignor Ettore Felici as the new Apostolic Nuncio to Ireland. The article provides a brief sketch of Felici’s career as a papal diplomat. The clipping is taken from the ‘Irish Independent’ (3 September 1949).