Rules of the Dublin Drama Festival held under auspices of the Father Mathew Hall, Church Street. The competition is confined to amateur drama groups, and players must be bona fide members of the group they are playing with. The winners qualified for the All-Ireland Drama Festival.
A clipping of two election fliers for the County Dublin constituency. The fliers were produced for Darrel Figgis (an Independent Pro-Treaty candidate) and Thomas Johnson (the Labour Party candidate). The advertisements appeared in the ‘Irish Independent’ (15 June 1922).
A Dublin Fire Brigade tender near the Four Courts following the assault on the building at the start of the Civil War on 1 July 1922. A manuscript caption on the reverse of the print reads ‘Rebel garrison surrenders / Four Courts in flames after great explosion / the Four Courts, the republican fortress in Dublin, unconditionally surrendered to the Free State troops yesterday, and the garrison of about 150 are now in Mountjoy Prison / Photograph shows a fire engine at work’.
An image of a parade to encourage recruitment for the Royal Dublin Fusiliers at the outbreak of the First World War.
Draft article (probably written by Fr. Henry Anglin OFM Cap.) referring to the history of the Dublin Grand Opera Society, founded by Lieutenant Colonel William O’Kelly in 1941.
A view of Dublin Bridge (formerly Whitworth Bridge and now known as Father Mathew Bridge) in the Irish capital in 1932.
A photographic print of a group of officers of the Dublin Metropolitan Police (DMP) shortly before their disbandment in 1925.
A permit from the Dublin Metropolitan Police allowing Edmond Donelan, Rose Dale, Vergemount, Clonskea, to pass through the streets of Dublin (2 May 1916). The permit is signature-stamped by Walter Edgeworth-Johnstone (1863-1936) who served as chief commissioner of the Dublin Metropolitan Police (DMP) from 1915 to 1923. The page also has a used Dublin tramway ticket dated 22 April 1916.
A clipping of a report on the funeral arrangements for Monsignor Ettore Felici, Apostolic Nuncio to Ireland. The clipping is taken from the ‘Irish Independent’ (12 May 1951).
An aerial view of Dublin Port in September 1937.