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A view of the Dublin Quays at dusk. An annotation on the reverse of the print reads 'Evening on the Liffey, Dublin'.

A pledge medal of the Dublin Total Abstinence Association dating to 1840. The front (face) shows the Good Shepherd. The outer-rim inscription reads ‘I have found the sheep that was lost Luke Chap. 15 v. 6’. The obverse has a cruciform text of the pledge and reads: ‘I have voluntarily promised in the presence of the Revd. Dr. Spratt to abstain from all spiritous liquors and intoxicating drinks except used medicinally and then by order of a medical man and the discountenance of all the vices and practices of intemperance and also to attend to my religious duties’. The outer-rim inscription reads ‘The Dublin Total Abstinence Pledge The Very Revd. Dr. Spratt Patron 1840’. The maker of the medal was J. Taylor.

A clipping of a report on the presentation to be made to Robert Monteith as a token of his record of service to his country. The clipping is taken from ‘Irish Weekly and Ulster Examiner’ (19 February 1949).

A flier referring to the imprisonment of the leaders of the Dublin Unemployed Association in Mountjoy Jail and asking workers to protest to secure their release. A manuscript annotation on the reverse of the flier reads ‘The meeting on Sunday 6th was attended by a few important men from “The Irish Workers’ League” including Mr Furlong and Mr O’Riordan’.

A clipping of an article by Gabriel Fallon criticising the protests which marked the appearance of Orson Welles at the Gate Theatre in Dublin. Fallon repudiates the actions of the Catholic Cinema and Theatre Patrons’ Association who organized the protests. The clipping is taken from ‘The Standard’ (4 January 1952).

A clipping of a report on the conferral of the freedom of Dublin upon Archbishop Gerald O’Hara. It is noted in the article that O’Hara will soon leave Ireland to take up the position of Apostolic Delegate to Britain. The clipping is taken from the ‘Irish Independent’ (28 July 1954).

A view of the small village of Dugort (also known as Doogort) on Achill Island off the coast of County Mayo on Ireland's Atlantic seaboard.