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A copy of a pamphlet titled ‘The virtue of temperance and how it concerns our country’ (Dublin: printed by Patrick O’Brien, 46 Cuffe Street, [c.1915]).

A clipping of article titled ‘The Vineyard & the Labourer’s Wage’ by Tadgh Barry, a Cork-born journalist, trade unionist and nationalist politician. The article was published in ‘The Voice of Labour’.

A view of the unveiling of the Four Masters monument in The Diamond, the main square, in Donegal Town in 1938. The obelisk was erected to commemorate the four Franciscan friars (Mícheál Ó Cléirigh, Cú Choigcríche Ó Cléirigh, Peregrine Ó Duibhgeannáin and Fearfeasa Ó Maol Chonaire) who compiled the ‘Annals of the Four Masters’ between 1630 and 1636. Their names are incised into the monument (one to each face). Written in Irish, the ‘Annals of the Four Masters’ (Irish: 'Annála na gCeithre Máistrí'), are one of the most important surviving chronicles of medieval Irish history. The obelisk was designed by the Dublin architectural firm O’Callaghan and Giron, and was unveiled in 1938 by the Bishop of Raphoe, Dr William MacNeely, at the bequest of Patrick Gallagher, solicitor and noted historian, who bequeathed £5,000 for the creation of the monument.

A copy of a pamphlet titled ‘The unity of Ireland / partition debated in Seanad Éireann (the Irish Senate). Mr. De Valera's speech (from Seanad Éireann Official reports) partition debated in Seanad Éireann (the Irish Senate). Mr. De Valera’s speech (from Seanad Éireann Official reports) (Dublin: Stationary Office, 1939).

A view of some mountain tunnels on the Kenmare to Glengarriff road on the Beara Peninsula in County Cork.