A clipping from the 'Irish Independent' (6 Sept. 1913) showing Fr. Jarlath Hynes OSFC (left) at the funeral service for some of the victims of the Church Street tenement disaster. The funeral services were held in St. Michan's Church on Halston Street.
A clipping from the 'Irish Independent' (6 Sept. 1913) showing the funeral procession for victims of the Church Street tenement disaster crossing Grattan Bridge.
An election flier issued by the Trade Union Congress and the Irish Labour Party addressed 'to the workers of Ireland' setting out their polices in advance of the general election of December 1918.
File relating to the purchase of Ards House and a portion of the former Stewart-Bam estate by the Irish Land Commission to the Capuchin friars. The purchase (for £5,500) was finalized in April 1930. The file includes valuation reports, receipts (from the Irish Catholic Church Property Insurance Ltd.) and correspondence with the Land Registry Office, solicitors and the National Bank Ltd. Letters from the Forestry Department refer to the proposed acquisition of a portion (33 acres) of the lands adjoining Ards House for £330.
The Irish Landowner’s Convention was set up in early 1888 to protect the interests of landowners in the face of agrarian agitation and legislative reforms which enabled tenant proprietorship.
Draft notes compiled by Fr. Richard Henebry on Irish language texts. The notes are signed ‘Risteard de Hindeberg’ and include a reference to the year 1913.
A postcard print image of a large crowd assembled on Sackville Street (later O’Connell Street) in Dublin. The caption to the original postcard image (printed by Chancellor Photographic Studio) reads ‘Irish Language Procession, September 19, 1909’. (Volume page 27).
A postcard print image of a large crowd assembled on O’Connell Bridge in Dublin. The caption to the original postcard image (printed by Chancellor Photographic Studio) reads ‘Irish Language Procession, September 19, 1909’. In the background of the print, the statue of William Smith O’Brien (1803-1864), a nationalist politician and Irish language activist, stands in its original position near the junction of O’Connell Bridge with Westmoreland Street and D’Olier Street. It was moved to its present location on O’Connell Street in 1929.
A view of a procession headed by an elaborate tapestry seemingly depicting Erin. The caption on the plate reads ‘Language Procession’. The Church of St. Paul on Arran Quay, Dublin, can be seen in the background. The plate is by Mayne, Lord Edward Street, Dublin.
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).