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A clipping of an article on the production of a new play titled 'In Sand' by Jack B. Yeats in the Peacock Theatre in Dublin. The clipping is taken from the ‘Irish Times’ (14 April 1949).

A photographic print of Jack Bilbo at work on a sculpture titled ‘Life’. A typescript caption notes that the sculpture is his new creation for the World Fair. The caption also states that Bilbo is ‘well known as an artist, author, and manger of the Modern Art Gallery’. The image is credited to the Keystone Photo Agency.

A clipping of two images showing (top) Jacob’s biscuit factory described as one of the ‘rebel’s forts’ and (below) Constance Markievicz ‘behind the bars at Liberty Hall’. The clippings are likely taken from the ‘Daily Mirror’ (May 1916).

A clipping of an article referring to reports that James Connolly had died from his wounds at the General Post Office. The article was published in the ‘Daily Sketch’ (1 May 1916).

Seán Mac Giollarnáth (pseudonym Gerald O’Connor), ‘James Connolly / a study of his work and worth’ (Dublin: printed by Curtis, 12 Temple Lane, [c.1917]).

A photographic print of James Connolly (standing at far right) at the funeral of the veteran Fenian, Jeremiah O'Donovan Rossa in August 1915. O’Rossa had died in a hospital on Staten Island, New York. When he died Tom Clarke asked for his body to be returned to Ireland for burial. The funeral marked the first occasion when Connolly and the Irish Citizen Army appeared in a formal alliance with the Irish Volunteers. O'Donovan Rossa’s funeral was one of the largest political commemorations ever witnessed in Ireland. It was notable for Pádraig Pearse’s famous graveside oration.

A copy of a pamphlet titled ‘Dublin Trades Union and Labour Council / May-Day Celebration / May 12th, 1929 / James Connolly commemoration souvenir’ (Dublin: Published by McParland and Hall for the Dublin Trades Union and Labour Council, 1929).