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A clipping of a letter by Seán O’Casey referring to the religious beliefs of Frank Ryan. O’Casey recalls his meetings with Ryan during the Spanish Civil War period and refutes the suggestions made about Ryan by the ‘dogmatic’ Hamish Fraser. The letter is dated 2 April 1952 but the newspaper from which the clipping was taken is not stated in the volume.

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 reporting on a lecture given by Frank Robbins, a 1916 Rising veteran and trade unionist, at the inaugural meeting of the Trinity College Fabian Society in Dublin. The clipping is taken from the ‘Irish Catholic’ (20 November 1952).

A biographical sketch of the politician Peadar Cowan published in the ‘Irish Times’ (22 November 1952).

A copy of ‘Saoirse / a news-sheet for Irish nationalists’, no. 17 (14 March 1943).

A copy of the ‘Manifesto of the Socialist Party of Ireland / with declaration of principles’ (Dublin, [1949]). The preface is dated December 1949. The Socialist Party of Ireland (later known as the ‘World Socialist Party, Ireland’) was a small Marxist political grouping founded in 1949.

A clipping of an article reporting on Éamon de Valera’s arrival in Galway and his meetings with followers. The clipping is taken from the ‘Freeman’s Journal’ (1 January 1918).

A clipping of a photograph of Éamon de Valera opening the Irish Republican Prisoners’ Dependents’ Fete at Shelbourne Park in Dublin. The clipping is taken from the ‘Irish Independent’ (30 September 1920).

An image of Frank Aiken (first on the left) with Éamon de Valera and a military officer and another individual on a boat, possibly in Cork Harbour.

A clipping of an article by Daniel O’Boyle recalling Éamon de Valera’s journey to Derry to speak at St. Columba’s Hall in support of republican candidates in 1924. The clipping is taken from the ‘Derry Journal’ (27 July 1945).