Series 8 - Newspapers and Bulletins

12 items and 37 files; Newspaper and typescript

A large collection of newspapers, broadsheets and daily bulletins relating to the independence struggle. The republican newspapers, publicity material and political ephemera collected by the Irish Capuchins are particularly important as they cover a broad spectrum of nationalist political debate. A good number of the Irish Capuchins were privately sympathetic to the republican side and maintained close contacts with many prominent Anti-Treaty figures. Many of the republican newspapers and bulletins accumulated by the friars covered the day-to-day conduct of the Civil War and contain information not found elsewhere in the contemporary press since the daily newspaper titles published little or nothing originating from the Anti-Treaty side.

The series is divided into four sub-series broadly relating to the content and political outlook of the publications: 1. Nationalist, including cultural nationalist and revivalist publications; 2. The 'Irish Bulletin', the official gazette of the government of the Irish Republic during the War of Independence; 3. Republican and Anti-Treaty publications; 4. Foreign Newspapers.