INDEPENDENCE

Arthur Griffith. A Study of the Founder of Sinn Fein [drophead title, p.1: 'A Study of the Originator of the Sinn Fein Movement. Arthur Griffith'] (Dublin: Cahill & Co. Ltd., no date [1917?]). Pamphlet, 24pp, 8vo, printed wraps, with portrait of Griffith on front, fair condition.NLI tentatively dated to 1917. One copy on COPAC (NLS).

Irish School of Gardening for Women. Meanee, Kimmage Road, Terenure, Dublin (The Powell Press, 22 Parliament Street, Dublin, September 1917). Prospectus, 4pp., 8vo, good condition.Note added in unknown hand, If you know any girl desiring to become healthy wealthy & wise give her this prospectus.Information about staff and management, premises, course, division of professional and amateur, syllabus, examinations, fees, and rules.

Issue of The Irish Citizen newspaper, 21 September 1912, largely devoted to women's suffrage (during the hunger strikes of Mary Leigh and Gladys Evans in Mountjoy Gaol, Dublin) and with strapline: 'For Men and Women Equally | The Rights of Citizenship; | From Men and Women Equally | The Duties of Citizenship.' Newspaper, 8pp, fol., good condition.First article on front page begins 'The situation in Mountjoy Prison remains unchanged. Mrs. Leigh and Miss Evans are still being forcibly fed, and the condition of the former grows daily more desperate.' Headline, p.141: 'DEATH, MADNESS, OR RELEASE?

Fifty Points against Partition. With preface by William M. Murphy (Dublin: Independent Newspapers, Ltd., [1917]). Pamphlet, 8pp., 8vo, fair condition only.The only copy on COPAC at the BL, which attributes the whole pamphlet, and not just the preface, to Murphy.

The Senate of Ireland's National University! (date and place not stated [1914]). Handbill, one page, 4to, wear to extremities, mainly good condition.. It begins 'Your injustice to the Noble Proletariat of Louvain [destroyed by the German Army, 25 August 1914] is not excused by your venerable chestnut about the Destruction of the Alexandrian Library', ending, 'The majority of the Belgian population is Liberal, Socialist, and Anti-Clerical - just like the Allies of Mr. Redmond. What better end could a mere Church of Reaction have than to perish in the service of the French Republic.

Printed letter, with MS. additions, one page, 4to, fold marks, mainly good condition. 'Irish National Aid Association, Grand Central Halls, 10 Exchequer Street, Dublin, [8th June] 191[6]' to Sylvia Lynd, thanking her on behalf of the Provisional Executive for the 3gns she contributed to their funds. Signed by the Hon. Treas. (Richard Bowden and others).

To Irish Protestant Home Rulers - Throughout the United Kingdom (n.p., [1913]). Handbill, 4pp., 4to, some foxing and minor damage, mainly good condition.It responds to the Home Rulers desire to show a reasonable face (Roman Catholics not intolerant), planning a public protest at the Memorial Hall, London. Committee and executive Committee named.Not listed.

Arthur Griffith. A Study of the Founder of Sinn Fein [drophead title, p.1: 'A Study of the Originator of the Sinn Fein Movement. Arthur Griffith'] (Dublin: Cahill & Co. Ltd., no date [1917?]). Pamphlet, 24pp, 8vo, printed wraps, with portrait of Griffith on front, fair condition.NLI tentatively dated to 1917. One copy on COPAC (NLS).

The Flag on the G.P.O. Easter 1917. By J. J. Walsh. (Date and place not stated [c.1917]). Handbill poem, one page, 12mo, creased laid paper, mainly good condition. It is headed 'THE Flag on the G.P.O. | Easter 1917. | By J. J. Walsh', and with 'J. J. Walsh.' again at foot. The first of three stanzas reads: Why gather the crowd in O'Connell Street? | Why throng all the people there? | What eminent personage do they greet? | With the shouts that fill the air? | Who comes this morning or what's to be seen | That they hurry and push them so?

Irish School of Gardening for Women. Meanee, Kimmage Road, Terenure, Dublin (The Powell Press, 22 Parliament Street, Dublin, September 1917). Prospectus, 4pp., 8vo, good condition.Note added in unknown hand, If you know any girl desiring to become healthy wealthy & wise give her this prospectus.Information about staff and management, premises, course, division of professional and amateur, syllabus, examinations, fees, and rules.

The Irish Cause and The Irish Convention. By Wm. O'Brien, M.P. Authorized Report of Speech delivered May 21, 1917, in the House of Commons, in the Debate on Mr. Lloyd George's Irish Proposals (Dublin and London: Maunsel & Company, Limited, 1917). Pamphlet, 15pp., 12mo, good condition.Five copies on COPAC, several of which are of a later printing, containing 'Correspondence with the Prime Minister'.

Issue of The Irish Citizen newspaper, 21 September 1912, largely devoted to women's suffrage (during the hunger strikes of Mary Leigh and Gladys Evans in Mountjoy Gaol, Dublin) and with strapline: 'For Men and Women Equally | The Rights of Citizenship; | From Men and Women Equally | The Duties of Citizenship.' Newspaper, 8pp, fol., good condition.First article on front page begins 'The situation in Mountjoy Prison remains unchanged. Mrs. Leigh and Miss Evans are still being forcibly fed, and the condition of the former grows daily more desperate.' Headline, p.141: 'DEATH, MADNESS, OR RELEASE?

Fifty Points against Partition. With preface by William M. Murphy (Dublin: Independent Newspapers, Ltd., [1917]). Pamphlet, 8pp., 8vo, fair condition only.The only copy on COPAC at the BL, which attributes the whole pamphlet, and not just the preface, to Murphy.

The Senate of Ireland's National University! (date and place not stated [1914]). Handbill, one page, 4to, wear to extremities, mainly good condition.. It begins 'Your injustice to the Noble Proletariat of Louvain [destroyed by the German Army, 25 August 1914] is not excused by your venerable chestnut about the Destruction of the Alexandrian Library', ending, 'The majority of the Belgian population is Liberal, Socialist, and Anti-Clerical - just like the Allies of Mr. Redmond. What better end could a mere Church of Reaction have than to perish in the service of the French Republic.

Printed letter, with MS. additions, one page, 4to, fold marks, mainly good condition. 'Irish National Aid Association, Grand Central Halls, 10 Exchequer Street, Dublin, [8th June] 191[6]' to Sylvia Lynd, thanking her on behalf of the Provisional Executive for the 3gns she contributed to their funds. Signed by the Hon. Treas. (Richard Bowden and others).

To Irish Protestant Home Rulers - Throughout the United Kingdom (n.p., [1913]). Handbill, 4pp., 4to, some foxing and minor damage, mainly good condition.It responds to the Home Rulers desire to show a reasonable face (Roman Catholics not intolerant), planning a public protest at the Memorial Hall, London. Committee and executive Committee named.Not listed.

The Flag on the G.P.O. Easter 1917. By J. J. Walsh. (Date and place not stated [c.1917]). Handbill poem, one page, 12mo, creased laid paper, mainly good condition. It is headed 'THE Flag on the G.P.O. | Easter 1917. | By J. J. Walsh', and with 'J. J. Walsh.' again at foot. The first of three stanzas reads: Why gather the crowd in O'Connell Street? | Why throng all the people there? | What eminent personage do they greet? | With the shouts that fill the air? | Who comes this morning or what's to be seen | That they hurry and push them so?

The Irish Cause and The Irish Convention. By Wm. O'Brien, M.P. Authorized Report of Speech delivered May 21, 1917, in the House of Commons, in the Debate on Mr. Lloyd George's Irish Proposals (Dublin and London: Maunsel & Company, Limited, 1917). Pamphlet, 15pp., 12mo, good condition.Five copies on COPAC, several of which are of a later printing, containing 'Correspondence with the Prime Minister'.

The Lord Mayor of Cork and Mr. Lloyd George. A Statement by Alderman Liam de Roiste, M.P. (Cork) (place and date not stated [1920]). Mimeograph, one page, fol., headed in type: 'For publication. With compliments, Art O'Brien.' It concerns the arrest of Terence MacSwiney. It begins, 'Mr. Lloyd George apparently believes that if a lie or a series of lies is reiterated and adhered to the public will accept them as truth.

The Avenue to Peace in 1921 | Ireland's Claim to Independence | How England met this Claim in 1782 (London: Burt & Sons (M. & B., Ltd.), Printers, Bayswater, no date [1921]). Pamphlet, 24 pp, 12mo, good condition. With compliments slip, and printed circular facsimile of Typed Letter Signed (12mo, 1 p) from the author. 8 Onslow Gardens, SW7; 25 April 1921. It begins 'As I am an Elector in both countries, I am perhaps more vitally concerned in finding a solution to the Irish Problem than the average Englishman.'Seven copies on COPAC and WorldCat.

The Lord Mayor of Cork. Miss Mary MacSwiney & the Portsmouth Congress (place and date not stated [1920]). Mimeograph, one page, fol., fair condition, headed in type: 'For publication. With compliments, Art O'Brien.' Statement, signed in type at end by Terence MacSwiney's sister Mary, beginning, The papers this morning mention that I visited Portsmouth yesterday, and gave Mr. Thomas's statement to the Labour Congress. | I should like to give my view of the affair.Not listed.

The Sinn Fein Fellowship (London: the Peace with Ireland Council, undated ['Reprinted by permission from the Westminster Gazette of April 29, 1921']). Handbill, 4pp, 12mo, poor condition, on browning chipped high-acidity paper, with thin strip at head of each leaf lacking, with loss to two lines of text on pp. 2-4.Copies at NLI and LSE.

The Ulster Difficulty (place and date not stated). Pamphlet, 24 pp, 8vo, printed wraps, carrying a further two pages of text on the insides, good condition. Three copies on COPAC; those at the Cambridge and LSE tentatively dated to 1912, and that at NLS to 1920, as the NLI copy.

26 issues of the Irish Bulletin, 1920-1921, all fol., 2-5pp. (mainly 2), all in good condition, and all but one apparently complete, worn, but with texts, except for 7 September 1920, clear and complete. Two issues (28 July 1921 and supplement of same date) stamped in green 'Official Copy'. Comprising: 26 March 1920;30 March 1920; 30 September [i.e. August] 1920 (vol. 2 no. 22); 2 September 1920 (vol. 3 no. 2); 5 September 1920 (vol. 3 no. 4); 7 September 1920 (vol. 3 no. 5), 1p. [incomplete?]; 10 September 1920 (vol. 3 no. 8);13 September 1920 (vol. 3 no. 9); 16 September 1920 (vol. 3 no.

Hellish Reprisals in Ireland (Liberal Publication Department, Leaflet No. 2570, October 1920).Detailed annotation in unknown hand, asking about Lynd's authority for information, suggesting he names murderers and witnesses, and that he cite Scottish and English papers which have featured the murders.

Who Began It? | The Truth about the murders in Ireland (The Peace with Ireland Council, [1919]. Handbill, 2pp., 12mo, small closed tears, light staining, otherwise good condition.Three copies on COPAC, including TCD

English Horrors in Irish Jails ([1918]). Handbill, [4]pp., 8vo, text complete but stained and worn, with small closed tears on folds. Charles Kenny, a 'Sanitary Contractor' makes a statement regarding the conditions he and his fellow prisoners experienced at Mountjoy and Belfast Jails at the hands of the British authorities. The statement, made before Commissioner for Oaths, Peter Seales and witnessed by Dubliners Laurence O'Neill (Lord Mayor of Dublin), Patrick. Wm. Corrigan. Fr. Patrick Flanagan (Church of the Holy Family) and Josephine Mary Plunkett.

Issue of the newspaper Éire: The Irish Nation for 20 January 1923, with front page headline: 'DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE OF DAIL EIREANN. | First Parliament of the Irish Republic, 21st January, 1919.' Dublin: The Irish Nation Committee. Newspaper, 8pp, 4to, a few closed tears fair condition.

The North Dublin Election News | 10th February 1932 | Support President Cosgrave | Vote for the Government Party | Six Candidates | in the order of your choice | 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 (Dublin: Published by P. F. O'Reilly, Solicitor, 66 Dame St., Dublin, Agent for the Candidates, and printed by Cahill & Co., Ltd., Dublin [1932]). Handbill, 4pp., 4to, good condition.Photographs of the six Government Party candidates on p.1, including Michael Collins's sister Mrs Margaret Collins-O'Driscoll.Not listed.

List of around 170 'Prisoners in English and Scotch and Six County Jails' and third pages with names and addresses. The first entry is 'Bell, Patk. Maidstone | 17 Pound St., Belfast (arrested June '22) | 3 yr. | Arms', and the fourth 'Conway, Thos. | Coranmore, Cranagh, Plumbridge, Tyrone | 5 yrs | Arms & Firing at Specials'. Other charges include 'Kidnapping', 'Poss. revolver', 'Ambush'. One manuscript correction, and manuscript addition of five individuals ('Offence of these prisoners believed to be Bank Raids'), the last of whom is 'Mulligan John (15 mts imprisonment.