IRELAND

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?

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).

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.

Entertaining letters reflecting the privileged childhood of a member of the Irish nobility in the late Victorian period. Both in good condition, on lightly-aged paper, in aged envelope, with stamps and postmarks, addressed to 'Miss C. Parker | The Paddocks | Eccleston | Chester'. Letter One: 'Friday'. 1p., 12mo. She is sending 'some autographs which Mother gave me' (not present), and has 'put whoose [sic] they are on their backs in pencil'. She has 'no time to write now' as she is 'going out riding'.

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?

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.

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'.

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).

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.

Prospectus, 4pp., 4to, English and Irish texts, bifolium, minor foxing, good condition.The Officers, Vice-Presidents, Executive Council and Consultative Committee are listed. They announce and justify the undertaking of a new dictionary of Modern Irish, saying that the plates of the first such dictionary were destroyed in the Dublin fires during the troubles of Easter, and that new discoveries needed to be incorporated. Father Dinneen, responsible for the first Dictionary, has made his services available for the revised version.

'Portrait of Robert Lynd', for transmission on 4 August 1966. Typescript, 15pp, fol., good condition. Typewritten script of a BBC radio broadcast. The contributors to that portrait of Robert Lynd were his two daughters, Sheila Wheeler and Maire Gaster, George Buchanan, Norman Collins, A. R. Foster, Lionel Hale, Bulmer Hobson, Kingsley Martin, Larry Morrow, and J. B. Priestley. The recorded programme was narrated and produced by John Boyd. With BBC compliments slip, signed by Boyd.

Handbill, 4pp., 8vo, few short closed tears, fair condition only.Copy at NLI. The only copy on COPAC at LSE, tentatively dated 1921