Silver spoon and a silver ring made by Peter Kelly in Frongoch internment camp, North Wales.

Prisons | Political prisoners | Curated Collection--Representing the Revolution

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'Complete Address of Dr. Mannix / Archbishop of Melbourne / on the Irish Situation,' printed by Trade Union Labour. Irish-born Mannix was Archbishop of Melbourne for 46 years.

Mannix, Daniel,1864-1963

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Handwritten letter from Peter Kelly, Prisoner No. 923, Hut 36, Cage II, Ballykinlar Internment Camp, County Down to his sister Maggie. Kelly writes, 'there were a number of releases from here last week.'

Prisons | Political prisoners' writings, Irish | Revolutionaries

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Handwritten letter from Peter Kelly, Cell 130, Arbour Hill Prison, Dublin, to Eva, wishing her a Happy New Year.

Prisons | Political prisoners' writings, Irish | Revolutionaries

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Copy of 'The Barbed Wire' (No. 1, Vol. 1) published by Irish Republican Army officers in Cage Two at Ballykinlar Internment Camp, County Down.

Paramilitary forces--Irish Republican Army | Prisons | Political prisoners

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Collection of letters and a speech written by the late Bishop of Limerick, Edward Thomas O'Dwyer. The letters are dated 1915-1916, and cover topics such as: Irish emigration; and his correspondence with General Maxwell during 1916. This booklet contains a transcript of the speech

O'Dwyer, Edward Thomas, 1842–1917 | Maxwell, Sir John Grenfell, 1859-1929, Knight, General

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Handwritten letter from Peter Kelly, Prisoner No. 56, Frongoch, North Wales to his sister Maggie. Kelly writes, 'there is small chance of our release the side of Xmas.'

Prisons | Political prisoners' writings, Irish | Revolutionaries

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Newspaper clipping titled 'Irish Rebel Chief's Surrender' with photographs of Major John MacBride being escorted away after sentencing and Patrick Pearse surrendering to Brigadier-General William Lowe.

MacBride, John, 1865-1916 | Pearse, Patrick Henry, 1879–1916 | Lowe, William Henry Muir, 1861-1944

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Two items commemorating Thomas Ashe. The first item is a photocopy memorial booklet and the second item is a photocopy of a newspaper cutting. The newspaper cutting contains a letter from M. Fogarty, Bishop of Killaloe, titled 'Irish Bishop Speaks / The death of Thomas Ashe / The

Ashe, Thomas (Tomás Ághas), 1885-1917 | Fogarty, Michael, 1859–1955

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Handwritten lyrics to the song 'Harp or Lion.' 'Harp or Lion' mocks the West Briton and was coined by journalist and poet Timothy Daniel Sullivan.

Sullivan, Timothy Daniel,1827-1914

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Handwritten letter from Peter Kelly, Irish Prisoner of War, Frongoch Internment Camp, North Wales to his sister Maggie. Kelly writes it is 'too bad that our letters should be open to the gaze of any curious postman.'

Prisons | Political prisoners' writings, Irish | Revolutionaries

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Invitation to the 25th anniversary commemoration of the 1916 Easter Rising on 13 April 1941.

Ireland--History--Easter Rising, 1916

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