A collection of material related to the Easter Rising 1916 from the IBVM (Loreto) Institute & Irish Province Archives, including contemporaneous accounts of the Rising as observed by the Loreto Sisters at St Stephen’s Green Dublin and Loreto Abbey Rathfarnham. The material is collated from three separate Loreto archival collections: the community archives of Loreto Abbey Rathfarnham; Loreto College, 53 St Stephen’s Green; and M. Michael Corcoran IBVM, Superior General 1888 – 1918. The collection comprises of two manuscript community annals, a military permit, picture postcards from Loreto Abbey Rathfarnham and Loreto College, 53 St Stephen’s Green, and a typed letter from M. Michael Corcoran IBVM, Superior General 1888 – 1918.

[Memorabilia from 1916-1923, including a ticket to an Irish Volunteer concert, a small 4 page leaflet detailing anniversary masses for all the leaders of the rising, and a postcard 'Irish Rebellion May 1916' depicting Con Keating.]

[Various items regarding the republican movement, including a postcard depicting Eamonn Ceannt, commemorative of the 'Irish Rebellion May 1916', a copy of Ceannt's last statement, and a copy of MacDonagh's last letter to his wife Muriel.]

[Set of two commemorative bronze medals depicting Roger Casement and allegories of Irish independence / by B.H. Meyer of Pforzheim.]