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.

A signed military permit for the superior and community at 53 St Stephen’s Green. It was anticipated that the community & boarding pupils may have to evacuate to the safety of Loreto Abbey Rathfarnham. See Annals Loreto Abbey Rathfarnham 1913 - 1916 (LAB/LAC/1/6) and Annals Loreto College 53 St Stephen’s Green 1914 - 1918 (SSG/3), entries for 30th April 1916.