This is a collection of six bound volumes of Irish newspapers and ephemera covering the period 1916 to 1940. The majority of the material in four of the six volumes is from the Civil War period, 1922-23. These four volumes include long runs of anti-treaty newspapers including the Daily Sheet, the Daily Bulletin and Poblacht na h-Eireann and issues of other titles such as The Fenian and The Flame. In addition, there are many anti-treaty ephemeral items such as leaflets and short pamphlets. Bound in with these Civil War materials are occasional items from 1916, the War of Independence and the early years of the Free State. In addition to the four volumes pertaining to the Civil War era, one of the volumes contains a weekly newspaper entitled Nationality, edited by Arthur Griffith, covering the period September 1917 to February 1919 and another volume includes issues of the Republican Newspaper War News from the period 1939-40.
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The Irish Poetry Reading Collection, which forms part of the Irish Poetry Reading Archive, is a central repository for readings by Irish poets, in both the English and the Irish language. This collection aims to capture and preserve the rich and diverse landscape of poetry in Ireland, and includes the voices of: established poets; emerging poets; performance poets; avant-garde poets; English and Irish language poets; and Irish diaspora poets. Many of the readings are accompanied by handwritten or typed presentation copies of the poem, created by the poet especially for the reading.
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Mo Cheanntar Féin [Essays by Joseph Grace, collected from John Carrig, Shanachoole, Kildysart; Mary O'Neill, collected from Sara O'Neill, Stonepark, Coolmeen; Vincent Carrig, collected from William Carrig, Shanachoole, Kildysart; Michael Molony, collected from Tom Molony, Daughnieve, Coolmeen; Patrick Greene, collected from John Greene, Moyralla, Coolmeen; James Casey, collected from Henry Casey, Gortnahaha, Kildysart; John Joe Kenny, collected from Jim O'Connors, Gortnafrehane, Kildysart; Bridie Corry, collected from John Corry, Coolmeen, Ennis; George Casey, collected from Henry Casey, Gortnahaha, Ennis; Mary Price, collected from Martin Price, Moyralla, Ennis; Michael Grace, collected from Joseph Grace, Shanacoole, Ennis, Co. Clare.]
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