Postcards of the First World War


A collection of postcards depicting images from World War I. The descriptive titles on the front of the postcards are in French and / or Irish while the text on the reverse of each postcard is in Irish.

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Fr. Francis A. Gleeson Papers


A collection of papers belonging to Fr. Francis A. Gleeson relating to his time as Catholic Military Chaplain to the 2nd Battalion Royal Munster Fusiliers during World War I. The papers include diaries detailing life at the front and religious activities, Brigade Rolls listing mainly Roman Catholic soldiers, and correspondence from the families of men missing or killed in action.

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