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Contains manuscript material, brochures, pamphlets, and a substantial newspaper collection created principally by Tullamore brothers and Irish Volunteers Séamus and Alo O’Brennan. The earliest material from 1906 and 1909 are programs for feiseanna held by Tullamore Celtic Literary Society and Conradh na Gaeilge. Also includes letter from Inspector Crane of Tullamore RIC Barracks giving permission in 1911 to James Brennan (Séamus O’Brennan) to play hand-ball in the alley at the barracks during weekdays. Both Crane and O’Brennan were involved in the Tullamore Incident five years later.

Also includes a copy of the charge sheet relating to the Tullamore Incident of March 1916, the original of which is in a related set of O'Brenan family papers. This copy is annotated by Alo O’Brennan, along with annotated pages from Hansard’s Debates from April 1916 relating to the ‘affray.’

Also includes an illustrated pledge signed by Alo O’Brennan in Tullamore in June 1918 ‘denying the right of the British government to enforce compulsory service...’

Also includes an autograph book created by Séamus O’Brennan in Ballykinlar internment camp (1920-21).

Prospectus for the Internal Loan of 1919 issued by the Government of the Irish Republic.

Full printed programme of Feis Naoimh Chuilm Chille, Tullamore, listing competitions and prize-winners in literary, dance and musical categories.

Newspaper cutting from Scéala Éireann entitled 'We will not wear the prison dress' concerning John Mandeville's demand to be recognised as a political prisoner in Tullamore Gaol in 1888.

National and local newspapers and occasional periodicals all with a nationalist outlook, particularly focusing on the 1916 Rising and later, the 1932 Eucharistic Congress in Dublin. Many of the newspapers were grouped together and stitched into brown paper enclosures.

Editions of the following:

The Nation (29 March 1873)
St. Patrick's (12 September 1903)
Sinn Féin (21 December 1907)
Saoirse na hÉireann/Irish Freedom (June 1912)