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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.

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).

Newspaper cutting from Scéala Éireann re 'Ned Houlihan, the blind Fenian Fiddler.'

Programme for the centenary celebration of the Convent of Mercy, Tullamore, listing actors in the play entitled 'The Bells' and an operetta entitled 'Zwika the Gipsy Maiden'.

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:

Irish Press Souvenir of the Eucharistic Congress (20 June 1932) x 2
Irish Press (21 June 1932)

Editions of the following:

Irish Independent Souvenir of the Eucharistic Congress (5 June 1932)
Daily Sketch (21 June 1932)
The Universe (1 July 1932)