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reproduction / Manchester Martyrs, 1867

Photostat file copy of - Manchester Martyrs, Michael O'Brien. Photostatic copy of Letter by Michael O'Brien alias William Gould, one of the Manchester Martyrs, to his brother. Written from New Bailey Prison, Manchester, November 14, 1867. Two pages, reproduced as one sheet. Copy of the original in...

 

flag / Manchester Martyrs / Robert Emmet

Flag or banner, painted, central design of portraits of three men, the Manchester Martyrs William Philip Allen, Michael Larkin and Michael O'Brien, one centre top, a bearded man, and two at bottom left and right corners, one being a man with a goatee beard, the other being clean-shaven. No...

 

photograph / Lord Frederick Cavendish

Photograph of Lord Frederick Cavendish, murdered in the Phoenix Park in 1882.

 

memorial card / Manchester Martyrs, 1867

Memorial card for the Manchester Martyrs, 1867. Memorial card in black and white, 9.5 inches by 7.2 inches. Machine impressed low relief border of two angels and symbols of sorrow - palms and weeping willows and figure of woman kneeling at gravestone. In center of relief - a memorial card proper...

 

letter / John Ryan, Dartmoor Prison, 1877

Letter written by Michael Davitt from Dartmoor Prison to John Ryan, dated 23 November 1877. Two pages. Written on official prison paper. Framed. Asking John Ryan and Mr Harran to come and visit him.

 

reproduction / Battle of Limestone Ridge, 1866

Fenian raid on Canada, the Battle of Limestone Ridge, June 3, 1866. Drawing from C.E. Hurd, 1866. Photostat of illustration from Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper, New York, June 23, 1866.

 

death cloth / Manchester Martyr, William Philip Allen, 1867

Manchester Martyr, Allen. Piece of black silk cloth said to be the face cloth used to cover the face of William Phillip Allen. Allen, Larkin and O'Brien were executed in Manchester, England on 23rd November 1867. The Donor states that the face cloth was preserved in the Greely family (relatives...

 

photograph / Fenian Flag, 1866

Photograph of Fenian Flag carried at Battle of Ridgeway, 1866. Full plate, black and white, showing large flag, top left corner of which is torn, with legends 'Buffalo 7th Regt. Irish Army of Liberation, Ridgeway & Fort Erie, June 2nd 1866' around to right and 'Presented by the Fenian Sisterhood of...

 

print / Battle of Ridgeway, 1866

Colour print, The Battle of Ridgeway, Ontario, Canada, 2 June 1866. Print published in 1869, coloured, showing the confrontation between the Fenians under Col. O'Neill and the British forces under Col. Booker. Fenian Raids, Canada. Printed by The Sage, Sons & Co., Lithographic Printing and...