Offaly Archives

IE OH OHS31/B/1
Item
1966

Memoir by Aloysius O'Brennan describing 1798 Rebellion, the Great Famine, Irish Parliamentary Party, Home Rule, the futility of constitutional agitation, formation of Irish Volunteers, Redmonite split in volunteers in 1914, Sinn Fein, the Howth gun-running, and the rise of Gaelic League.

Memoir 'Tullamore'

IE OH OHS31/B/2
Item
1966

Part of O'Brennan Family Papers

Memoir by Aloysius O'Brennan recounting the Tullamore Incident of 20 March1916 and the subsequent charges brought against 12 men in relation to the incident.

Memoir 'Recollections of Easter Week, 1916'

IE OH OHS31/B/3
Item
1966

Part of O'Brennan Family Papers

Memoir by Maura O'Brennan, Church St. Tullamore, recounting her youth in Co. Wexford, her republicanism and the events of Easter Week 1916.

Scrapbook

IE OH OHS31/B/4
Item
1966

Part of O'Brennan Family Papers

Scrapbook of newspaper cuttings, culled from the 1966 Jubilee publication by The Midland Tribune and other newspapers. Mainly relates to Offaly's participation in the period 1914-1916, particularly focussing on the Tullamore Incident. Contains a 'Partial list of the Boys from Tullamore and its environs that took part in the Fight for Irish Freedom.' Also lists the 'pioneers of the first Gaelic Society in Tullamore: Patrick F. O'Loughlin, Donal O'Connor, Thomas Barry, Richard Barry, Gerald O'Loughlin, John Forrestal, Patrick McLoughlin, Hugh Digan, Denis Davin, Thomas Moroney, Harry Ruxton, Jospeh Aylemers and James Pyke.

O'Brennan, Alo

Contemporary Publications

IE OH OHS31/C
File
1904-1926

Part of O'Brennan Family Papers

Contemporary newspapers and published works relating to republican movement from 1908-1926. Some stamped with the O'Brennan's newsagency stamp: 'O Braonain An Tulach Mhor, O'BRENNAN Stationer and Newsagent TULLAMORE.'

The United Irishman, No. 266, Vol. 11