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Postcard from Séamus Ó Braonáin in Cong to his wife, Máiréad

From Séamus Ó Braonáin to his wife, Máiréad: 'Cong Co. Mayo, A Mháiréad dhíl, came down in boat from Galway today here 25 miles thro' Lough Corrib. Lovely scenery but day wet & rough. Held here tonight as boat was too late to return. Just going to see Cong Abbey where King Roderick O'Connor & several saints are buried. Headford about 5 or 6 miles from here. Beannacht Dé libh.

Postcard from Séamus Ó Braonáin at Irish Volunteer Camp in Galbally to his wife, Máiréad

From Séamus Ó Braonáin to his wife Máiréad: 'I. V. Camp, Galbally, Co. Lim. A Mháiréad dhíl, got down here last night at 7pm. Up at 5.30 this mng - tents pitched near old abbey near Galbally at foot of the Galtees. That's the way you send key. Send it to me c/o P.O Galbally or tell Mrs. W. to send it. Grand county here. Le grádh, Séamus.'

Memoir 'Why Easter Rising'

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'

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.

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