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Handwritten account [by Liam Manahan] of the establishment and training of Volunteers in East Limerick and North Cork. The document mentions Ernest Blythe, who came to Mitchelstown to organise training, and Robert Monteith, who acted as drill instructor in the area. The document is a rough approximation of pages 1-5 of P104/1/1.

Creamery manager’s certificate awarded to William Patrick Manahan, issued by the Department of Agriculture and Technical Instruction for Ireland. Originally received as a framed item.

Exercise book marked ‘B’ on the front cover, containing two sets of recollections by Liam Manahan. The first relates to tensions in counties Kerry and Cork at the time of the signing of the Anglo-Irish Treaty in December 1921 and the hostility in some quarters felt towards Michael Collins. The second contains an account of Manahan’s earliest memories, mainly focusing on his father. Also included is an account of organised agrarian resistance against landlords in North Cork and East Limerick and measures taken by Major Clifford Lloyd to suppress the Land League. The contents of this second set are similar to those in P104/1/7 but more detailed. The second set is paginated and is continued in P104/1/9.

Black and white postcard photograph (137 x 87 mm) of top men in the Irish Republican Brotherhood. Left to right on the back row: Sean O’Muirthile, W. Moriarty, J. Mallin, Jim McInerney. Middle row: Liam Manahan, unidentified man and M. Colinet. Front row: Michael Brennan and Billy Mullins.

Unsigned letter from Liam Manahan, San José, 52 Hillside, Dalkey, county Dublin to an unidentified recipient sharing his recollections of the events in Mitchelstown at the time of the failed mission of The Aud to smuggle arms from Germany to Ireland for the Easter Rising. The letter mentions the ongoing 1916 commemorations.

Letter from the Mitchelstown 1916 Jubilee Commemoration Committee to the Manahan family, extending their sympathy on the death of Liam Manahan.

Letter from Desmond Ryan, Oulart, Forrest Road, Swords, county Dublin to Liam Manahan. Ryan makes corrections to a 1916 statement given to him by Manahan and expresses regret at not having connected with him before the publication of his book [presumably Seán Treacy and the Third Tipperary Brigade, IRA, 1945].

Reproduction of a black and white photograph (176 x 126 mm) of the Manahan family outside their home at Dromlisheen. Seated in the front row are William Manahan, his wife Helen Manahan née Lynch and their son Con Manahan. Standing in the back row are their children Nell, Liam, Peg and Jack Manahan. Written on the back are genealogical notes concerning the Manahan and related families.

Letter from the Mitchelstown 1916 Jubilee Commemoration Committee to Liam Manahan, thanking him for his attendance at the Mitchelstown Parade on 17 April 1966.

Handwritten account by Liam Manahan relating to difficulties experienced with arming the Volunteers in Ardpatrick and Mitchelstown and an attempt to run guns from Dublin to Mitchelstown a few days before Christmas in 1915.