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Photocopies of articles in number of mostly Irish newspapers including The Congress News, Irish Independent, Limerick Chronicle, Limerick Leader, Cork Examiner, Connacht Tribune, Irish Press, Tuam Herald, Daily Express and Daily Telegraph, addressing the Spanish Civil War, noting recruitment of Eucharistic Congress by Chief Marshall, General Eoin O’Duffy, proposal of an Irish Brigade by O’Duffy, recruitment in Cashel, county Tipperary, the ‘red terror’ in Spain, events in Barcelona, public request for funds by O’Duffy, O’Duffy’s speech at commemoration of death of Michael Collins, volunteers from Oughterard, arrival in Spain, the Dun Aengus ship in distress, on board the S.S. Urundi, letters home from Irish Brigadiers, application of Ballinasloe Urban District Council to repossess the cottage of family of Irish Brigadier, Martin Bradley, issue of non-intervention, life in barracks at Cáceres, accounts of destruction by the ‘Reds’, General Franco’s visit to Madrid front, deaths of Brigadiers Gabriel Padraic Lee and Thomas Foley, lecture on Spanish Civil War by Jesuit priest, Rev. F. Woodlock, the battle for Madrid, and Irish Brigade leaving for home. Includes copies of a series of articles by the Irish Independent Special Correspondent, Gertrude Gaffney.

This series contains letters from donors and related material.

Glass plate negative (215 x 165 mm) depicting a distant view of Dromoland Castle glimpsed through densely planted trees.

Glass plate negative (215 x 165 mm) depicting an ornate two-storey lodge with finials and decorative bargeboards. In the foreground are a curved timber fence and elaborate timber gate, with Donough O’Brien standing by the gate.

Glass plate negative (215 x 165 mm) depicting an ornamental single-storey L-shaped lodge with finials, decorative bargeboards and an angled timber porch in the junction of the L. In the foreground there is a rustic timber fence, with Donough O’Brien leaning against it.

Glass plate negative (165 x 215 mm) depicting Donough O’Brien standing in a doorway with a shotgun in his right hand. Standing on the right and turned towards the boy is a bearded man dressed in a rough corduroy suit and bowler hat, possibly a groundsman or game keeper.