Abstract

An ephemera collection containing reports, speeches, and commemorative materials relating to the Easter Rising of 1916 in Ireland.

Scope and Contents The IRA Army Council Correspondence comprises 18 folders of letters relating to the movements and decisions made by the Irish Republican Army Council. Correspondence covers topics including but not limited to Frank Ryan’s time in the U.S., strikes, the British Steamship Line boycott, resignations, planning and meetings, funding, An Phoblacht, raids and arrests, the death of Luke Dillon, movements of volunteers, U.S. members, rifles, and the publication and distribution of letters and...