A stamped license for 2 dogs under the ‘Dogs Regulation (Ireland) Act, 1865’ dated 30 March 1912.

From the minutely-detailed collie on the stamps to the requirement for the clerk to sign the form in two separate places, this Dog Licence is no simple record of payment. It is a monument to the fusty bureaucracy of the British Empire.

brochures compiled by Ranelagh Village Council, events detailed for the week as well as pictures and information abourt the area and its amenities

Receipt for ring, telegram, and bill from the hotel where the Clayton newlyweds stayed after their wedding. all framed together.

Prisoner of art pine framed table harp hand carved by Billy Brady, held in cage 9 Long Kesh. The traditional harp with an open back raised on a four part lobed foot plinth base, painted all over with Celtic Revival design, and lettering “Long Kesh 1979".

O'Nolan (Brian, a.k.a. Flann O'Brien & Myles na gCopaleen) A selection of personal memorabilia including the master's chair on which he habitually sat while working at his typewriter, a sturdy Victorian mahogany Dublin Chair with leather seat (distressed), some restoration including replacement of a leg, restorer has written O'Nolan's Belgrave Square address in pencil on underside; also the writer's well-known hat, and a group of original photographs, one showing O'Nolan (wearing the hat) on Sandymount Strand with Austin Clarke, another with his business card, and a third in graduation dress; and O'Nolan's briefcase, in which some of these items were stored. A superb collection of personal items. One can imagine the writer at his chair, tapping away at a Cruiskeen Lawn column or mediating on the Third Policeman's bicycle, his hat and perhaps a glass of whiskey somewhere within reach.