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The Irish passport of Senator David Norris containing stamps from travelling including his trip to Iraq.

David Norris is a celebrated senator, Joycean and human rights campaigner who fought for the legalisation of homosexuality. He represents Trinity College graduates in the Senate, and is a spirited example of the Wildean principle that one’s life is, or should be, a work of art.

Pages 11 and 12 from the Sunday Independent, 9 July 1972.

The Irish Independent was launched in 1905, successor to the Daily Irish Independent. The paper was owned by William Martin Murphy, and stayed in his family until it was purchased by Tony O’Reilly in a protracted coup between February 1972 and March 1973. This issue from July 1972 features a short, sycophantic profile of the new boss – no more, really, than a snapshot of his rapid rise. O’Reilly made his first million that year, and the Independent would soon become the cornerstone of his media empire.

Green cover with gold writing ‘Sandycove Bathers’ Association Rules Book’ Set of 19 rules dated 29 May 1907

Brown bow with green and yellow ‘Dublin Laundry Co. Ltd. Milltown’ ‘Send us your dry cleaning’ with strap and buckle to hold it closed. Two year guarantee inside box that it will not break.

2p green stamp and 3p blue stamp both with same design of a cross in the middle

Picture showing the corner of O’Connell Street at the right side of the bridge. ‘Sinn Féin Rebellion Corner of Sackville Street, Dublin Before and After.’

This picture shows Sackville Street (now O’Connell Street) before and after the 1916 Rising. Like many documents of the period, it refers to the Rising as the Sinn Féin Rebellion. Sinn Féin had nothing to do with the Rising, though nationalists flooded into the party as public opinion turned against British rule.

Colour photograph of a large group of cyclists on Dame Street taken by Charles Cushman on 8 June 1961.

Colour photograph of a horse and cart on Dame Street with Christ Church in the background taken by Charles Cushman on 8 June 1961.

Colour photograph of Dame Street showing 4 cyclists by City Hall taken by Charles Cushman on 8 June 1961.

Anti Treaty newspaper from 30 June 1923. Headlines include ‘Stop Press’ ‘Rally to the Flag’ ‘Four Courts Reports’ ‘Where the Free State Guns and Armoured Cars Come From’ ‘To the free State Soldiers’ ‘Press Censorship’ ‘Deceiving the World’

The Anti-Treaty War News includes a report dated 29th of June: “The attack on the Four Courts... is a complete failure...Despite continuous heavy gun and rifle fire, the defences of the Four Courts are intact.” In fact, shelling by the Free State Army, which began on the 28th of June and precipitated outright Civil War, brought about the surrender of the Anti-Treaty’s Dublin headquarters by midday on the1st of July. Quite apart from the damage to one of Dublin’s finest buildings, the incident also saw the destruction of hundreds of years of Irish historical records.