A gold badge from the Eucharistic Congress showing a cross with a Eucharist and chalice in the centre and a blue circle surrounding the badge. In the blue circle is written 'eucharistic internat dublinensis congressus'

Black and White photograph of Pope Pius XII meeting Archbishop John McQuaid of Dublin dated between 1912 and 1936 by Independent Newspapers PLC

Envelope marked 'Most Important' and letter dated 1928 from Archbishop Edward Byrne to Chief Justice Hugh Kennedy about Catholics attending Trinity College.
In his letter to Chief Justice Hugh Kennedy, Archbishop of Dublin Edward Byrne reaffirms the Catholic Church’s prohibition on Catholics entering Trinity College Dublin. The Archbishop explains: “How the authorities of any Catholic school can, in the face of their conscientious obligations, encourage their pupils to risk their soul’s salvation in Trinity College is to me an absolutely insoluble puzzle.”

Religious stain glass window by Harry Clarke depicting a saint, possibly St Brendan, standing looking one way and 3 monks kneeling looking in other direction in a boat on water.

Harry Clarke was Ireland’s pre-eminent stained-glass artist. His religious works are renowned for emulating the spirit of Irish medieval manuscript illumination. In his secular designs the Dubliner experimented with innovative new techniques, culminating in his masterpiece ‘The eve of St Agnes’ (1923-24). Clarke’s work was commissioned throughout Ireland and also in Australia and the United States. You can see his stained-glass windows in Bewley’s Café (1927), around the corner from the museum.