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Book/Printed MaterialHistory of the Sinn Fein movement and the Irish rebellion of 1916, Sinn Fein (Gaelic for "We Ourselves") was founded to promote the cultural revival and political independence of Ireland. History of the Sinn Fein Movement and the Irish Rebellion of 1916 is a detailed history of the movement, written by Francis P. Jones, a former member of the movement who had immigrated to the United States from Ireland. The book covers the period from the…
- Contributor: Jones, Francis P.
- Date: 1917
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Book/Printed MaterialDoing my bit for Ireland, Margaret Skinnider (circa 1893-1971) was born in Scotland to Irish parents. She trained as a teacher and taught mathematics in Glasgow, Scotland, before resigning her position to go to Dublin to take part in the Easter Rising of April 1916. Skinnider's Doing My Bit for Ireland, published in the United States in 1917, is her account of her revolutionary activities in 1915 and 1916.…
- Contributor: Skinnider, Margaret
- Date: 1917
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Book/Printed MaterialThe insurrection in Dublin. The Easter Rising of April 1916 was an attempt by Irish nationalists to provoke a nationwide rebellion and thereby secure Ireland's independence from British rule. In fighting that was largely confined to Dublin, 60 insurgents and 130 troops and police were killed, along with 300 civilians caught in the crossfire. In the aftermath of the uprising the British executed another 15 conspirators, including Sir…
- Contributor: Stephens, James
- Date: 1916
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MapHiberniae, Britannicae Insvlae nova descripto. Relief shown pictorially. Phillips, 406 Available also through the Library of Congress web site as a raster image. Filed with Eastham Collection in G&M Vault: EA 20-A: ga61 02-20-2013
- Contributor: Ortelius, Abraham
- Date: 1598-01-01
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MapThe "Graphic" Statistical Maps of Ireland. This set of six statistical maps provides an economic and demographic overview of Ireland in the first half of the 1880s. Color coding is used to show population density, education, religion, agricultural production, wealth (measured by the value of taxed property), and poverty for each of the 32 counties. Small tables in the lower right of each map provide the same data in numerical…
- Contributor: Bernard, William Leigh, 1845
- Date: 1886-01-01
- Resource: - 1 page
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MapThe British Isles. This 1842 map of the British Isles was published "under the superintendence" of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge, an organization founded in London in 1826 for the purpose of improving the educational level of the British working and middle classes. The map was engraved by J. & C. Walker, a London firm of engravers, draftsmen, and publishers that flourished in the…
- Contributor: Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge (Great Britain) - J. & C. Walker
- Date: 1842-01-01
- Resource: - 1 page
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MapThe Kingdom of Ireland, Divided as Much into the Main Regions of Ulster, Connacht, Leinster and Munster.
Hiberniæ Regnum Tam in præcipuas Ultoniæ, Connaciæ, Laceniæ et Momoniæ, Quam in Minores Earundem Provincias et Ditiones Divisum This hand-colored map of Ireland was published in 1715 by the firm of Nuremberg engraver and publisher Johann Baptist Homann (1663--1724). It is based on earlier works by Nicolaes Visscher (1649-1702), of the second of three generations of Visschers who were art dealers and map publishers in Amsterdam, and Sir William Petty (1623--87), the pioneering English political economist who directed the nationwide cadastral survey…- Contributor: Homann, Johann Baptist - Petty, William, Sir - Visscher, Nicolaes
- Date: 1715-01-01
- Resource: - 1 page
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MapThe Province of Ulster Surveyed by Sir William Petty.
The Province of Ulster Surveyed by Sir William Petty. Divided into its counties and the counties into their severall barronies, wherein are distinguished the archbishopricks, bishopricks, citys, places that return parliament men, also the roads and bridges This map of Ulster (present-day Northern Ireland), published in London in 1689, is based on the Down Survey of Ireland undertaken in 1656--58. As indicated in the subtitle, the map shows the counties and baronies of the province, archbishoprics, cities, roads and bridges, and the distribution of seats in parliament. Relief is shown pictorially. The map has two distance scales, Irish miles and English…- Contributor: Petty, William, Sir - Berry, William
- Date: 1689-01-01
- Resource: - 1 page
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MapNautical Atlas of the World, Folio 2 Recto, Northeastern Atlantic Ocean and Northern Europe and Folio 2 Verso, Central Atlantic Ocean with the Azores. The map presented here is from the Miller Atlas in the collections of the National Library of France. Produced for King Manuel I of Portugal in 1519 by cartographers Pedro Reinel, his son Jorge Reinel, and Lopo Homem and miniaturist António de Holanda, the atlas contains eight maps on six loose sheets, painted on both sides. One side of this map (folio 2 recto…
- Contributor: Reinel, Pedro, Born Approximately 1464 - Holanda, António De - Manuel I, King of Portugal - Reinel, Jorge, Active 16th Century - Homem, Lopo, Flourished
- Date: 1519-01-01
- Resource: - 2 pages
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Photo, Print, DrawingSean Lester. Sean Lester (1888--1959) was an Irish journalist and government official who held important positions in the League of Nations. A Protestant who was educated at the Methodist College in Belfast, he nonetheless supported Irish independence and was a member of Sinn Fein. Following the establishment of the Irish Free State in 1922, he joined the country's foreign ministry and in 1929 became Ireland's representative…
- Contributor: Boesch, Charles-Edouard
- Date: 1929-01-01
- Resource: - 1 page