This section explores a lesser-known but pivotal period in Irish republican history, marked by decline, reorganisation, and moments of renewed resistance. Spanning from the end of the Civil War to the IRA’s Sabotage Campaign in Britain and the fading embers of activity by the late 1940s, The Twilight Years captures a movement caught between past glories and future resurgence.
Through documents, pamphlets, and publications, we trace the challenges faced by republicans as they navigated internment, wartime repression, and political marginalisation.
1924
1925
1929
1930
1931
 JJ O’Kelly’s (Sceilg) Presidential speech at the 1931 Sinn Féin Ard Fheis. |  Easter Week Commemoration Booklet (1931) |
1932
1933
 Irish Republican Army Manifesto (January 1933) |  Wolfe Tone Annual (1933) |  Governmental Policy and Constitution of Oglaigh na hEireann (1933) |
 A call to young Irishmen |  Manifesto |
1936
1937
1938
1939
1940
1941
1942
 Republican News (No 3, September) (1) |  Republican News (No 5, September) (1) |  Republican News (October) (1) |
 Republican News (December) (1) |  Tom Williams Petition (1942) |
1943
 Republican News (March) (1) |  Republican News (April, Belfast) (1) |  Republican News (April, Dublin) (1) |
 Republican News (June) (1) |
1946
1948
 The United Irishman (May) (1) |  The United Irishman (June) (1) |  The United Irishman (July/August) (1) |
 The United Irishman (Oct/Nov 1948) (1) |
Anniversary and Retrospective Documents
(1) Donated by Colum Ó Ruairc
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