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[GERARD CROFTS] An album of newspaper cuttings on his death [November 1934], evidently compiled by his wife, including a selection of obituary pieces, some with useful biographical information, and with letters of condolence laid in, including letters from Maire Ni Shuibhne [sister of Terence MacSwiney], Ellie Harbison MacSwiney, Bob Davitt [son of Michael Davitt], Ina Kennedy and others, also his memorial card. With a fine collection of nine mounted photographs [Irish Press copyright], each 6 x 8 ins [15 x 20 cms] showing Gerard Crofts' funeral leaving Whitefriar St. church and in Glasnevin Cemetery, excellent photographs showing the large congregation. Provenance: Crofts collection, by family descent [GERARD CROFTS] An album of newspaper cuttings on his death [November 1934], evidently compiled by his wife, including a selection of obituary pieces, some with useful biographical information, and with letters of condolence laid in, including letters from Maire Ni Shuibhne [sister of Terence MacSwiney], Ellie Harbison MacSwiney, Bob Davitt [son of Michael Davitt], Ina Kennedy and others, also his memorial card. With a fine collection of nine mounted photographs [Irish Press copyright], each 6 x 8 ins [15 x 20 cms] showing Gerard Crofts' funeral leaving Whitefriar St. church and in Glasnevin Cemetery, excellent photographs showing the large congregation. Provenance: Crofts collection, by family descent