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"Views of Four Presidencies (1938-1975)" - exhibition of the records of the Office of the Secretary to the President

Online gallery - page 1

The images below consist of documents which have been selected from files in the collection of the Office of the Secretary to the President and digitised for display on this online gallery.

In order to view larger versions of each image together with its associated explanatory caption and reference number, please double-click on the caption beneath each image.

When the new window opens, click on the expand-window icon (the 'central square' in the illustration) to expand the window to full-size.

The files are also available for consultation in the Reading Room of the National Archives.


Notice issued by President Douglas Hyde	Playing of the British national anthem when the President is present	Sir John Maffey attempts to secure tenancy of the former Private Secretary's Lodge	Letter from Luigi Einaudi, President of Italy

Requests for autographs and photographs of President Douglas Hyde	The design, supply and custody of the seal of the President of Ireland	Visit of Cardinal Gilroy to Ireland in February 1950	Possible financial effects - if any - on the Office, in the event of a major war


Letter concerning Dr. Noel Browne, Minister for Health and his wish to tender this resignation	The first call of Taoiseach Eamon de Valera on President Douglas Hyde	President Seán T. Ó Ceallaigh: occasion of of Mrs. Mary Murphy's 100th birthday	Proposed closing of West Cork railways by Córas Iompair Éireann


Harry S. Truman, President of the US, to President Seán T. Ó Ceallaigh	Earl of Longford pleads for clemency for James Kelly	Dissolving the 17th Dáil	Proposed air raid shelter at Áras an Uachtaráin


31 Dec 1942, ploughing in the grounds of Áras an Uachtaráin	Death of President John F. Kennedy	Death of Pope Pius XII	Cumann Drámaídheachta na Sgol competition