Free State Freaks

A one-off Anti-Treaty publication produced on a duplicating machine with caricatures of Sir Alfred Cope, Cosgrave, Mulcahy, Walsh, Blythe, Fitzgerald, etc. The drawings are attributed to Constance de Markievicz (1868-1927). The publication includes caricatures of: Séan Ó Muirthile, member of the Supreme Council of the IRB (Irish Republican Brotherhood) 1916, Head and shoulders. Desmond Fitzgerald, (1889-1947), Minister for External Affairs 1922-1927 and Minister for Propaganda outside the cabine

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Level of description: Item
Date: c.1922
Reference: 31
Extent and medium: 7 pp; Printed
Scope and content: A one-off Anti-Treaty publication produced on a duplicating machine with caricatures of Sir Alfred Cope, Cosgrave, Mulcahy, Walsh, Blythe, Fitzgerald, etc. The drawings are attributed to Constance de Markievicz (1868-1927). The publication includes caricatures of: Séan Ó Muirthile, member of the Supreme Council of the IRB (Irish Republican Brotherhood) 1916, Head and shoulders. Desmond Fitzgerald, (1889-1947), Minister for External Affairs 1922-1927 and Minister for Propaganda outside the cabinet, August 1921. Described as ‘Liar in Chief to Publicity Department. Slave-State’. Head and shoulders, full face. Ernest Blythe (1889-1975), Minister of Posts and Telegraphs: ‘The importance of being Earnest …’. J.J. Walsh: ‘The man of “letters” with the “mailed” fist; Richard Mulcahy: ‘haunted by the dreams of prisoners murdered by his troops’; W.T. Cosgrave: ‘Jester in chief to the Freak State as seen in the Empire’.
Repository: Irish Capuchin Archives
Context: Irish Capuchin Archives > Capuchin Papers relating to the Irish Revolution > Pamphlets, Cartoons and Publicity Material > Anti-Treaty Publicity Material

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Extracted Mentions

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Cope(2)

Sample passages

the FREAKS -- COPE The Power behind
none can call our power to account ....
Desmond - I'm far ever blowing bubbles!"

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the FREAKS -- COPE The Power behind Army Chiefs can but De Valera & our Cope with him -

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MULCAHY (haunted by dreams of prisoners murdered by his troops) "Out damned spot - out I say ..... what need we fear who knows it, where none can call our power to account .... Here's the smell of the blood still; all the perfumes of Arabia will not sweeten this little hand ....." Macbeth. Act 5. Sc.1.

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J.J. WALSH Postal Employees SHAVED & CLOSE CUT HERE. The man of "LETTERS" with the "mailed" FIST.

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C O M I C C O S G R A V E. JESTER IN CHIEF TO THE FREAK STATE. AS SEEN IN THE EMPIRE. Comic Cosgrave tells us that it is a short step from the bar to a Judge's chair. " e ask him was it a big jump from behind the bar to the President's chair?

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Desmond - I'm far ever blowing bubbles!" "FREE" STATE FREAK DESMOND FITSGERALD LIAR IN CHIEF TO PUBLICITY DEPARTMENT SLAVE STATE.

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