Irish Focus
Irish Historical Material
Irish paper, ephemera, photography, theatre material, family papers, local-history objects and documentary collections.
Irish paper & ephemera
Everyday documentary material
We have a particular interest in Irish material that records everyday social, commercial and cultural life: receipts, invoices, tickets, shop paper, theatre material, family documents, local ephemera and other surviving documentary objects.
Irish focus
Material with place, names & context
We are especially interested in Irish material retaining identifiable places, businesses, families, institutions, photographers, theatres, shops and local provenance.
Archive note: material shown here includes examples previously sold by The Ten Bells House and is not offered for direct sale through this website.
Examples Previously Sold
Selected Irish material
Areas of interest
Irish social & commercial history
Receipts, bills, invoices, tickets, shop and business paper, correspondence, advertising, theatre material, manuscripts, family papers and local ephemera.
Photography
Irish photographic material
Victorian and Edwardian portraits, Irish studios, cabinet cards, CDVs, family groups, albums, negatives and coherent photographic archives.
Acquisitions
We buy Irish historical material
We welcome private Irish collections, family papers, theatre and cultural ephemera, historical photography, business records and coherent local-history groups.
Irish material enquiry →