This is a pass issued by a constable in the District Inspector's Office of the Royal Irish Constabulary in Galway. The pass was sent with Fr Thomas Burke to allow him to travel from Galway to Dublin by train and then on to England. The pass also gives a physical description of Fr Burke. During the Easter Rising, Galway was one of the few areas outside Dublin city where the Irish Volunteers were active. Martial Law, the terms of which included travel restrictions, was imposed during the Rising and was still in operation when this pass was issued.Fr Burke, from Castlegar, County Galway, was from a family that was involved in the Irish struggle for independence and later served as chaplain to the Galway Brigade of the Irish Republican Army. His sister, Margaret, served as a member of Cumann na mBan.