File 30 - Copy Letter Book

356 pp; 32.5 cmx 23.5 cm; Bound volume; manuscript

A volume containing copy letters to Fr. Senan Moynihan OFM Cap. The spine has a gilt title ‘Minute Book’. Contains copy of personal letters to Fr. Senan (with some replies) relating to the Capuchin Publications Office and contemporary political matters. The volume has a partial alphabetical index of correspondents. Most of the correspondence dates from 1943 to 1945. Includes copy letters from Peter F. Anson, Professor Leonard Abrahamson, Aodh de Blacam, Fr. John Brosnan, Gerald Boland (Minister of Justice), David Barry, Pádraig De Brún, Michael A. Bowles, Helena Concannon, Nuala Costello (Tuam Art Club), C.P. Curran, Joseph Connolly (Office of Public Works), Fr. Terence L. Connolly SJ, James Joseph Campbell, Sidney Carroll, Seán Crawford (The Square, Warrenpoint, County Down), Fr. William Dargan SJ, George Gavan Duffy, Eamon Donnelly, St. John Greer Ervine, John English & Co. (printers), Seán Feehan (Mercier Press), Charles Robert ffrench, 6th Baron ffrench, Joseph H. Fowler, Seamus de Faoite, Fr. Louis A. Gales, Gertrude Gaffney, Tadhg Gahan, Senator Denis Healy, Archbishop James Thomas Gibbons Hayes SJ, Carl Hardebeck, Cahir Healy, Bulmer Hobson, Douglas Hyde, Fr. Gerald McCann OFM Cap., Fr. James O’Mahony OFM Cap., Denis Ireland, D.L. Kelleher, T.J. Kiernan, Sister M. Kevin (Convent of Mercy, Ardee, County Louth), Seán Keating, Sir Shane Leslie, Frieda Le Pla, George A. Little (28 Rathgar Road, Dublin), Seán Lemass, Bishop Daniel Mageean, Dom Aubert Merten OSB, Fr. Frank Moynihan (editor of ‘The Advocate’, Melbourne, Australia), Archbishop Sylvester Mulligan OFM Cap., Edith M. Scott Mason, Sister M. Magdalena (Convent of Mercy, Carlow), Dr. Regina Madden, Seán Nesson, Maud Gonne MacBride, Michael McLaverty, Francis McCullagh, Dr. Colm McDonnell, Thomas MacGreevy, Bishop William MacNeely, John McCormack (Moore Abbey, Monasterevin, County Kildare), George Noble Plunkett, Séamus Ó Braonáin, Vincent O’Brien, Seán Ó Ciarghusa, Moira Ó Scannláin, Eoin O’Mahony, Art O’Brien (Connaught House, 53 Pembroke Road, Dublin), Máire Ní Shúilleabháin, Seán T. O’Kelly, Kathleen O’Brennan, Terence O’Hanlon, P.C. O’Mahony, David Robinson (Glendalough House, Annamore, County Wicklow), Canon Patrick Rogers, Philip Rooney, Dr. James Ryan, Colin Johnston Robb, Tadhg Ó Donnchadha (‘Torna’), Germaine Stockley, William Frederick Paul Stockley, Archbishop Bernard Mary Williams, Alfred White, Victor Waddington, Archbishop Joseph Walsh, Val Vousden (Bill MacNevin), Eleanor Barnes (Lady Yarrow), and Jack B. Yeats.
The volume includes a copy of a letter from David Gray, United States Minister in Ireland, to Cardinal Joseph MacRory re partition and the presence of American troops stationed in Northern Ireland (7 Oct. 1942, pp 19-25).

• English
• Irish

Biographical Entries and Notes for Correspondents

Aodh de Blacam: https://www.dib.ie/biography/de-blacam-aodh-hugh-saunders-blackham-aodh-sandrach-de-blacam-a2455
Gerald Boland: https://www.dib.ie/biography/boland-gerald-a0762
Pádraig De Brún: https://www.dib.ie/biography/de-brun-padraig-browne-patrick-a2457
Michael A. Bowles: https://www.dib.ie/biography/bowles-michael-andrew-a0820
Helena Concannon: https://www.dib.ie/biography/concannon-helena-a1918
C.P. Curran: https://www.dib.ie/biography/curran-constantine-peter-con-a2317
Joseph Connolly: https://www.dib.ie/biography/connolly-joseph-a1955
James Joseph Campbell: https://www.dib.ie/biography/campbell-james-joseph-a1423
Fr. Terence L. Connolly SJ: https://newspapers.bc.edu/?a=d&d=bcheights19610414.2.3&e=-------en-20--1--txt-txIN-------
George Gavan Duffy: https://www.dib.ie/biography/duffy-george-gavan-a2810
St. John Greer Ervine: https://www.dib.ie/biography/ervine-st-john-greer-a2943
Seán Feehan: https://www.dib.ie/biography/feehan-john-sean-a3029
Seamus de Faoite: https://kerrywritersmuseum.com/online-exhibitions/kerrys-amateur-dramatic-heritage/seamus-de-faoite-a-forgotten-kerry-writer/
Gertrude Gaffney: https://www.dib.ie/biography/gaffney-gertrude-gertieconor-galway-a3396
Tadhg Gahan: https://www.flickr.com/photos/1916relatives/25851282351
Senator Denis Healy: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Denis_Healy_(Irish_politician)
Archbishop James Thomas Gibbons Hayes, S.J.: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Hayes_(bishop)
Carl Hardebeck: https://www.dib.ie/biography/hardebeck-carl-gilbert-a3795
Cahir Healy: https://www.dib.ie/biography/healy-cahir-a3890
Bulmer Hobson: https://www.dib.ie/biography/hobson-john-bulmer-a4038
Douglas Hyde: https://www.dib.ie/biography/hyde-douglas-de-hide-dubhghlas-a4185
Denis Ireland: https://www.dib.ie/biography/ireland-denis-liddell-a4212
T.J. Kiernan: https://www.dib.ie/biography/kiernan-thomas-joseph-tommy-t-j-a4539
Seán Keating: https://www.dib.ie/biography/keating-sean-a4420
Sir Shane Leslie: https://www.dib.ie/biography/leslie-john-randolph-shane-a4805
Maud Gonne MacBride: https://www.dib.ie/biography/macbride-edith-maud-gonne-a5110
Frieda Le Pla: https://blogs.ucl.ac.uk/library-rnid/2017/05/05/i-took-to-going-off-for-long-tramps-by-myself-over-the-fields-and-the-beech-clad-hills-frieda-le-pla-deaf-blind-author/
Seán Lemass: https://www.dib.ie/biography/lemass-sean-a4787
Seán Nesson: https://www.irishcentral.com/roots/history/cork-irish-music-musicians-corner
Michael McLaverty: https://www.dib.ie/biography/mclaverty-michael-a5733
Francis McCullagh: https://www.dib.ie/biography/mccullagh-francis-a5634
Thomas MacGreevy: https://www.dib.ie/biography/macgreevy-thomas-a5218
John McCormack: https://www.dib.ie/biography/mccormack-john-francis-a5617
George Noble Plunkett: https://www.dib.ie/biography/plunkett-count-george-noble-a7384
Séamus Ó Braonáin: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S%C3%A9amus_%C3%93_Braon%C3%A1in
Vincent O'Brien: https://www.dib.ie/biography/obrien-vincent-a6501
Seán Ó Ciarghusa: https://www.ainm.ie/Bio.aspx?ID=184
D.L. Kelleher: http://www.ricorso.net/rx/az-data/authors/k/Kelleher_DL/life.htm
Art O'Brien: https://www.dib.ie/biography/obrien-arthur-patrick-donovan-a6508
Seán T. O’Kelly: https://www.dib.ie/biography/okelly-sean-thomas-o-ceallaigh-sean-tomas-a6840
Kathleen O'Brennan: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kathleen_O%27Brennan
Dr. James Ryan: https://www.dib.ie/biography/ryan-james-a7868
Colin Johnston Robb: https://www.dia.ie/architects/view/4555/ROBB-COLINJOHNSTON
Tadhg Ó Donnchadha (‘Torna’): https://www.dib.ie/biography/o-donnchadha-tadhg-torna-a6347
William Frederick Paul Stockley: https://www.dib.ie/biography/stockley-william-frederick-paul-a8321
Val Vousden (Bill MacNevin): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Val_Vousden
Eleanor Barnes (Lady Yarrow): https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=2507&dat=19530316&id=STA1AAAAIBAJ&sjid=HKYLAAAAIBAJ&pg=5225,1577481
Jack B. Yeats: https://www.dib.ie/biography/yeats-jack-butler-a9157
David Gray: https://www.dib.ie/biography/gray-david-a3590
Cardinal Joseph MacRory: https://www.dib.ie/biography/macrory-joseph-a5291