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Letters from Douglas Hyde (‘An Craoibhín’), 1 Earlsfort Place, Dublin, to Br. Senan Moynihan OFM Cap. giving his recollections of Tadhg Ó Murchadha (‘Seandún’) and his commentary on the publication of ‘Scéal “Sheandúin”’.

Clippings from ‘An Claidheamh Soluis’ of a articles written in tribute to Fr. Michael O’Hickey. The main article is written by Pádraig Ó Brolcháin and is titled ‘In Memory of Doctor O’Hickey’ (2 December 1916). The file also includes a response to Ó Brolcháin’s article by Fr. Walter McDonald, St. Patrick’s College, Maynooth.

Portrait prints of Dom Columba Marmion OSB. One of the prints has a manuscript annotation crediting the image to ‘Stanley’.

Letters from Mary MacSwiney (Máire Nic Shuibhne, 1872-1942) to Fr. Henry Rope. Two of the letters are copies (Rope notes that the copies were made in 1947 and that he deposited the originals in the archives of the Pontifical Irish College in Rome). One of the copy letters (dated 21 Nov. 1922) refers to Mary MacSwiney’s treatment by the Free State authorities. It reads ‘The hardest part of my trial here is being deprived of the Sacraments as I have not succeeded in finding a priest who will be satisfied to hear the confession of my sins and let my political convictions alone’. The original letter (26 Oct. 1930) refers to the ‘terrible airship disaster’ involving R 101, a British rigid airship. The disaster claimed the lives of forty-eight of the fifty-four people on board including Fr. Henry Rope’s younger brother, Squadron Leader Frederick Michael Rope.

Letters from George Noble Plunkett (1851-1948), 40 Elgin Road, Dublin, to Fr. Henry Rope. The letters include references to Plunkett’s desire to establish an ‘Academy of Christian Art’ in Dublin, Catholic literature, Father Rope’s visits to the Plunkett residence, and to contemporary political matters and public affairs in both Britain and Ireland. A recurring theme in the correspondence is Plunkett’s continuing republican opposition to the post-Treaty settlement in Ireland. An extract from a letter
written on 21 November 1929 reads:

‘I don’t want to write about politics, but I remind you that “if you want peace, you must prepare for war”; and, that a resolute nation, whose spokesmen refuse to accept threats, generally secures its liberty. We had won, when [Arthur] Griffith and [Michael] Collins surrendered: I have been assured of this by well informed unionists. I doubt that any man today is slave enough to echo John O’Connell’s dictum. “Nuff ced”, as the Yankees put it.
I think you asked me why we are for a Republic. Well, how otherwise could we get rid of a foreign King? And a “class” Upper House”? And the tradition of Heaven-born Ministers? We are republicans because we are a nation of aristocrats, and so all equal; a true democracy.
My pen is running dry.
Yours very sincerely,
G.N. Count Plunkett
To be continued in our next’.

The file also includes some letters from George Noble Plunkett’s wife (Josephine Plunkett née Cranny), and daughter Mary Plunkett. The letter from Mary Plunkett refers to the death of Count Plunkett. It reads ‘The poor old man was in bed for more than three years. We expected that he would go very quickly. Instead of that he was dying for twelve days. The poor old body was worn out, but that strong valiant spirit held on. He suffered a lot, so much that we prayed that God would take him. The end was very quiet’. (5 May 1948). A letter to Fr. Senan Moynihan from Fr. Henry Rope in this file refers to his donation of Plunkett's correspondence ‘for your Archives, which may also one day be of historical interest’. He also notes that he has given some of his correspondence with Count Plunkett to Saint Isidore’s College in Rome. (20 Dec. 1951)

Letter from Ludwig Christian Stern to Fr. Richard Henebry enclosing printed extracts from the latter’s ‘Life of Colum Cille’.

Copies of ‘The Catholic Record of Waterford and Lismore’ from May 1916 (Vol. IV, No. 39) to Oct. 1916 (Vol. IV, No. 44). The editions contain tributes to the late Fr. Richard Henebry written by Fr. Michael Sheehan.

Draft legal agreement between Patrick Pearse and the Intermediate Education Board for Ireland for funds for the provision of ‘equipment and appliances for the practical teaching of the Natural and Experimental Sciences’ in St. Enda’s School in Rathfarnham, Dublin. With a schedule of annual payments to be made by Pearse to Education Board from 1910 to 1920. The agreement is signed by Pearse and is dated 24 January 1911. The document is in typescript with various manuscript additions (8 pp). The file includes two printed copies of the agreement. The printed copies appear to be unsigned.

A bound volume containing clippings of articles chronicling the 1916 Rising by Michael J. Lennon (1891-1966). The articles were published in serial form in the ‘Irish Times’ from 1948-9. The articles appeared under the titles ‘Easter Week Diary I-VI’ (29 March-3 April 1948), and ‘The Easter Rising from the Inside I-VI’ (18-23 April 1949).

Letter from the Royal Insurance Office, to Margaret Pearse, Sandymount Avenue, Sandymount, Dublin, re a policy of life insurance on her late husband (James Pearse) and the amount paid to the National Bank Ltd. on his death. With two manuscript enclosures seemingly re James Pearse’s debts and his account with the National Bank (4 March 1902).