A postcard print of the Cenotaph monument on Leinster Lawn (situated on the Merrion Square side of Leinster House). The Cenotaph was unveiled on 13 August 1923 to commemorate both Arthur Griffith, the President of Dáil Éireann, and Michael Collins, the revolutionary leader who was killed during the Civil War. It was designed by Professor George Atkinson (1880-1941), the headmaster of the Dublin Metropolitan School of Art. Plaques showing Griffith and Collins in relief were placed at the base of the cross with an inscription taken from the Annals of the Four Masters which read ‘Do Chum Glóire Dé agus Onóra na hÉireann’ (For the Glory of God and the Honour of Ireland). Following the assassination of Kevin O’Higgins, a leading Irish Free State minister, in 1927, an additional plaque was fixed to the monument. The Cenotaph was replaced with a more permanent structure (designed by the OPW architect Raymond McGrath) in 1950.
A photograph an Irish National Army officer (identified as ‘Captain Heaslip’ in the original caption) conversing with a Major in the Worcestershire Regiment as the former prepares to assume guard duties at the Bank of Ireland building on College Green in Dublin. This was one of several significant public handovers from the British administration to the Provisional Government during 1922. The event was noteworthy as it was first time that the historic Bank of Ireland building (prior to 1801 it housed the Parliament of Ireland) was guarded by non-British troops.
A Charles Stewart Parnell Christmas greeting card (with oval portrait print). Fr. Senan Moynihan OFM Cap. seemingly also obtained Parnell’s autograph slip which he afterwards laid into the volume underneath the card.
A bound volume containing mainly pasted-in Christmas and New Years’ greeting cards, notes, and letters to Fr. Senan Moynihan OFM Cap. The volume includes cards from Robert Monteith, Seumas O’Brien (1880-1959), Major General Hugo MacNeill, Clare Sheridan, Eduard Hempel, Archbishop Joseph Walsh, Fr. Terence L. Connolly SJ, Fr. Michael O'Shea OFM Cap., Margaret Mary Pearse, Tadhg Mac Firbishigh, and Archbishop Ettore Felici. Includes sketches by Seán O’Connor (1909-1992). With a portrait sketch (in ink) of Fr. Senan by ‘Jocandus’ Joseph O’Connor (1877-1957).
A Christmas greeting card from Frank Ryan (Proinsias Ó Riain). The card dates to December 1937 and was probably sent to Fr. Senan Moynihan OFM Cap. The Spanish text translates as ‘Forward to victory over fascism in 1938!’. The greeting in Irish reads ‘Happy Christmas and New Year / from / the Irish Republican Army / “Connolly Battalion” / XV International Brigade / Army of the Republic of Spain / Christmas 1937’. (Volume page 107).
A printed statement from Domhnall Óg Ó Ceallacháin (Donal O’Callaghan, 1891-1962), Lord Mayor of Cork, expressing his thanks for the expressions of condolences on the death of Terence MacSwiney, his predecessor.
A clipping of an article reporting on the reception of the sculptor Clare Sheridan into the Catholic Church. The article notes that she is a cousin of both Winston Churchill and Sir Shane Leslie.
A clipping of an article on the wood carvings of Clare Sheridan on display in the Ashley Gallery in London. The article was published in ‘The Tablet’ (6 October 1951).
A clipping of a report (with photographs) on the opening of an exhibition of the work of the sculptor Clare Sheridan in the Dawson Galleries in Dublin. Fr. Senan Moynihan OFM Cap. attended the opening. The article is taken from ‘The Standard’ (28 May 1948).
