A flier satirising John Keogh PLG, the Irish National League’s candidate for the Arran Quay ward in the Dublin Corporation election in 1899. The text is credited to John C. O’Neill.
A clipping of a report of the visit of Archbishop Richard Cushing and the Boston pilgrims to Mount Melleray Cistercian monastery in County Waterford. The clipping is taken from the ‘Dungarvan Observer’ (1 October 1949). (Volume page 86).
A clipping of a report on the departure of Archbishop Richard Cushing and the Boston pilgrims from Cobh in County Cork. The article notes that the pilgrims were conveyed to the Cunard-White Star liner ‘Britannic’ by the Irish Naval Service’s corvette ‘Cliona’. The clipping is taken from the ‘Sunday Press’ (25 September 1949).
An image of a large group of pilgrims from Boston, Massachusetts, preparing to disembark from a tender at Cobh in County Cork in August 1949. The group were part of a pilgrimage organised by Richard Cushing, Archbishop of Boston. (Volume page 65).
A clipping of a report on the bombardment of Liberty Hall by the steamer ‘Helga’ during the insurrection. The newspaper title from which the clipping was taken is not given but it is most likely from the ‘Irish Times’.
A photographic print of the blessing of the Chapelle du Rosaire de Vence (Chapel of the Rosary of Vence), frequently referred to as the Matisse Chapel, on the French Rivera. The Dominican chapel is notable for having been built and decorated between 1947 and 1951 under a plan devised by the artist Henri Matisse (1889-1954).
A biographical sketch of Fr. Senan Moynihan OFM Cap. and an assessment of his work as editor of ‘The Capuchin Annual’. The article reads ‘Last year Capuchin Periodicals transferred their editorial offices from the Father Mathew Hall, Church Street, to nine large rooms in an old Georgian house at the foot of Capel Street ...’. The article includes a review of the 1941 edition of the ‘Annual’. It was published in the ‘Connacht Sentinel’ (4 February 1941).
Bill of costs from James Pearse to James G. Alexander, solicitor, re proceedings against E.H. Johnston, a bankrupt. With an annotation noting that Alexander has received the sum of £6 6s in full settlement of the balance due.