Notes compiled by William Woodlock referring to the life and work of the Irish writer, poet, and lyricist Thomas Moore (1779-1852). A letter from James Merriman, stock and share broker, 32 College Green, Dublin, to William Woodlock (26 February 1886) is extant on the reverse of one of the pages. An incomplete filer seeking funding for the Mater Misericordia Hospital in Dublin is extant on one of the other pages.
Notes seemingly compiled by William Woodlock on matters pertaining to the reform of the Dublin Police and the Court Magistracy service. Some of the notes refer to more general legal matters and to extracts from historical state papers regarding procedures for the appointments of Irish judges and magistrates. Some of the notes take the form of letters. An extract from one of the letters reads ‘The Dublin Police District, besides the city of Dublin proper, comprises the large and daily increasing suburbs of Rathmines, Rathgar, Kingstown, Dalkey, Killiney, and the Pembroke Township. Rathmines and Rathgar in reality form a city of themselves: Kingstown, I need scarcely say is a seaport of some importance, and one of the most frequented gathering places, if not the most frequented watering place in Ireland’. The letters contain recitations and extracts from various Acts of Parliament relating to the administration of the magistracy and courts system in Dublin.
A note re deductions from the purchase money paid by Patrick Pearse to George Paterson for Cullenswood House. The note was prepared by French & French, solicitors, St. Stephen’s Green North, Dublin.
A note from George Bernard Shaw (1856-1950) referring to his financial circumstances which forces him to refuse any charitable requests made to him. A manuscript addition to the note reads 'Sorry; but you must write me off-your list of Maecenas. The above is serious, and at present acute. / GBS'.
A note from Éamonn O’Neill to Fr. Senan Moynihan OFM Cap. confirming his order for ‘Bonaventura’. The note is extant on a circular letter from Fr. Senan publicising the quarterly review.
A bound volume with black and white photographic prints. An annotation on the spine reads ‘People’. The volume includes many images of Fr. Senan Moynihan OFM Cap., clerics, bishops, and other religious. The file also includes prints of some writers and individuals associated with ‘The Capuchin Annual’ including Richard King, William Frederick Paul Stockley, Daniel Corkery, Lady Eleanor Yarrow, and Fr. Gerald McCann OFM Cap. There are also several images of T.J. Kiernan, his wife Delia Murphy Kiernan, and their family in Rome. Several images associated with photographic features published in the ‘Annual’ are also extant in the volume. Other photographs show the funeral of Sir John Lavery in Dublin in January 1941, and a pilgrimage to Iona, Scotland, organised by the Irish Capuchins.
A clipping of an article on an exhibition in the Victor Waddington Galleries on South Anne Street in Dublin which included works by Jacob Epstein, Feliks Topolski, Dora Gordine and Matthew Smith. The article was published in the ‘Sunday Independent’ (6 April 1947).
