A bound volume containing clippings, letters, offprints, and photographs relating to Aodh de Blacam. Includes clippings of biographies, obituaries, and tribute articles. Gilt title to the spine reads ‘Aodh de Blacam / Died 13th January 1951’. The volume includes: • Aodh de Blacam, ‘Emigration: the witness of geography’, ‘Studies: An Irish Quarterly Review’ Vol. 39, No. 155 (Sept., 1950), pp. 279-288. • Letter from Aodh de Blacam to Fr. Senan Moynihan (12 Jan. 1951). • Typescript on Clann na Poblachta and the state of various political parties in the years from 1948-50. Marked ‘Very confidential / received 14 December 1950 / Fr. Senan’. • Clippings of obituaries for Aodh de Blacam in the ‘Evening Herald’ and ‘Sunday Press’ (Jan. 1951). • Card from Mary de Blacam to Fr. Senan Moynihan OFM Cap. thanking him for his sympathy on her husband’s recent death. (Feb. 1951). • Obituary for Aodh de Blacam published in the ‘Irish Times’ (15 Jan. 1951). • Portrait print of Aodh de Blacam. • Clipping of report on de Blacam’s funeral. (‘Irish Press’, 16 Jan. 1951). • Letter from Fr. Henry Edward George Rope to Fr. Senan Moynihan OFM Cap. expressing his sadness on hearing of de Blacam’s death and recalling his meetings with him in Rome. (6 Feb. 1951). • Photographic print of Fr. Senan and Aodh de Blacam (1950). Print by Adolf Morath (1905-c.1977). • ‘Rovings in Rome / 1. Where the Earls lie’ by Ruaíri Rodach (Aodh de Blacam). ‘The Father Mathew Record’ (Mar. 1951).
Draft manuscript of an article by Aodh de Blacam titled ‘With the last pilgrims at the closing of the door’. The manuscript has a cover letter from de Blacam to Fr. Senan Moynihan OFM Cap. Both the letter and the manuscript are dated 10 January 1951. Fr. Senan later bound de Blacam’s draft into a volume with a spine title ‘A. de. B’s last MS. For The Capuchin Annual’.
Application form for a grant of administration on the estate of the late James Pearse made to the High Court of Justice (Probate Division). The document notes that James Pearse died at 185 Great Russell Street in Birmingham on 5 December 1900. It also states that he left £1,459 12s 6d. in his will.
A clipping of a report on the appointment of Monsignor Patrick J. O’Donnell, a Waterford-born priest, as Domestic Prelate in New York. The clipping is taken from the ‘Dungarvan Observer’ (26 August 1944). (Volume Page 32).
A clipping of an appreciation of the late Erskine Childers by Lily O’Brennan who acted as his personal secretary in 1921. The letter was addressed to the editor of the 'Irish Independent' but the clipping was seemingly taken from the ‘Irish World’ (22 December 1922).
A clipping of a photograph of Archbishop Daniel Mannix. The clipping is taken from an article giving the text of Mannix’s speech at the Rotunda in Dublin on 29 October 1925. The entire article is extant in the volume. The article was published in ‘An Phoblacht’ (30 October 1925).
A clipping of a photograph of Archbishop Paschal Robinson OFM, Apostolic Nuncio to Ireland, with Fr. Senan Moynihan OFM Cap. at the Institute of Journalists dinner in Dublin. The clipping is taken from ‘The Advocate’ (17 March 1938) published in Melbourne, Australia. It is noted that Fr. John Moynihan, the editor of ‘The Advocate’, is a brother of Fr. Senan.
An image of Archbishop Richard Cushing greeting individuals (including Fr. Senan Moynihan OFM Cap. and Fr. Henry Anglin OFM Cap.) at a reception for the Boston Archdiocesan pilgrims at the Iveagh Grounds in Dublin. (Volume page 56).
A bound volume with a manuscript annotation on the spine which reads ‘cuttings’. The volume contains newspaper and magazine clippings reflecting a wide range of literary and religious subjects. The volume includes several obituaries for prominent Irish emigrants (both religious and lay) in North America. The file also includes original photographs and ephemera relating to a pilgrimage to Ireland organised by Richard Cushing (1895-1970), Archbishop of Boston, in 1949. The photographs show Archbishop Cushing meeting various political and religious figures, including President Seán T. O’Kelly, Taoiseach John A. Costello, Archbishop John Charles McQuaid, Archbishop John D’Alton, Paul A. Dever (Governor of Massachusetts), and the Capuchin friars, Fr. Senan Moynihan OFM Cap., and Fr. Henry Anglin OFM Cap. Typescript documents and ephemera are also extant in the volume, including material sourced from ‘The Advocate’ (Melbourne, Australia), and ‘The Father Mathew Record’.
