Three bound volumes of newspaper clippings containing Irish texts and some translations written by An tAthair Peadar Ó Laoghaire. The titles of the texts include the lives of Saint Brigid and Saint Patrick. Some of the articles refer to the ‘coming of the faith to Ireland’. Most of the article clippings seem to have been taken from the ‘Cork Examiner’.
An illustration of a view from Holy Trinity Capuchin Friary in Cork. The text reads ‘Beautiful golden glow above the chimney stack morning / 3/10/40 / Holy Trinity’. The name of the artist (presumably a Capuchin friar) is not given.
A clipping of an article reporting on the unveiling and blessing of a memorial to Seán Heuston in the Phoenix Park in Dublin. The article was published in the ‘Irish Press’ (6 December 1943). The article includes a photographic print of Fr. Michael J. Heuston OP, a Dominican friar, and a brother of the 1916 leader. The memorial sculpture of Seán Heuston in the Phoenix Park was created by Laurence Campbell. (Volume page 192).
A clipping of a photographic print of the unveiling of the statue of Canon Patrick Sheehan at the Church of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Doneraile, County Cork. (‘Cork Examiner’, 19 Oct. 1925). The group includes the sculptor Francis William Doyle Jones and Robert Browne, the Bishop of Cloyne.
A clipping of an article on the unveiling of a statue of the Virgin Mary and Christ Child at All Hallows College in Dublin. The statue was sculpted by Albert Power, and it was unveiled by Edward Byrne, Archbishop of Dublin, on 1 May 1922. (Volume page 78).
A press ticket for admission to the national convention of the United Irish League in the Mansion House in Dublin in April 1912. The ticket is signed by Joseph Devlin who was appointed the League’s General Secretary in 1904.
A carte de visite showing a studio portrait of an unidentified religious. The image is credited to the studio of William Lawrence, photographer, 5 & 7 O’Connell Street, Dublin.
The leaflet refers to an unpublished letter from Father Isidore B. Mooney to the editor of 'The Irish Independent' newspaper, addressed and dated: Dublin, May 18, 1923. With introduction, and further discussion of letter, alleging ‘press conspiracy against truth’.