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A bound volume containing the correspondence of Fr. Henry Rope. The volume is annotated on the spine ‘Letters to Father H.E.G. Rope / III’. The file includes Father Rope’s letters mainly from Irish correspondents, most notably from William Frederick Paul Stockley (Woodside, Tivoli, Cork), and from his wife Germaine and his daughter Violet Stockley. The volume also includes letters from Bernadette O’Byrne (Corville, Roscrea, County Tipperary), George Noble Plunkett, Fr. Thomas Dawson OMI (House of Retreat, Inchicore, Dublin), Vincent Rochford, Fr. Joseph Keating SJ, Laurence Ryan (79 Derby Road, Seedley, Manchester), Richard Barry O’Brien (100 Sinclair Road, Kensington, London), Fr. David Humphreys (Presbytery, Killenaule, County Tipperary), The Irish Book Shop Limited (45 Dawson Street, Dublin), Patrick Fogarty (‘The Irish Catholic’, 55 Middle Abbey Street, Dublin), Fr. Patrick MacSwiney (Presbytery, Dunmanway, County Cork), Patrick Langford Beazley (editor of ‘The Catholic Times’), ‘Ár n-Éire / New Ireland’ (Fleet Street, Dublin), Fr. Joseph Darlington SJ (editor of ‘The Irish Monthly’, Rathfarnham Castle, Dublin), Fr. P.J. Connolly SJ (editor, ‘Studies, An Irish Quarterly Review’, 34 Lower Lesson Street, Dublin), Patrick John Little, Frank Gallagher (4 Wilton Place, Dublin), Seán O’Callaghan (The New Ireland Publishing Company Ltd., 13 Fleet Street, Dublin), John P. Boland (Catholic Truth Society, London), and An t-Athair Súilleabháin (Piltown, County Kilkenny). The volume includes a letter from Father Rope to Fr. Senan Moynihan OFM Cap. referring to the delivery of some more of his archive of Irish letters which he thinks may be ‘keep worthy’. (28 July 1951); Printed ‘Statement from Dáil Eireann / The ‘Free State” Constitution / Subversion of the Republic’ (1937); Typescript titled ‘The defender of small nations at Millstreet’ with manuscript additions by William Frederick Paul Stockley. (Aug. 1918).

A bound volume containing the correspondence of Fr. Henry Rope. The volume is annotated on the spine ‘Letters to Father H.E.G. Rope / VII’. The file includes several lengthy letters from Fr. E. Carroll (Catholic Church, Crayford, Kent). Some of this correspondence refers to the contemporary political situation in Ireland (1920-22). The volume also includes letters from Sister Rosario (Carmelite Convent, Woodbridge, Suffolk), Fr. Finbar Ryan OP (editor of ‘The Irish Rosary’, St. Saviour’s Priory, Dominick Street, Dublin), Andrew Hilliard Atteridge, and Cecily Casey (24 London Road, Bromley, Kent).

A bound volume of letters to Fr. Henry Rope from Andrew Hilliard Atteridge (1852-1941), 3 Killowen Villas, Isleworth, Middlesex, a journalist, writer and war correspondent. The volume is annotated on the spine ‘Letters to Father H.E.G. Rope / I’. The content of the letters includes references to contemporary politics in Britain and Ireland, literary matters, Catholic publications, and general religious topics. Atteridge's letters suggest some support for Irish republicans and Éamon de Valera.

A file of loose letters to Fr. Henry Rope. Includes letters to Father Rope from Fr. Joseph Kelly (Bishop’s House, Birkenhead, refers to the Home Rule crisis and the ‘Orange Crusade’, 13 Nov. 1912), Patrick Langford Beazley (editor of ‘The Catholic Times’), Louis J. McQuilland, Patrick O’Riordan (Two Harbours, Minnesota), Fr. William Kane SJ, Fr. Thomas Dawson OMI (House of Retreat, Inchicore, Dublin), Dom Aidan OSB (The Abbey, Isle of Caldey, Tenby, South Wales), Fr. Finbar Ryan OP (editor of ‘The Irish Rosary’, St. Saviour’s Priory, Dominick Street, Dublin), Eoin MacNeill (Netley, Blackrock, County Dublin), Fr. J. Mulcahy (52 Harlesden Gardens, London), Fr. Daniel Hudson CSC (‘The Ave Maria / A Catholic Family Magazine’, Notre Dame, Indiana), John P. Boland (Catholic Truth Society, London), Fr. Declan OSB (Fort Augustus Abbey, Inverness, Scotland), James M. Rae (‘The Irish Catholic’, 55 Middle Abbey Street, Dublin), Rev. Sir John R. O’Connell (Mission House, Brondesbury Park, London), Fr. Patrick MacSwiney (Presbytery, Kinsale, County Cork), and Maureen Boland (40 St. George’s Square, London).

Letters from William Frederick Paul Stockley (Woodside, Tivoli, Cork, and Dún Meadon, Cork), to Fr. Henry Rope. The letters include references to Catholic literature and spirituality, the Gaelic League, academia, and the writings of various authors. Some of the letters refer to the contemporary political situation in Ireland (including discussion of the treatment of Irish political prisoners) and to events in Europe. One of the letters (17 Mar. 1921) refers to the case of Alice Cashel imprisoned in Galway Jail. Stockley writes ‘She is in prison for six months. He sister says she loves to hear poetry. She is a distinguished graduate, and teacher, and a fine type. She knows Irish well’. Stockley suggests that Father Rope could send her a copy of his poetry. The file also includes letters to William Frederick Paul Stockley from Patrick O’Byrne, (Corville, Roscrea, County Tipperary), Mary Corkery, Mary MacSwiney (Máire Nic Shuibhne), Richardson Evans (11 Holland Villas Road, Kensington, London), Monica Rafferty, and Dr. Bernard O’Connor (Old Square, Lincoln’s Inn, London) and Conn Mac Murchadha, Director, Sinn Féin Re-organising Committee, 15 College Green, Dublin, re an invitation to attend a public meeting. It is noted that that the ‘object of the meeting is to launch publicly the Republican civilian movement by reorganising Sinn Féin, the only Republican political organisation which is definitely pledged to the support of the Irish Republic’ (11 July 1923).
It appears that Fr. Henry Rope later annotated most of the letters with date ascriptions.

Letters to Fr. Henry Rope from Fr. James Routledge (St. Dunstan’s, Bluestone Road, Moston, Manchester). Many of the letters refer to political developments in Ireland during the revolutionary period with some references to Routledge’s thoughts regarding Arthur Griffith, Michael Collins and Éamon de Valera.

A bound volume containing the correspondence of Fr. Henry Rope. The volume is annotated on the spine ‘Letters to Father H.E.G. Rope / VI’. The volume includes several letters from Aodh de Blacam. Other correspondents include Fr. James Routledge (St. Dunstan’s, Moston, Manchester), Lillian Metge (Yew Tree House, Chester Road, Erdington, Birmingham, reverse of the letter has a printed handbill by Metge titled ‘No Vote – No Register’), Eoin O’Mahony (auditor, university philosophical society, Cork), H.S. Dean (editor of ‘The Universe’), Fr. Stephen M. Browne SJ (Miltown Park, Dublin), Fr. Joseph Keating SJ (editor of ‘The Month’), Wilfrid Scawen Blunt, Patrick Langford Beazley (editor of ‘The Catholic Times’), Fr. P.J. Connolly SJ (editor, ‘Studies, An Irish Quarterly Review’, 34 Lower Lesson Street, Dublin), Bridget Lynch (Clifden, County Galway), Mary Faherty (Kilronan, Aran Islands, County Galway), and Nuala Moran (‘The Leader’, 205 Pearse Street, Dublin). The first item in the volume is a letter from Father Rope to Fr. Senan and refers to his archive of correspondence from Aodh de Blacam which he will send to the friar. Reference is also made to the disposition of his letters from George Noble Plunkett and ‘other Irish letters which seem to me well worth preserving … in your archives’. (12 July 1951).

A bound volume of letters to Fr. Henry Rope mainly from Andrew Hilliard Atteridge (1852-1941), 3 Killowen Villas, Isleworth, Middlesex, and from Fr. Joseph Keating SJ, (editor of ‘The Month’), 31 Farm Street, Berkeley Square, London. The volume is annotated on spine ‘Letters to Father H.E.G. Rope / V’. The file also includes a solitary letter from Mary Faherty (Kilronan, Aran Islands, County Galway). Faherty refers to the ‘Man of Aran’ film (1934) and suggests that it ‘didn’t do us any justice anyway, it is not the real Aran life that this generation saw’. (13 Jan. 1935). The Keating letters primarily refer to literary matters while the Atteridge letters mainly relate to publishing and contemporary political developments in Britain, Ireland and elsewhere.

Four letters from John Haughton Steele (1850-1920) to Fr. Henry Rope. The letters refer to studies and preparation for his ordination in Rome as a Catholic priest (he was previously an Anglican rector). Reference is also made to the Pontifical Irish College in Rome.