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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.

This section comprises files of loose letters to Fr. Henry Rope. The letters are primarily from Irish correspondents or include commentary on Irish events.

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 to Fr. Henry Rope mainly from Irish correspondents. The file includes letters from Fr. Patrick Nolan OSB (Erdington Abbey, Birmingham), Fr. John O’Brien SJ (19 July 1916, writes ‘I know how much you sympathize with Ireland. Many Englishmen of the ruling class seem hopelessly unable to understand Ireland.’), Hugh A. McCartan (4 Gifford Avenue, Sandymount, Dublin. Refers to the contemporary political situation in Ireland and to the Sinn Féin movement, 26 Aug. 1917), Barry M. Egan (32 Patrick Street, Cork. Refers to the murder of Tomás Mac Curtain and the independence struggle, 10 Dec. 1920), Daniel Corkery, Joseph Robinson (‘Poblacht na hEireann / (Scottish Edition’, Glasgow), Violet O’Connor, Domhnall Óg Ó Ceallacháin (Donal Óg O’Callaghan), Fr. P.J. Connolly SJ (editor, ‘Studies / An Irish Quarterly Review’, 35 Lower Lesson Street, Dublin), Fr. Thomas Dawson OMI (House of Retreat, Inchicore, Dublin, includes a description of the events of Bloody Sunday in Croke Park on 21 Nov. 1920), Thomas Kelly (67 King Street, New York), Shane Leslie, Fr. Martin Branagan, ‘The Herald / The National Labour Weekly’), J.R. Carey (St. Patrick’s Guild, 46 Middle Abbey Street, Dublin), Mairead O’Connell (Derrynane Abbey, Caherdaniel, County Derry), Fr. Patrick MacSwiney (Presbytery, Kinsale, County Cork), Nuala Moran (‘The Leader’, 205 Pearse Street, Dublin), M.H. Gill & Son Ltd. (50 Upper O’Connell Street, Dublin), Fr. Augustine O’Neill OFM (‘Assisi’, 4 Merchants’ Quay, Dublin. Refers to potential publications of articles by Father Rope in the periodical, 24 Jan. 1933). The file also includes two letters from Fr. Henry Rope to Canon Moriarty (1917).

A bound volume containing newspaper clippings and ephemera with extensive annotations by Fr. Henry Rope on events relating to the Irish Revolution, the Civil War, the position of Catholics in Northern Ireland, and Anglo-Irish relations. Typescript annotation on inside front cover reads ‘The Revd. H.E.G. Rope, Plowden, Lydbury North, Salop.’ Manuscript title to the volume (on first page) reads ‘Occasional Notes on Ireland (1923)’.
The contents include:
• Clippings from various publications and periodicals including ‘The Leader’, ‘Éire / The Irish Nation’, ‘The Irish World’, ‘The Catholic Times’, ‘The Standard’, ‘An Phoblacht’, ‘The Irish Times’,
• An article titled ‘De Valera’s Designs / Issues in Southern Ireland’ (‘Morning Post’, 24 July 1924, p. 10).
• A review of Daniel Corkery’s ‘The Hidden Ireland’ (‘Catholic Times’, 26 Nov. 1926, p. 21).
• An article on the first death of a hunger striker, ‘Republican Bulletin’ (21 Nov. 1923, p 24).
• An article titled ‘Archbishop Mannix welcomed at Waterford / Freedom of the city conferred’ (‘Cork Examiner’, 13 Aug. 1925, p. 34).
• ‘Nationalities and languages / Specially contributed by Professor Stockley’ (‘Waterford News’, 13 June 1924, p. 39).
Inserts include ‘An appeal for a Catholic and National Monument / St. Patrick’s XV Centenary Memorial (1932) and a flier for the Central Catholic Library, 16 Hawkins Street, Dublin.