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Pamphlet titled 'Draft Constitution as approved by Dáil Eireann ... Stand by Ireland's Declaration of Independence and Social Justice / Vote "Yes" on July 1st'. The text contains the draft of the Fianna Fáil-drafted Irish constitution of 1937. Includes side-by-side Irish translation of the English text. The constitution was translated into Irish over a number of drafts by a group headed by Micheál Ó Gríobhta (assisted by Risteárd Ó Foghludha) from the Department of Education. Issued by the Director of Elections for and on behalf of Fianna Fáil candidates, 13 Upper Mount Street, Dublin.

‘Charles Letts’s Small Octavo Diary and Note Book’. A daily record diary of Fr. Stanislaus Kavanagh OFM Cap., Church Street, Dublin. Routine entries record the ministries and day-to-day activities of various Capuchin friars. The diary also chronicles the detention and trial of Fr. Dominic O’Connor OFM Cap. An entry on 5 Jan. 1921 reads: ‘Fr. Dominic OSFC notified today in Kilmainham Prison of his approaching Court Martial and told to see his solicitor’. Other entries in the diary refer to the activities of British military forces in the wake of an upsurge in Republican attacks. On 16 Jan. Fr. Stanislaus wrote ‘The front portion of our Church and whole street closed with barbed wire. … This was done in early hours of morning. Many unable to go to Mass to day. House to house search by military. Show’s the respect of the English government for the Lord’s day’. Fr. Dominic’s transfer ‘under heavy escort’ to Kingstown for the boat to take him to Wormwood Scrubs Prison was recorded on 31 Jan. 1921. On 13 February, Fr. Stanislaus noted that the Capuchin Friary in Kilkenny was ‘raided by the Black and Tans in their usual rough fashion’. A loose page in the file summarizes some key events in 1921. Reference is made to the court martial in Kilmainham Jail of Fr. Dominic O’Connor OFM Cap. Other events mentioned in the 1921 summary include military raids in Kilkenny (13 February), the imposition of a curfew order (4 March), the executions of the Irish Volunteers (Thomas Bryan, Frank Flood, Bernard Ryan, Patrick Doyle, Patrick Moran and Thomas Whelan) in Mountjoy Jail on 14 March, the death of Archbishop William Walsh (9 April), and the burning of the Custom House in Dublin following an attack by the Irish Republican Army (25 May).

Souvenir publication for the funeral of O’Donovan Rossa at Glasnevin Cemetery, Dublin, 1 Aug. 1915. 2nd edition. Includes the text of Pearse’s graveside oration and other contributions by Thomas Mac Donagh, Seamus O’Sullivan, and James Connolly’s statement on The Citizen Army.

Declaration of Muriel MacDonagh’s (wife of Thomas MacDonagh) reception into the Catholic Church. It reads: ‘I Fr. Aloysius OSFC declare that … I have this eighteenth day of April 1917 received into the Catholic Church Mrs. Muriel MacDonagh observing the prescribed rites and ceremonies’. The document is signed by Muriel Mary MacDonagh.

Declaration of Lillie Agnes Connolly’s (wife of James Connolly) reception into the Catholic Church. It reads: ‘I Fr. Aloysius OSFC declare that … I have this fifteenth day of August 1916 received into the Catholic Church Mrs Lily Agnes Connolly observing the prescribed rites and ceremonies’. The document is signed by Lillie Agnes Connolly and witnessed by Fiona Connolly (1907-1976)

Correspondence between Thomas W. Bewley, secretary, W. & R. Jacob & Co. Ltd., and Fr. Aloysius Travers OFM Cap. regarding a cheque for £25 given by the directors of Jacobs to the Capuchins as a mark of appreciation ‘for the deep sense of thankfulness that our Factory was spared from serious injury during the time of the recent rebellion’. Includes a copy reply from Fr. Aloysius returning the said cheque. He writes ‘Any services that I may have rendered during the recent sad crisis were such as … any other priest in the same circumstances would render’. Fr. Aloysius suggests that the cheque should more fittingly be sent to the Lord Mayor’s Fund for the Relief of Distress.

Copy penciled sketch portrait of Fr. Dominic O’Connor OFM Cap. in the uniform of a British Army chaplain. Titled: ‘Fr. Dominic of Cork, OFM Cap.’.

Typescript copy of last letter of Capt. Seán Mac Aodha [Seán Heuston] to his sister, ‘an Irish nun’.

Copy note from Major W.S. Lennon, Commandant, Kilmainham Detention Barracks, to Fr. Aloysius Travers OFM Cap. The note reads: ‘The Prisoner H.T. Pearse [sic] desires to see you and you have permission to visit him. Failing you he would be glad to see any of the Capucines [sic]’.

Copy note ‘taken from a postcard (blood-stained) taken from the breast pocket of a dead German soldier by young Canniffe of Barrick St., Cork – Dec. 1914’. It is added ‘The p[ost] c[ard] was sent to Canniffe’s father by young Canniffe’. In German.