The issue of 'The Monitor, the family Catholic Weekly of New Jersey’, for 28 Feb. 1925 (No. 9). Two pages of the paper are dedicated in tribute to the recently deceased Fr. Albert Bibby OFM Cap., ‘a priest of Ireland’s Resurrection’.
Inscribed on foot: ‘Moore’s Melodies Presented by Denis Guiney 1947’. The bowl is inscribed with winners from 1973-96. The base also has silver shields indicating winners.
The file contains the following edition of this twice-weekly newspaper published by Francis Counihan at offices in Limerick and Clare: 29 May 1867 (Vol. XVI, No. 1,482). The title page is annotated: ‘Mr. John Maher, 89 North Brunswick Street, Dublin’.
A copy of ‘The mystery man of Banna Strand / the life and death of Captain Robert Monteith’ by Florence Monteith Lynch (New York: Vantage Press, [1959]). Ink stamp on first page reads: ‘St. Francis Capuchin College, Rochestown’. Florence Monteith Lynch was the daughter of Robert Monteith. The book is illustrated with black and white photographs. The copy is signed by Florence Monteith Lynch.
‘The nationalisation of Irish education / by Rev. M.P. O’Hickey / Professor of Irish, St. Patrick’s College, Maynooth / Vice-President of the Gaelic League’. Published in Dublin (Gaelic League Pamphlets – No. 27).
An Anti-Treaty handbill: 'The new terror ... homes raided in the dead of night; women and children terrorised ... These are some fruits of the Treaty. We will break this new terror as we broke the old. Make no doubt about it'.
'The New World' was published in Chicago and claimed to be the ‘largest Catholic newspaper in the United States’. The file contains the issue: 11 Aug. 1916 (vol. xxv, No. 6). The paper contains an article titled ‘How they butchered James Connolly’. (p. 4).
Copies of a poem titled ‘The Old Metal Man’ referring to the acquisition of Ards House by the Capuchin friars. The poem reads: 'Gone, gone the Ascendancy, “gentry” and others That lorded it over the old native clan, Replaced by the people, the friars and brothers, Whilst still to the fore stands the Old Metal Man'. The file includes a clipping of the poem published in the 'Derry Journal' on 30 Nov. 1935.