An appeal in support of exiled French Capuchins in Cork. The appeal notes that the friars have been exiled as part of 'the policy of persecution adopted by the present French ministry, and which has resulted in breaking up the whole religious system of that country'. This original printed appeal is pasted into the volume at p. 4.
A letter from Patrick Collins, 6 Clonmore Road, Ballybough, Dublin, to Fr. Senan Moynihan OFM Cap. enclosing a copy of an account of the final hours and execution of Seán Hueston in Kilmainham Jail on 8 May 1916. The account was written by his uncle who was a relation of Seán Hueston. Reference is made in the account to the ministrations to Heuston by Fr. Albert Bibby OFM Cap.
A photograph of a large crowd outside Westland Row Station (now Pearse Station) in Dublin, awaiting the return of released republican prisoners. Many of the prisoners had fought in the Easter Rising of 1916.
Postcard prints of interior arrangements and altars for Catholic worship onboard several White Star Line ships including the ‘Majestic’, ‘Megantic’, ‘Olympic’, ‘Homeric’, and ‘Calgaric’.
An image of the start of the All-Ireland Football Final in Croke Park in Dublin on 23 September 1934. The two opposing teams were Dublin and Galway. The individual throwing in the ball is John Harty, Archbishop of Cashel (1867-1946).
A clipping of article titled ‘Honouring a gallant Ulsterwoman’ paying tribute to the literary career of Alice Milligan. The article was published in the ‘Irish Press’ (26 October 1942).
A captioned image which reads (from left) Captain John McEnery and his wife Alice McEnery (Sir John Lavery’s stepdaughter), and Father Joseph Leonard CM at the funeral of the painter Sir John Lavery in Mount Jerome Cemetery in Dublin in January 1941. The print is credited to Charles C. Fennell.