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A clipping of an ‘Irish Times’ editorial assessing the legacy of James Joyce who died in Zurich on 13 January 1941. The editorial was published on 14 January 1941.

A clipping of a profile of Mary Isabel Leslie (pseudonym ‘Temple Lane’), an Irish nationalist writer and poet. The source of the clipping is not stated.

An image of the Pádraic Ó Conaire statue in Eyre Square, Galway. In 1929 Conradh na Gaelige (Gaelic League) commissioned the sculptor Albert Power (1881-1945) to create a statue of Ó Conaire. His work was unveiled in Eyre Square by An Taoiseach Éamon de Valera in 1935. The statue image here is credited to Charles C. Fennell who captioned the print ‘Tell me a story’.

A letter from Ada Chesterton (and Robert Lynd) appealing for funds to support Hugh Martin, ‘a political writer and special correspondent’, who has fallen on hard times.

Letter from An tAthair Pádraig De Brún to Fr. Senan Moynihan OFM Cap. referring to proofs of four poems of his which are to be published in 'The Capuchin Annual'. The proofs are extant in the volume.

A letter from Maurice Walsh, Ard na Glaise, Stillorgan Park, County Dublin, to Fr. Senan Moynihan OFM Cap. regarding a review of ‘Stand and give challenge’ by Francis MacManus.

A clipping of an article by the Rev. Paul Walsh reflecting on the life and literary career of Fr. Michael P. O’Hickey (An tAthair Micheál P. Ó hIceadha), an Irish priest, academic, and Irish language campaigner. The clipping is taken from ‘Irish Opinion’ (31 March 1917).

A letter from Seán Murphy, Knock Brogan Park, Bandon, County Cork, to Fr. Senan Moynihan OFM Cap. requesting a copy of a sermon supposedly preached by a Capuchin friar in San Francisco shortly after the 1916 Rising. Murphy also conveys suggestions for articles in future editions of ‘The Capuchin Annual’, including a description of the ‘encounter’ between Tom Hales and Major Arthur Percival.

A letter from Mary Josephine Plunkett (née Cranny) (1858-1944) to Fr. Canice Bourke OFM Cap. enclosing copies of some of her son’s (Joseph Mary Plunkett) poetry. She asks Fr. Canice to write an appreciation of his work. One of the enclosures notes that Joseph was ‘only 24’ when it was written. The other enclosure is a copy translation from the Roman Breviary dated 15 October 1920.

A photographic print of Padraic (Patrick) Gregory, a Belfast-born architect and writer.