A biographical sketch of Fr. Senan Moynihan OFM Cap. and an assessment of his work as editor of ‘The Capuchin Annual’. The article reads ‘Last year Capuchin Periodicals transferred their editorial offices from the Father Mathew Hall, Church Street, to nine large rooms in an old Georgian house at the foot of Capel Street ...’. The article includes a review of the 1941 edition of the ‘Annual’. It was published in the ‘Connacht Sentinel’ (4 February 1941).
A copy of a short biography of James McKenna (d. 29 June 1846), the principal travelling secretary to Father Theobald Mathew. The biography refers to the substantial manuscript history of the Irish temperance movement compiled by McKenna and held in the Irish Capuchin Archives.
A postcard print commemorating Bishop Edward O'Dwyer with reference to his speech on accepting the freedom of Limerick city in September 1916. The text reads 'Ireland will never be content as a province. God has made Ireland a nation, and while grass grows and water runs, there will be men willing to dare and die for her'.
Copy print of the Most Rev. John Evangelist McBride OFM (1903-1991), Bishop of Kokstad, South Africa. The print is on the reverse of a memorial card which notes that he was professed on 17 Sept. 1925; Ordained Priest on 3 July 1927; Ordained Bishop on 25 July 1949. He served as Bishop of Kokstad until 1978.
A pamphlet reporting a speech made by the Most Rev. Edward Thomas O’Dwyer, Bishop of Limerick. The speech provides his opinion on current political events. The pamphlet is titled ‘No.3’ in a series.
