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 clipping of a report on the death of Peter Murray, a prominent Irish American republican activist in California. Reference is made in the obituary to Murray’s friendship with Fr. Albert Bibby OFM Cap. at Santa Inés. The clipping is taken from the ‘Irish Weekly’ (24 July 1944). (Volume page 21).
A photograph of a group of Capuchin friars in the garden of the Church Street Friary in Dublin. The group includes Fr. Albert Bibby OFM Cap, Fr. Angelus Healy OFM Cap., Fr. Stanislaus Kavanagh OFM Cap., Fr. Edwin Fitzgibbon OFM Cap., and Fr. Bernardine Harvey OFM Cap.
'The Plain People (Na Daoine Macánta)', Vol. 1, No. 13, 2 July 1922.
The file comprises the following editions: 28 June 1922 (no. 1) – 16 Mar. 1923 (no. 175). The series is missing a small number of editions but there are multiple copies of other issues extant in the file. The publication began with the attack on anti-treaty republicans in the Four Courts, and the publication focused on ways of conveying news of the changing situation to journalists, republican supporters and the general public. The first (un-numbered) edition was styled as a communiqué from Rory O’Connor, Major General, IRA. It read:
‘The boys are glorious, and will fight for their Republic to the end. How long will our misguided former comrades outside attack those who stand for Ireland alone?’ Reference is made in this first communiqué to Fr. Albert Bibby OFM Cap. and Fr. Dominic O’Connor OFM Cap. who were ministering to the besieged republicans.
A clipping of an article reporting on the death of Fr. Albert Bibby OFM Cap. in California on 14 February 1925. The newspaper title from which the clipping was taken is not given.
A clipping of an article referring to a reprint of a letter of Fr. Albert Bibby OFM Cap. in which he describes Seán Heuston’s execution. The letter was published in ‘The Capuchin Annual’ (1935) which the ‘Irish Press’ article commends.
‘Memorandum of Ambulance work & efforts for peace’ by J.P. Homan, Vernon Avenue, Clontarf, Dublin. The memorandum refers to his work with St. John’s Ambulance during the Civil War hostilities in Dublin in June and July 1922. Specific mention is made of Homan’s interactions with Fr. Albert Bibby OFM Cap. and the friar’s efforts to secure a cessation of the fighting. Includes a short clipping of an obituary for J.P. Homan (‘Irish Independent’, 6 Aug. 1944). (Volume pages 79-87).
An image of Fr. Albert Bibby OFM Cap. at the outbreak of the Civil War in Dublin in July 1922.
A photograph of the funeral service for Fr. Albert Bibby OFM Cap. at Mission Santa Inés in California.