An invitation to a banquet organised by the Knights of Equity, an Irish Catholic fraternal organization, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, on 17 March 1950. The card shows Blarney Castle, a fifteenth-century tower house, in County Cork. The festivities organised by the Knights of Equity included the singing of popular Irish songs such as ‘It’s a great day for the Irish’ and ‘When Irish eyes are smiling’.
An invitation to a ceremony conferring the Freedom of Dublin upon Richard Cushing, Archbishop of Boston, and Paul A. Dever, Governor of Massachusetts, at City Hall. The invitation was sent to Fr. Senan Moynihan OFM Cap. (Volume page 49).
Letters to Fr. Hilary McDonagh OFM Cap. responding to invitations to attend the blessing and opening of the Capuchin House of Studies and the new Ard Mhuire Friary on 13 Nov. 1966. The attendees included many local parish priests, Capuchin friars, members of other religious congregations and various lay people involved in the construction of the buildings. The file also includes a copy of the official declaration of the blessing of the foundation (in Latin) signed by Fr. Conrad O’Donovan OFM Cap., Provincial Minister, a list of donations to the building fund, an invitation card to the solemn blessing and opening and a menu card for the celebratory dinner.
Draft and galley-proof of an ‘Invocation of the Blessed Virgin Mary / a translation of a very early Irish poem – perhaps as early as the sixth century’.
Invoices (and estimates) from Dollard Printing House, Mornington Park, Dublin 5, re printing costs for 'The Capuchin Annual'. The file also includes calculations for the costs of printing the 'Annual' from 1973 to 1976. It is noted that there was over a ninety percent increase in printing costs in these years. The total cost for printing 6,288 copies in 1976 was £14,532.24.
Invoices from Koningsveld & Zoom, typesetters, 12 Lower Liffey Street, Dublin. The invoices include copies of the requested photographic engravings. Some of the photographic engravings are sketches of Capuchin life by Grace Perry.
Invoices from the Irish Photo Engraving Company, Cuffe Lane, Dublin 2. The invoices include copies of the requested photographic engravings. The engravings include sketches of Capuchin life by Grace Perry, illuminated pages from the Book of Kells, the Tara Brooch, Michael Collins, liturgical paintings by Richard King, and the first meeting of Dáil Éireann.
'Ireland / A monthly magazine of Catholic and miscellaneous reading', Vol. 1, No. 6 (Feb. 1892). The front cover has an engraving of St. Patrick with the legend ‘Ireland Sober is Ireland Free’. The magazine contains a number of temperance-related articles including ‘A story of Father Mathew’s time’ by 'Comeragh' at pp 93-4.
