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Correspondence with Lillie Connolly and Muriel MacDonagh
Part of Irish Capuchin Archives
This sub-series comprises correspondence with the widows of two executed leaders of the 1916 Rising, Lillie Connolly and Muriel MacDonagh
Correspondence with Republican Prisoners
Part of Irish Capuchin Archives
A collection of letters sent to Fr. Aloysius Travers OFM Cap. by republican internees and prisoners including Seán T. O’Kelly and W.T. Cosgrave.
Declaration of Lillie Agnes Connolly’s reception into the Catholic Church
Part of Irish Capuchin Archives
Declaration of Lillie Agnes Connolly’s (wife of James Connolly) reception into the Catholic Church. It reads: ‘I Fr. Aloysius OSFC declare that … I have this fifteenth day of August 1916 received into the Catholic Church Mrs Lily Agnes Connolly observing the prescribed rites and ceremonies’. The document is signed by Lillie Agnes Connolly and witnessed by Fiona Connolly (1907-1976)
Declaration of Muriel MacDonagh’s reception into the Catholic Church
Part of Irish Capuchin Archives
Declaration of Muriel MacDonagh’s (wife of Thomas MacDonagh) reception into the Catholic Church. It reads: ‘I Fr. Aloysius OSFC declare that … I have this eighteenth day of April 1917 received into the Catholic Church Mrs. Muriel MacDonagh observing the prescribed rites and ceremonies’. The document is signed by Muriel Mary MacDonagh.
Letter from ‘Jimmy B’ to Fr. Aloysius Travers OFM Cap.
Part of Irish Capuchin Archives
Letter from ‘Jimmy B’, prisoner no. “Q 161”, to Fr. Aloysius Travers OFM Cap. expressing his gratitude to Fr. Aloysius for his ‘two cards [and] also the Xmas card which were as rays of sunshine from Church St. to me in my exile’. He also adds ‘Eoin McNeill desired me to thank you for his Christmas message which he received alright and Gerard Crofts sends his best respects to you’.
Letter from Arthur Griffith to Fr. Aloysius Travers OFM Cap.
Part of Irish Capuchin Archives
Letter from Arthur Griffith, 'Nationality' Offices, 6 Harcourt Street, Dublin, to Fr. Aloysius Travers OFM Cap., apologising for being unavailable to meet Fr. Aloysius. He adds ‘My friend the bearer … can take any message for me or make any arrangements to suit you’.
Letter from Brian Ó hUigínn to Fr. Aloysius Travers OFM Cap.
Part of Irish Capuchin Archives
Letter from Brian Ó hUigínn [Brian O’Higgins], Birmingham Prison, to Fr. Aloysius Travers OFM Ca., sending on his best wishes. In Irish.
Letter from Brian O’Higgins to Fr. Aloysius Travers OFM Cap.
Part of Irish Capuchin Archives
Letter from Brian O’Higgins, Detention Barracks, Stafford, c/o Chief Postal Censor, to Fr. Aloysius Travers OFM Cap., regarding the conditions of his detention. He writes: ‘We are all in good health and in the best of spirits; we are treated very kindly and have little to complain of. We have the Rosary in public – the whole lot of us together …’. He also asks Fr. Aloysius ‘to call at 117 Capel St. and see if Mrs Doyle and her children are being looked after? Her husband asked me to give this favour of you …’.
Letter from Clement Shorter to Fr. Aloysius Travers OFM Cap.
Part of Irish Capuchin Archives
Letter from Clement Shorter (British journalist and literary critic), 16 Marlborough Place, to Fr. Aloysius Travers OFM Cap., thanking him for letter of sympathy on the death of his wife, Dora Sigerson Shorter.
Letter from George Noble Plunkett to Fr. Aloysius Travers OFM Cap.
Part of Irish Capuchin Archives
Letter from George Noble Plunkett, 26 Upper Fitzwilliam Street, Dublin, to Fr. Aloysius Travers OFM Cap., asking him to attend ‘an Assembly to make Ireland’s claim for liberty before the Peace Conference’.