Copy of last letter of Seán Mac Aodha (Seán Heuston) to his sister
- IE CA IR-1/3/1/6
- Stuk
- 7 May 1916
Part of Irish Capuchin Archives
Typescript copy of last letter of Capt. Seán Mac Aodha [Seán Heuston] to his sister, ‘an Irish nun’.
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Copy of last letter of Seán Mac Aodha (Seán Heuston) to his sister
Part of Irish Capuchin Archives
Typescript copy of last letter of Capt. Seán Mac Aodha [Seán Heuston] to his sister, ‘an Irish nun’.
Photographic postcard print of St. Enda’s School
Part of Irish Capuchin Archives
Photographic postcard print of the study hall of St. Enda’s School, Rathfarnham, founded by Patrick Pearse.
Note from Military Headquarters to Dublin Metropolitan Police
Part of Irish Capuchin Archives
Note from Military Headquarters, Parkgate Street, to Dublin Metropolitan Police. The note reads: ‘Please tell the Franciscan Fathers at Church Street that the two men they wish to see at Kilmainham Detention Prison should be seen by them tonight’. Printed heading reads: ‘Dublin Metropolitan Police Telephone’. Patrick Pearse, Thomas MacDonagh and Thomas J. Clarke were executed on the morning of 3 May
Letter from Major Gerald Henry Pomeroy Colley to Fr. Aloysius Travers OFM Cap.
Part of Irish Capuchin Archives
Letter from Major Gerald Henry Pomeroy Colley, Headquarters, Irish Command, Parkgate, Dublin, to Fr. Aloysius Travers OFM Cap., declaring that he is ‘glad to say your kind offices will not be required to night’. Colley was referring to Fr. Aloysius’ attendance to imprisoned rebel leaders.
Photographic postcard print of Grace Gifford
Part of Irish Capuchin Archives
Photographic postcard print of a half-length portrait of Mrs Joseph Plunkett (Grace Gifford) ‘who married Joseph Plunkett in Kilmainham Prison a few hours before his Execution on May 3rd, 1916’. Printed and Published by the Powell Press, 22 Parliament St., Dublin.
Photographic print of Con Colbert
Part of Irish Capuchin Archives
Photographic print of Con Colbert seated and dressed in an Irish Volunteer uniform.
Note from rebel participant in the Easter Rising
Part of Irish Capuchin Archives
The note reads: ‘Dear Mother, we had to surrender so we march to Phoneix [sic] Park, don’t forget to pray us’. A partially decipherable name and address is given on the reverse: ‘Matthew [ ], 12 Great Longford St, Dublin, off Aungier St.’ The item was found within an envelope annotated: ‘Farewell letter to His mother of a soldier of the I.R.A. who fought for Ireland in the Rising of Easter Week, 1916’.
Copy letter from Fr. Aloysius Travers OFM Cap. to the editor of the 'Irish Catholic'
Part of Irish Capuchin Archives
Copy letter from Fr. Aloysius Travers OFM Cap. to the editor of the 'Irish Catholic' protesting against the ‘obvious and unkind suggestion’ made in relation to Thomas MacDonagh in a recent edition of the paper. Fr Aloysius declared: ‘I feel bound to emphatically assert that his preparation for his last moment manifested a depth of Catholic Faith and a tenderness of piety most edifying and impressive and that he received the rites of his Church with a devotion which not easily be forgotten by The Priest who assisted him’
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 …’.
Authorisation from Colonel H.V. Cowan to Fr. Aloysius Travers OFM Cap.
Part of Irish Capuchin Archives
Authorisation from Colonel H.V. Cowan, Assistant Adjutant General, Headquarters, Irish Command, Parkgate, Dublin, to Fr. Aloysius Travers OFM Cap. The note reads: ‘The General Officer Commander in Chief directs that every facility be given to his Revered Father Aloysius OSFC to visit rebel prisoners at any of the places of detention or internment, to hear confessions and administer the rights of his Church, at all times’.