Newspaper cuttings book compiled and annotated by Fr. Stanislaus Kavanagh OFM Cap. Printed stamp on inside front cover: ‘Franciscan Capuchin Library, Church Street, Dublin’. The pages have been numbered by Fr. Stanislaus. The cuttings book includes: 53-54: Reports on the raid by British forces on the Capuchin Friary, Church Street, and the subsequent detention of Fr. Albert Bibby OFM Cap. and Fr. Dominic O’Connor OFM Cap. 'Dublin Evening Mail', 18 Dec. 1920; 'Evening Telegraph', 17 Dec. 1920. Includes some cuttings of photographic prints of Fr. Dominic. 55-66: Reports on the court martial and conviction of Fr. Dominic O’Connor OFM Cap. Jan.-Mar. 1921. 67: Reports in the 'Cork Examiner' referring to the ministries of Fr. Albert Bibby OFM Cap., Fr. Dominic O’Connor OFM Cap.,and other Capuchin priests to republicans. 7-9 Nov. 1923. 119-120: Articles referring to the trial and sentencing of Fr. Dominic O’Connor OFM Cap. 'Evening Herald', 10 Jan. 1921; 'Irish Catholic', 5 Feb. 1921.
Letter from the Most Rev. Peter Emmanuel Amigo, Bishop of Southwark, to Fr. Dominic O’Connor OFM Cap., expressing his delight on seeing him after all his recent suffering. He also grants him full diocesan faculties for his stay in the diocese.
A copy letter from Fr. Edwin Fitzgibbon OFM Cap. to the Most Rev. Daniel Cohalan, Bishop of Cork, claiming that he knew nothing of Fr. Dominic O'Connor's appointment as chaplain to the IRA until his attention was drawn to a report in the local newspapers.
An image showing funeral procession of Terence MacSwiney on St. Patrick’s Street, Cork on 31 October 1920. Several Capuchin friars are identifiable in the procession including Fr. Cyril O’Sullivan OFM Cap., Fr. Edwin Fitzgibbon OFM Cap., and Fr. Colman Griffin OFM Cap.
Newspaper clipping of a letter by Fr. Dominic O’Connor OFM Cap. published in the nationalist newspaper the 'Cork Free Press' (8 Nov. 1911). The letter is titled ‘The Brown Friars: their education in “the dark days”’ and refers to the long history of the education of Irish Capuchins in continental colleges. The article was sent to the editor of the 'Cork Free Press' and was signed 'Segan Eireannac'. With cover and annotation by Fr. Stanislaus Kavanagh OFM Cap.
Letter from Fr. Dominic O’Connor OFM Cap., Brussels, to Fr. Paul Neary OFM Cap., St. Mary of the Angels, Church Street, Dublin, regarding information found in continental archives regarding the early Irish Capuchins particularly in respect of Fr. Francis Nugent OFM Cap. With cover.
The poem reads: ‘Thy favours still, O Lord bestow; Through Mary’s hands may grace still flow; Give me the Cross or pain or woe, But give to Eire Liberty’.
Circular letter from the Most Rev. Denis Kelly, Bishop of Ross, Bishop’s House, Skibbereen, regarding the number of Irish chaplains in the British Army and Navy. Distinctions are made between incardinated secular clergy and regulars ‘who have gone from the Irish Houses of their respective Provinces’. It is noted that two members of the Capuchin Order in Ireland are serving as chaplains. These were Fr. Dominic O’Connor OFM Cap. and Fr. Ignatius Collins OFM Cap.