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Photographic prints compiled for an article by James C. Brindley titled ‘Ireland’s Geological Past’, published in 'The Capuchin Annual' (1974), pp 174-186. The file includes images of geological structures, maps and line drawings used to illustrate the text.

Photographic prints compiled for an article by Daphne Pochin Mould (1920-2014) titled ‘Aerial Views of Treasured Shrines Destroyed by Invaders’, published in 'The Capuchin Annual' (1975). With a covering letter from Daphne Pochin Mould to Fr. Henry Anglin OFM Cap. (3 June 1974). The file includes aerial views of the following (mostly ruined) medieval sites in Ireland:

• Muckross Abbey, Killarney, County Kerry.
• Cistercian Abbey, Corcomroe, County Clare.
• Franciscan Friary, Askeaton, County Limerick.
• Holycross Cistercian Abbey, County Tipperary.
• Augustinian Abbey, Athassel, County Tipperary.
• Sherkin Island Franciscan Friary, County Cork.
• Franciscan Friary, Quin, County Clare.
• Bective Abbey, County Meath.
• The Rock of Cashel, County Tipperary.
• Kells Augustinian Priory, County Kilkenny.
• Killmallock Dominican Friary, County Limerick

Photographic prints relating to the Zuiderzee land reclamation works in The Netherlands. The photographs chart the various stages of the project and include some maps of the Zuiderzee and the resulting reclaimed polders. The prints are credited to J.J. Stuvel, Cas Oorthuys, KLM Aercoarto, and other Dutch press agency photographers.

Copy prints of Molly Childers (1875-1964), Robert Erskine Childers (1870-1922), and Erskine Hamilton Childers (1905-1974) used to illustrate an article by Burke Wilkinson titled ‘Erskine Childers: the Boston Connection’ published in 'The Capuchin Annual' (1977), pp 265-73.

Copy prints of drawing and paintings used to illustrate an article by John M. O’Grady titled ‘Sarah Purser / 1848-1943’ published in 'The Capuchin Annual' (1977), pp 89-104.

Draft articles for submission for 'The Capuchin Annual'. The author of the texts is not given but it is possible they are by D.L. Kelleher (1883-1958). The titles include ‘Walking into Wigan Town in 1920’, ‘Traveller’s Joy / The Return of the Native’, ‘Paris / July 5th 1926’, ‘Saint Peter’s and Saint Paul’s, Cork’, ‘Pageant in High Street’, ‘I like Dublin’, ‘Shakespeare in the Cradle’, and ‘Lourdes / November 18th 1923’. It appears that many of the articles are incomplete.

Photographic prints by T.J. Molloy. Most of the prints are annotated on the reverse. The covering envelope is dated 18 Jan. 1960. The file includes the following images:

• Architectural detail from Mellifont Abbey, County Louth.
• Bective Abbey, County Meath.
• Lambay Island, County Dublin.
• Candle-lit vigil in a church.
• Rural and farm images.
• Statue of Our Lady situated on a cliff near Rathdrum, County Wicklow.

Photographic prints by Colm M. O’Byrne, Drimnagh, Dublin. Most of the prints are captioned. Many of the images are of farmers and rural landscapes. The file includes the following images:

• Mount Errigal, County Donegal.
• Gola Island, County Donegal.
• Sandycove, County Dublin.
• Dun Laoghaire, County Dublin.
• Arranmore Island, County Donegal.
• Rural scenes near Rockwell, Cashel, County Tipperary.
• Kenmare Manor, County Kerry.
• Countryside near Glendalough, County Wicklow.
• Dun Laoghaire, County Dublin.
• O’Connell Bridge, Dublin.

Draft article by Edward MacLysaght titled ‘S.R. Lysaght: The Author and the Man’. The file also contains a copy manuscript titled ‘Another Imaginary Conversation / 3 Dec. 1931’ compiled for an article titled: ‘Sidney Royce Lysaght: the author and the man’, published in 'The Capuchin Annual' (1975), pp 225-229. The piece was written by Edward MacLysaght. The manuscript refers to family reminiscences pertaining especially to his father, Sidney Royse Lysaght (1860-1941), an Irish writer, who worked in the iron industry. His son, Edward MacLysaght (1887-1986), was a writer and authority on Irish family history. The file also includes two copies of ‘The amazing war experiences of Patrick Lysaght / An Irishman of the Royal Irish Rifles / the first unit to meet the Germans at Mons in 1914’. It is noted that this narrative was first recorded in December 1938.