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Two letters with initialled signatures. They are possibly related to the Fenian John O’Mahony. One of the notes reads ‘There is strong objection to your “official” proceedings. Perhaps these objections may be overcome but if you want to succeed you must rely mainly on your own “individual efforts” …’. Two numbered notes are also extant in the file: ‘7210 / John (Ryan?) London, 27 Jan. 71 / have seen O’D / settled to meet the people at my place on Tuesday night 31st’ and ‘7196 / list of towns in England, Scotland, and Ireland’.

A bound volume containing clippings, letters, offprints, and photographs relating to Aodh de Blacam. Includes clippings of biographies, obituaries, and tribute articles. Gilt title to the spine reads ‘Aodh de Blacam / Died 13th January 1951’. The volume includes:
• Aodh de Blacam, ‘Emigration: the witness of geography’, ‘Studies: An Irish Quarterly Review’
Vol. 39, No. 155 (Sept., 1950), pp. 279-288.
• Letter from Aodh de Blacam to Fr. Senan Moynihan (12 Jan. 1951).
• Typescript on Clann na Poblachta and the state of various political parties in the years from 1948-50. Marked ‘Very confidential / received 14 December 1950 / Fr. Senan’.
• Clippings of obituaries for Aodh de Blacam in the ‘Evening Herald’ and ‘Sunday Press’ (Jan. 1951).
• Card from Mary de Blacam to Fr. Senan Moynihan OFM Cap. thanking him for his sympathy on her husband’s recent death. (Feb. 1951).
• Obituary for Aodh de Blacam published in the ‘Irish Times’ (15 Jan. 1951).
• Portrait print of Aodh de Blacam.
• Clipping of report on de Blacam’s funeral. (‘Irish Press’, 16 Jan. 1951).
• Letter from Fr. Henry Edward George Rope to Fr. Senan Moynihan OFM Cap. expressing his sadness on hearing of de Blacam’s death and recalling his meetings with him in Rome. (6 Feb. 1951).
• Photographic print of Fr. Senan and Aodh de Blacam (1950). Print by Adolf Morath (1905-c.1977).
• ‘Rovings in Rome / 1. Where the Earls lie’ by Ruaíri Rodach (Aodh de Blacam). ‘The Father Mathew Record’ (Mar. 1951).

A bound volume containing publishing works by Fr. Michael O’Hickey. Includes some clippings and manuscript additions. The inside front cover has a print of Fr. O’Hickey with a manuscript annotation which reads ‘Born at Carrickbeg, Carrick-on-Suir, 12th March 1961. Died at Portlaw, Co. Waterford 19th November 1916. Ordained priest in Waterford 1884. Appointed Professor of Irish, Maynooth College 1896’. A later annotation on the opening page reads ‘Very rare / unique’. Printed title to spine reads ‘Writings of Rev. Dr. O’Hickey’. The volume includes:
• ‘A Great Gaelic Scholar / Death of the Very Rev. Dr. O’Hickey’ (‘Clonmel Nationalist’, 22 Nov. 1916).
• ‘Primary schools and their management / by Sacerdes and Sagart’ ([privately printed], 1907). 64 pp.
• ‘The True National Idea by Rev. M.P. O’Hickey / A lecture delivered in the hall of the Catholic Commercial Club, Dublin, on November 3rd, 1898, under the auspices of the Central Branch of the Gaelic League’. (Dublin, Gaelic League Pamphlets, Third Edition, 1898). 8 pp.
• ‘The Irish language movement: its genesis, growth and progress / by Rev. Michael P. O’Hickey’ ([Dublin, Gaelic League, 1902]). 15 pp.
• ‘The nationalisation of Irish education / by Rev. M.P. O’Hickey’. ([Dublin, Gaelic League, 1902]). 23 pp.
• ‘An Irish university, or else / by Rev. Michael P. O’Hickey. (Waterford, M.H. Gill & Son, 1909). 20 pp.
• ‘The Irish language and Irish intermediate education / VII / Dr. O’hickey’s reply to Dr. Mahaffy, Dr. Gwynn and Dr. Atkinson (Dublin: Gaelic League Pamphlets – no. 17, [c.1902]). 14 pp.
• ‘The Future of Irish in the National Schools / by Rev. M.P. O’Hickey’ (Dublin: Gaelic League Pamphlets – no. 9, 1900). 12 pp.
• ‘The Golden Age of the Irish Church / A lecture by Rev. Michael P. Hickey’ (Glasgow, P. Donegan & Co., 1890). 32 pp.
• ‘Wanted – an Irish university; also essays on university and kindred subjects / Collected and edited by an Irish priest’ (Dublin: Sealy, Bryers & Walker, 1909). 128 pp.
• ‘Further documents bearing on the dismissal of Rev. Dr. O’Hickey from the Irish Chair of St. Patrick’s College, Maynooth’. ([Privately printed, c.1909]).
• ‘Memorandum dealing with the constitution, history and authority of the Board of Trustees of St. Patrick’s College, Maynooth: with some account of the visitors, past and present’. ([Privately printed, c.1909]). 31 pp.

Fliers re meetings of landowners in County Louth called by the Provisional Committee of the Landowners and Encumbrancers’ Association and to be held in Dundalk. One of the fliers was issued by G.C. Smyth, Sheriff of County Louth.

Photoengraving plates produced for publication in 'The Capuchin Annual'. The printing plates are not captioned but include the following images:
• ‘Éamon de Valera’ by Seán O’Sullivan, 'The Capuchin Annual' (1937).
• The grave of Michael Collins in Glasnevin Cemetery
• The republican plot in Glasnevin Cemetery
• Maud Gonne MacBride (1866-1953)
• Cathal O’Shannon (1893-1969)
• James Connolly (1868-1916)
• William O’Brien (1881-1968)
• Arthur Griffith, Richard Mulcahy, Kevin O’Higgins and others (including clerics) in c.1921. The original print is extant at CA CP-1-1-4-4.
• The old Capuchin Chapel, Church Street, Dublin, c.1860
• Rosemary Haughton, an American lay theologian
• Robert Kennedy (1925-1968)
• Micheál Mac Liammóir (1899-1978)
• Eamon Carr, a contributor to 'Eirigh'
• Capuchin Friary, Rochestown, County Cork
• Memorial to Fr. Albert Bibby OFM Cap. and Fr. Dominic O’Connor OFM Cap.
• An illustration of Frongoch internment camp
• General Sir John Maxwell and other British officers during the 1916 Rising.
• Liam Brophy, a frequent contributor to 'The Capuchin Annual'.
• British stamp overprinted with ‘Rialtas Sealadach na hÉireann 1922’
• Illustration of Robert Emmet (1778-1803)
• Éamon de Valera with Sinéad de Valera
• Éamon de Valera on O’Connell Street during commemorations of the twenty-fifth anniversary of the Rising. 'The Capuchin Annual' (1942), p. 200.
• Pádraig Pearse memorial coin
• ‘Map of Dublin City showing the volunteer occupation plan and the principal English military barracks in 1916’. 'The Capuchin Annual' (1966), pp 169-9.
• The 1916 Proclamation
• Surrender note of Pádraig Pearse at the conclusion of the Rising
• Crowds observing destroyed buildings in the aftermath of the Rising
• The Custom House, Dublin
• Downpatrick, County Down
• St. Patrick’s Cathedral, Armagh
• Parliament Buildings (Stormont), Belfast
• Hook Lighthouse, County Wexford
• Áras an Uachtaráin, Phoenix Park, Dublin
• Artwork by Richard King commemorating the 1916 Rising
• Seán O’Sullivan at work on his portrait of Eoin MacNeill
• Stained Glass Windows. One of the blocks is annotated on the reverse: ‘Please return to Harry Clarke, Stained Glass Ltd., 6 North Frederick Street, Dublin 1’.
• St. Vincent de Paul (1581-1660)

Wrapped photoengraving plates of liturgical artwork produced by Richard King for publication in 'The Capuchin Annual'. Annotations on the wrapping provide identifying captions for some of the images. Some of the covers are marked ‘Dollard Printing House Ltd.’. These include:
• ‘Five joyful mysteries of the Rosary’. 'The Capuchin Annual' (1967), pp 273-287.
• ‘Five sorrowful mysteries of the Rosary’. 'The Capuchin Annual' (1968), pp 241-55.
• ‘Five glorious mysteries of the Rosary’. 'The Capuchin Annual' (1969), pp 241-56.

Draft articles submitted for publication in 'The Father Mathew Record' (later 'Eirigh'). The file includes articles written by the following authors: Christine Crowley, E.M. Stacey, Dr. Ivor Browne, Aloys Fleischmann (interview transcript), Frank Aiken TD, Deirdre McGarry, Fr. Simon O’Byrne OFM (1928-2011), Anne Elizabeth O’Neill, Edith M. Geoghegan, Fr. Brendan O’Mahony OFM Cap., Richard Kehoe, Gerald Malone, Cecily Lambert, Desmond Cryan, F.N. O’Neill, John Cahill, Breda Owens, Fr. Francis MacNamara OP, John Turpin, and Joseph O’Connor.