Draft of an article on Augustine Birrell (1850-1933), Chief Secretary for Ireland, and his role in the 1916 Rising. The author of the text is not given.
Counterpart agreement between Patrick Pearse, Emily MacCarthy, and the Intermediate Board of Education regarding St. Enda’s School. Pearse is referred to as the ‘owner and manager’ of St Enda’s School. The agreement refers to the provision of ‘equipment and appliances for the practical teaching of The Natural and Experimental Sciences’. The document is signed by Patrick Pearse and the other parties to the agreement. The seal of the Board of Education is fixed to the document. Includes a schedule of payments to be made to the Intermediate Board of Education.
Off-print of an article by Thomas Mac Greevy (1893-1967) titled ‘Art Criticism and Science’ published in 'Scritti di Storia Dell’Arte in onore di Lionello Venturi' (Rome, 1956).
Application form for a grant of administration on the estate of the late James Pearse made to the High Court of Justice (Probate Division). The document notes that James Pearse died at 185 Great Russell Street in Birmingham on 5 December 1900. It also states that he left £1,459 12s 6d. in his will.
Copy list of members of the APCA in 1969. The list is arranged alphabetically by surname and notes additional (new) members to be added to the list in the 1969 edition of 'The Capuchin Annual'.
Advertising flier for the Association of Patrons of 'The Capuchin Annual' seeking new members and subscriptions to support the work of the publication as an ‘ambassador of Irish life and values at home and abroad’. The reverse of the leaflet prints several positive reviews of the 'Annual' from publications and newspapers in Ireland and abroad.
Draft manuscript of an article by Aodh de Blacam titled ‘With the last pilgrims at the closing of the door’. The manuscript has a cover letter from de Blacam to Fr. Senan Moynihan OFM Cap. Both the letter and the manuscript are dated 10 January 1951. Fr. Senan later bound de Blacam’s draft into a volume with a spine title ‘A. de. B’s last MS. For The Capuchin Annual’.
An offprint of an article by Fr. Richard Henebry titled ‘An Unpublished Poem by W. English’. The article appeared in the first number of ‘Zeitschrift für celtische Philologie’, a periodical founded in 1897 by Kuno Meyer and Ludwig Christian Stern. A manuscript annotation on the first reads ‘To his brother with the writer’s compliments’.
A draft article on the life and work of An tAthair Peadar Ó Laoghaire. The article suggests that ‘an Athair Peadar’s Irish of the People and the autonomous verb have won the day. So, it is not alone for the quantity of his works but for the wide field in which he worked that we have to claim for an Athair Peadar that he is the “Father of Modern Irish”’. The author added ‘He was ordained in 1867, the Fenian year, and his pays his tribute to the Fenian men with the reserve of the Catholic priest reminding us that in O’Donovan Rossa’s paper there was no word of Irish …’. The article appears to be incomplete.
