Card from Bishop Patrick Lyons to Fr. Senan Moynihan OFM Cap. thanking him for the gift of a copy of ‘The Capuchin Annual’. The image side of the card shows construction work on the Cathedral of Saint Patrick and Saint Felim (Cavan Cathedral) in the diocese of Kilmore in December 1940.
Letter from Henry Houghton Hill to Fr. Senan Moynihan OFM Cap. thanking him for the copy of ‘The Capuchin Annual’ (1941) which describes as ‘most interesting to Cork men’.
Metal stereotypes (set on wooden blocks) of illustrations (many by Fr. Gerald McCann OFM Cap. with some by Grace Perry) of Franciscan life published in 'The Capuchin Annual'. The themes include Christmas festivities, pranks and mischiefs involving Capuchins (some of the friars depicted, including Fr. Senan Moynihan OFM Cap., were known to Fr. Gerald), sports, music, everyday chores and religious rituals. Several of the blocks depict more general aspects of religious devotion including representations of saints, the nativity, symbols and crests, missionaries and the clergy. Some of the blocks have annotations on the reverse indicating the theme of the illustration. These include: • ‘This place is holy’. • ‘Joy in the struggle’. • ‘St. Francis of Assisi / the builder’. • ‘People in love’. • ‘Building together’. • ‘Call to praise’. • ‘Peace and goodness’. • ‘St. Francis and the Wolf’. The cover illustration of 'The Capuchin Annual' by Seán O’Sullivan RHA. • Richard King at work on a Station of the Cross in his studio. Some of these stereotype blocks were found in box marked with an annotation suggesting that they had been returned from ‘Kelly’s Printers’.
Metal stereotypes (set on wooden blocks) with illustrations of women. The original filing cabinet containing these blocks was labelled ‘women’. The blocks lack any identifying captions, but some are numbered. Some of the images appear to show women in domestic situations and at work (particularly in a rural setting). Several of the metal stereotypes are detached from the wooden
A letter from Val Mulkerns (1925-2018) to Fr. Senan Moynihan OFM Cap. The letter thanks the Capuchin friar for payment for a poem and refers to her reasons for moving to England and to her work on her novel.
