A photographic print of a group of individuals at the grave of the Irish nationalist John Mitchel in the unitarian cemetery in Newry, County Down. A manuscript annotation on the reverse identifies the individuals. The group includes Kathleen Clarke, Eamon Donnelly, Pat Cunnigham and Edward ‘Eddie’ McAteer.
An image of John McCormack in Miami Beach, Florida, United States. The original caption (credited to the International News Photo Agency) is appended to the image side of the photograph. The caption title reads ‘Irish Thrush [McCormack] on Southern Lark’. It also refers to McCormack’s companions in the image (Betty King of Miami Beach and Terry Lawlor of California) as ‘Two Fair Colleens’. The caption also notes that the photograph was taken at Jack Dempsey’s Cocktail Room in Miami Beach. (Volume page 143).
A framed photograph of John McCormack (1884-1945), the Irish tenor, dedicated to Fr. Senan Moynihan OFM Cap. and Fr. Gerald McCann OFM Cap. It is signed by his wife, Lily McCormack, and dated 1946.
Two views of the elaborate Celtic cross memorial over the grave of John Keegan Casey (1846-1870), poet and Fenian activist, in Glasnevin cemetery in Dublin.
Correspondence and papers assembled by John (Seán) Henebry (also known as Eoin de Hindeberg), a younger brother of Fr. Richard Henebry. John Henebry died in 1937. The file includes several postcards written (in Irish) by Fr. Richard Henebry to his brother while on the continent in 1913. The photographic print shows an unidentified coastal location. The file also includes a letter from Patrick J. Merriman (Registrar, University College Cork) to John Henebry on his regret that Fr. Richard’s ‘manuscript on Irish music cannot be found’, adding ‘it is a loss to the country’ (25 Apr. 1916). Other letters (Fr. Patrick Power and Joseph Downey, Secretary, University College Cork) express condolences on the death of Fr. Richard on 17 March 1916. A note from Sir Bertram Windle encloses two clippings from the ‘Manchester Guardian’ (28-9 March 1916) containing tributes to the late priest. The file also includes a letter (in Irish) to John Henebry from Seán Ó Currín (28 May 1921).
A view of some of the crowds assembled on Arran Quay during the visit of President John F. Kennedy to Dublin on 26 June 1963. The photograph was taken by Fr. Christopher Crowley OFM Cap. (1904-1984).
Photographic prints relating to the opening of John F. Kennedy Memorial Park, Slieve Coillte, New Ross, County Wexford. The official opening occurred on 29 May 1968. The file includes a print showing the planting of a tree by Eunice Shriver-Kennedy, a sister of the late President. Other individuals in the prints include Jack Lynch, Taoiseach, the Most Rev. Donal J. Herlihy, the Bishop of Ferns, and Tim O’Brien, Secretary, Department of Lands. The remaining prints show various views of the memorial park and visitor centre. Most of the prints are credited to the 'Cork Examiner'.
An image of Taoiseach John A. Costello giving a speech at a reception for the Boston Archdiocesan pilgrims at the Iveagh Grounds in Dublin. President Seán T. O’Kelly, Archbishop John Charles McQuaid, and Archbishop Richard Cushing are seated behind. (Volume page 68).
