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A leaflet with the text of a letter from Edward Thomas O’Dwyer, the Bishop of Limerick, to the editor of the ‘Munster News’ dated 10 November 1915. The text reads ‘the treatment which the poor Irish emigrant lads have received at Liverpool is enough to make any Irishman's blood boil with anger and indignation. What wrong have they done to deserve insults and outrage at the hands of a brutal English mob? They don't want to be forced into the English Army, and sent to fight English battles in some part of the world’.

A photograph of the Irish delegation in London for negotiations with British officials. The group are from left to right John Whelan Dulanty, Irish High Commissioner, Seán Lemass, and Dr James Ryan.

A photographic postcard print captioned ‘Learning Irish Dancing at Ring College’ (Coláiste na Rinne) in County Waterford. Coláiste na Rinne was established in 1905 and officially recognised as an Irish language summer school in 1907. The principal founders of the college were Pádraig Ó Cadhla (1875-1948), an organiser for Conradh na Gaeilge in the locality, and Richard Henebry (1863-1916), also known as Risteard de Hindeberg, a Waterford-born priest, Irish language scholar and traditional music collector.

A view of traditional Irish dancing on the seafront at Bundoran, County Donegal, in about 1950.

An postcard print of the entrance to the Irish College of St. Anthony in Leuven (Louvain) in Belgium. The partially obscured inscription over the archway reads ‘Do ċum glóire Dé agus onóra na hÉireann (‘For the glory of God and the honour of Ireland’) and is taken from the ‘Annals of the Four Masters’.

Photographic prints submitted for publication in 'The Capuchin Annual'. The file includes prints of Irish cities and towns. Many of the prints are annotated on the reverse. The file includes the following images:
• Port of Cork.
• St. Patrick’s Street, Cork.
• Grand Parade, Cork.
• South Mall, Cork.
• O’Connell Street, Dublin.
• Father Mathew Bridge, Dublin.
• River Barrow, Crom-a-Boo Bridge and White’s Castle, Athy, County Kildare.
• Cromwell’s Arch, Youghal, County Cork.
• Galway City Docks.
• Cork City docks.
• The Lord Mayor of Cork ‘throwing the dart’ to define the boundaries and jurisdiction of Cork Harbour.
• Royal Dublin Society, Ballsbridge, Dublin.
• St. Patrick’s Cathedral, Armagh.
• Penrose Quay, Cork.
• View of Clonmel, County Tipperary, from Convent Bridge with St. Mary’s Church in the foreground.
• Four Courts, Dublin.
• Cavendish Row and Parnell Street, Dublin.
• Leinster Market, Dublin.
• Shandon Tower, Cork City.
• City Hall, Cork.
• St. Patrick’s Hill, Cork.
• Gurranabraher, Cork.
• Entrance to the Ford vehicle plant, Cork.
• The Loopline Bridge, Dublin.
• Main Street, Clifden, County Galway.
• Holycross Cottages, Holycross, County Tipperary.
• Merrion Square East, Dublin.
• The Ha’penny Bridge, Dublin.
• Riverfront, Wexford.
• Boyne Viaduct, Drogheda, County Louth.
• Kilkenny City.
• The ship Innisfallen at Penrose Quay, Cork.
• Falls Road, Belfast.
• Ballina, County Mayo.
• Athlone, County Westmeath.
• Derry City, County Londonderry.
• Sarsfield Bridge over the River Shannon, Limerick City.
• The Band Hollow, Phoenix Park, Dublin.
• Cavendish Row, Dublin.
• Haulbowline, Cork Harbour.
• Shop front, MacCurtain Street, Cork.
• St. Stephen’s Green, Dublin.
• Dalkey Island viewed from Killiney Hill, County Dublin.
• Dun Laoghaire Harbour.
• Two religious sisters in the Phoenix Park, Dublin.
• School on Cove Street, Cork.
• Mill and malting buildings, Prospect Row, Cork.
• Cobh, County Cork.
• Dún Laoghaire harbour, County Dublin.
• The Custom House, Dublin.
• The Mills at Dublin Port.
• Victoria Quay, Dublin.
• Sunday's Well, Cork.
• National Monument, Grand Parade, Cork.
• Cork Marina and the River Lee as seen from Montenotte.
• Fishing on the banks of the River Liffey, near Chapelizod, Dublin.
• The Gresham Hotel, O’Connell Street, Dublin.
• Changing of army guards at Leinster House, Dublin

Letter from Fr. Xavier Reardon OFM Cap. (1899-1986) to Fr. Henry Anglin OFM Cap. enclosing photographs for use in an article on Capuchin missionaries in India. The letter is dated 22 Nov. 1954. The file includes the following images:

• The new Church of St. Anthony in Delhi.
• The Most Rev. Sylvester Mulligan OFM Cap., Archbishop of Delhi-Simla, on a visit to a school in Karnal, India.
• Fr. Xavier with catechists in 1946.
• Schools among the Bhil people in West India.
• Bhilala people in Central India.
• Archbishop Mulligan on visitation in a village outside Delhi.
• Fr. Theodore Murphy OFM Cap. (1912-1993) in a local village.
• Holy Family Hospital in Delhi founded by the Medical Missionaries of Mary.
• Archbishop Mulligan performing a baptism in Khera Khurd outside Delhi (negative).