Fatherly Concern / A Belfast Ghost Story
- IE CA CP/1/4/2
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- c.1950
Part of Irish Capuchin Archives
Draft short story by James J. Campbell titled ‘Fatherly Concern / A Belfast Ghost Story’.
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Fatherly Concern / A Belfast Ghost Story
Part of Irish Capuchin Archives
Draft short story by James J. Campbell titled ‘Fatherly Concern / A Belfast Ghost Story’.
Father Tom Burke Speaks to Exiles in America
Part of Irish Capuchin Archives
A clipping of an article reflecting on the American tour of Fr. Tom Burker OP, a noted Irish Dominican preacher and historian. Burke visited the United States in 1871. (Volume page 213).
Father Nicholas Sheehy Memorial, Shanrahan, Clogheen, County Tipperary
Part of Irish Capuchin Archives
A postcard print of the grave of Fr. Nicholas Sheehy in Clogheen in County Tipperary. Father Sheehy (c.1728-1766) was a local priest who was executed following what were widely believed to be false charges of involvement in agrarian unrest during the Penal Law era.
Father Mathew Statue, O'Connell Street, Dublin
Part of Irish Capuchin Archives
A night-time view of the Father Mathew Statue and behind it the scaffolded façade of the Carlton Cinema on O’Connell Street in Dublin.
Part of Irish Capuchin Archives
Draft of an article by Fr. Clifford J. Stevens titled ‘Father Flanagan of Boys Town’. The article was written in 1967 to mark the fiftieth anniversary of the founding of Boys Town, Nebraska, by Fr. Edward Joseph Flanagan. Fr. Stevens was a graduate of Boys Town and served as a chaplain in the United States Air Force stationed in Japan.
Father Albert’s Message to ‘The Monitor’
Part of Irish Capuchin Archives
Printed facsimile of a letter from Fr. Albert Bibby to the editor of ‘The Monitor’ referring to his worsening condition in in St. Francis Hospital in Santa Barbara, California. He writes ‘It is hard to feel that that I may not see dear old Ireland again, or my good mother, sisters and friends there. It would lessen the sacrifice to be laid to rest with Rory [O’Connor] and the boys in Glasnevin’. He adds that he has no bitterness towards his political opponents’. (Volume page 91).
Bibby, Albert, 1877-1925, Capuchin priest
Father Albert’s last letter to President de Valera
Part of Irish Capuchin Archives
A clipping of an article reprinting a copy of Fr. Albert Bibby’s final letter to Éamon de Valera pledging his ‘unchanged and unchangeable, and uncompromising’ allegiance to the Republic and to you, its President’. He argues that ‘in the movement for the independence of Ireland I have always endeavoured to remember that I was a Capuchin Priest’. The volume also includes a covering letter from Fr. Dominic O’Connor OFM Cap. to de Valera enclosing Bibby’ letter and referring to the latter’s ailing health. O’Connor concludes by stating that it is ‘better to die in agony than for freedom than live in luxurious freedom’. (Volume page 116).
Bibby, Albert, 1877-1925, Capuchin priest
Farmers, Rockwell, Cashel, County Tipperary
Part of Irish Capuchin Archives
An image of resting labourers on a farm in Rockwell near Cashel in County Tipperary in about 1955.
Part of Irish Capuchin Archives
A view of two farmers at work on Inishmaan (Inis Meáin), one of the Aran Islands off the coast of County Galway, in about 1930.
Part of Irish Capuchin Archives
A view of a farmer sowing seeds in a ploughed field. A manuscript annotation on the reverse of the print reads 'The sower went out'.