Card to Anna Fahy, 17 Norfolk Road, Phibsborough, Dublin, from Richard Francis Hayes giving an account of his and Frank Fahy’s imprisonment in Reading Jail. He writes ‘We are doing fairly well here – thanks especially to Frank who has been everything to us. I have only one complaint against him and I tell you because you will sympathise with me. He is next cell to me and has a frightful habit of making dreadful noise in his cell in the dark mornings between 6 & 7. He insists on persuading me he is singing & is training his voice!’.
A card from Eric Gill, Pigotts, High Wycombe, to Fr. Senan Moynihan OFM Cap. thanking him for the copy of ‘The Capuchin Annual’ which he describes as both interesting and valuable.
Expense and cheque account book of the Capuchin Publications Office. The accounts provide details of expenditure in respect of monies paid for advertising, staff salaries, contributor articles and for printing.
An image of the exterior of the Church of St. Francis and the adjoining Capuchin Friary in Kilkenny. The church is decorated to mark the tercentenary celebrations of the arrival of the Capuchins in Kilkenny in 1948.
An image of the Capuchin Central Library (Biblioteca Centrale Cappuccini) in Rome in about 1930. Founded in the second half of the nineteenth century, the library was at this time located on the Via Boncompagni in the centre of Rome. In 1968, the library was relocated to the International College of St Lawrence of Brindisi situated on the outskirts of the city. The library has a stock of books and documents totaling 120,000 catalogued items including works by Capuchin authors, material on the early history and ministries of the Order, Franciscan publications, and many rare medieval and early modern books and items of ecclesiastical interest.
A clipping of a short review article published in the 'Irish Press' (21 Aug. 1954). The article was probably written by Benedict Kiely and refers to the resignation of Fr. Senan Moynihan OFM Cap. as editor of 'The Capuchin Annual'.
Wrapped photoengraving plates. Annotations on the wrapping provide identifying captions for the images. These include: • The Potato-Diggers (1935) • Cherry Blossom in the Botanic Gardens, Dublin (1935) • ‘The Twenty-Seven Steps’ by Seán MacManus • The Return of the Potato-Diggers (1935) • Br. Leonard (1936) • ‘John F. Larchet [1884-1967]’ by Seán O’Sullivan, 'The Capuchin Annual' (1937) • ‘The Lonely Cottage’ by Seán O’Sullivan, 'The Capuchin Annual' (1937) • ‘A Yard’ by Seán O’Sullivan, 'The Capuchin Annual' (1937) • ‘The head of a young girl’ by Seán O’Sullivan, 'The Capuchin Annual' (1937) • Fruit stall at Nelson’s Pillar (1938) • Ovens, County Cork (1940) • Landscape (1940) • Off the Donegal Coast (1940) • The Fiddler (1940) • ‘Tommy (1940)’ • Fourth Station / H. McGoldrick • The Dancing Stage at Carno (1943) • Studio Interior by Seán O’Sullivan (1944) • Sister of Charity (1944) • Blessed Thaddeus McCarthy (1948) • The Angelic Shepherd (1950) • May Morning • The Angelic Shepherd (1950/1) • Alife Byrne (1882-1956) and Fr. Sylvester Mulligan OFM Cap. • St. Patrick’s Basilica, Lough Derg, County Donegal, by Peter F. Anson (1952)
