A bound volume containing printed copies of block pulls for illustrations in 'The Capuchin Annual' and in 'The Father Mathew Record'. The images are numbered and (in some instances) dated. The volume includes many copies of the illustrations of Richard J. King (including St. Patrick and St. Brigid), and photographs of various Irish Capuchin friars including the Most Rev. Timothy Phelim O’Shea OFM Cap., Vicar Apostolic of Livingstone. The volume also includes several obituary articles (with image content) for Archbishop Sylvester Mulligan OFM Cap., and images of Fr. Senan Moynihan OFM Cap., Richard J. King, Aodh de Blacam, and missionary friars and buildings in Africa and in the United States. The volume also contains the following clippings: • Signed cheque for £10 of George Bernard Shaw subscribing to 'The Capuchin Annual'. See image above. • An article titled ‘Irish Franciscan Humor’ published in 'The Christian Family and Our Missions' (March 1950) reflecting on Fr. Gerald McCann OFM Cap. and his artwork for the 'Annual'. • Photograph of Fr. Gerald McCann OFM Cap. and Fr. Henry Anglin OFM Cap. presenting The Capuchin Periodicals’ Cup at the National Drama Festival of Ireland (June 1950).
Sets of postcard prints of Irish Saints designed by Richard King (1907-1974) and commissioned for 'The Capuchin Annual'. The prints depict St. Brendan, St. Patrick, St. Ita, St. Fiacre, St. Senan, St. Colmcille, St. Brigid and St. Laurence O’Toole. Each one of the postcards shows the Saint (in colour) on one side, with a postcard layout on the reverse with the name of the Saint, the artist (Risteárd Ó Cionga) and the copyright statement.
A volume containing printed galley-proofs of advertisements and name plates used in 'The Capuchin Annual'. A manuscript annotation on the inside front cover affirms that these advertisements are no longer in use.
Minute book of the committee organising the annual prize draw in aid of the Capuchin Publications Office. The principal prize was an automobile (either a Volkswagen or Austin car). The minute book covers routine organisational meetings from 1955 to 1967. With typescript inserts in the volume.
Programmes for concerts and operatic performances organised as fund-raisers for 'The Capuchin Annual'. The file includes programmes for concerts held in the Gresham Hotel on 30 Aug. 1964 and on 28 Aug. 1966. The programmes list the music played and the performers. Include autographs of some of the operatic singers.
Lists of prize-winners for 'The Capuchin Annual' prize draw for 1962-3. With official licences from the Dublin Metropolitan Court for the promotion of a lottery. The file is kept within the covers of an 'Irish Industrial Year Book' (1931) from which the pages have been torn
Summaries of receipts and expenditure of the Capuchin Publications Office from 1965-71. Includes figures relating to the financial position of the two publications, 'The Capuchin Annual' and 'Eirigh'. With figures in respect of costs, amounts received from sales, advertising and subscriptions. With manuscript note (in pen) concerning the publications’ financial position in 1971-2.
Invoices from the Irish Photo Engraving Company, Cuffe Lane, Dublin 2. The invoices include copies of the requested photographic engravings. The engravings include sketches of Capuchin life by Grace Perry, illuminated pages from the Book of Kells, the Tara Brooch, Michael Collins, liturgical paintings by Richard King, and the first meeting of Dáil Éireann.
Newspaper clippings relating to the Irish Revolution assembled by the editors of 'The Capuchin Annual'. Many of the clippings relate to the role played by the Catholic clergy (particularly the Irish Capuchins) during this period. The file includes: • An article referring to remarks made by Rev. W.P. Burke in relation to the moral justification of wars. It reads ‘who can call the wretched Dublin business a war? It was backed neither by the mind nor strength of the country’. 'Nationality', 9 June 1917. • ‘A German Plot’. 'Cork Examiner', 18 May 1918. • ‘Sinn Feiners and the German Plot’. 25 May 1918. • ‘Salute the Heroes / Back from the Gates of Death’. The article refers to the release of republican prisoners from Mountjoy Jail and to the roles played by Fr. Augustine Hayden OFM Cap. and Fr. Albert Bibby OFM Cap. The article reads ‘The association of these two much loved Irish Franciscan Friars with the last moments of some of the men who died after the Insurrection of 1916 was recalled by their presence yesterday. … Father Augustine appealed to the crowds whom his voice could reach to be calm. He reminded them that the prisoners were very weak, and he appealed to his hearers to maintain order while they were passing through and to obey their Volunteers’. 'Freeman’s Journal', 15 Apr. 1920. • ‘The Prisoners Released’. The article refers to the role played by Fr. Albert Bibby OFM Cap. in securing the release of sixty-eight republican prisoners in Dublin. 'Catholic Times', 17 Apr. 1920. • ‘Ireland a Nation / The Government’s Perfidies and Outrages’. The article refers to Fr. Augustine Hayden OFM Cap. and Fr. Matthew O’Connor OFM Cap. 'Freeman’s Journal', 11 May 1921. • ‘Obsequies of Rev. James O’Callaghan’. 28 May 1921. A clipping of a photograph showing the funeral of Fr. James O’Callaghan who was killed on 15 May 1920. 'Cork Examiner', 28 May 1921. • ‘Miltown Park Raid’ / Large Forces Surround Jesuit House of Studies’. 'Freeman’s Journal', 21 Feb. 1921. • ‘The Priest Killers / Mrs De Roiste describes night of murder / Father [Seamus/James] O’Callaghan’s Assassin’. 'Catholic Herald', 4 June 1921. • ‘Priest Arrested / President of St. Flannan’s College in Custody’. 'Evening Herald', 6 July 1921. • ‘One way to peace / Stop Repression & Recognise Ireland’s Rights / Irish Bishops’ Statement. 'Evening Telegraph', 22 June 1921. • ‘The Men of 1916 / Impressive march through streets of Dublin / Graveside tributes’. The article refers to a Memorial Mass offered for the leaders of the 1916 Rising at St. Mary of the Angels, Church Street, Dublin. 'Freeman’s Journal', 25 Apr. 1922.
Newspaper clippings assembled by Fr. Henry Anglin OFM Cap., relating to the repatriation of the remains of Roger Casement and his reburial in Glasnevin Cemetery in Dublin. Some of the clippings also refer to the elevation of the Most Rev. William Conway, Archbishop of Armagh, to the College of Cardinals and his taking possession of his titular church in Rome (Irish Augustinian Church of St. Patrick on Via Boncompagni). The file Includes clippings from the 'Irish Independent' and the 'Irish Press'.