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Record book of library books borrowed by members of the Third Order of St. Francis attached to the Capuchin Friary, Kilkenny. Entries made in the volume are made in an ad-hoc manner but include the name of the borrower, the title of the book borrowed and the date of return. A few entries in the volume appear to be records of subscriptions received from Third Order members.

The volume is titled ‘Cash account book of the Sisters of the Third Order of St. Francis attached to the Capuchin Convent, Walkin Street, Kilkenny, under the presidency of the Father Guardian, the Very Rev. Albert Mitchell OFSC’. The volume contains monthly debit and credit cash entries. Most of the income is derived from subscriptions, donations, and collections.

A large bound volume with a manuscript annotation on the spine which reads ‘Recent Irish History’. The volume is a ‘Walker’s Century Scrap & Newscutting Volume’. The content is wide ranging and includes numerous newspaper and magazine clippings, some original photographs, fliers, ephemera, and pasted-in content relating primarily to the Irish Revolution and partition. The volume also includes many documents relating to the anti-Treaty interest during the Civil War. Many clippings of obituaries are also present in the volume. An alphabetical index of individuals (and some events) referred to in the documents is present in the opening pages of the volume. The volume is paginated.
The volume includes clippings, documents, photographs, ephemera, and references to the following:
• William O’Brien
• Bishop Edward O’Dwyer
• Éamon de Valera
• Thomas Ashe
• Terence MacSwiney
• Arthur Griffith
• Liam Mellows
• Roger Casement
• Kilmainham Jail
• Seán Treacy
• Elizabeth O’Farrell
• Mount St. Benedict, Gorey, County Wexford
• Kevin Barry
• Julia Grenan
• Katharine O’Shea
• President de Valera’s view on the Boundary Commission (1924)
• Michael Collins
• Archbishop Daniel Mannix
• Erskine Childers
• Cathal Brugha
• Douglas Hyde
• Senator David Robinson
• Vere Foster
• Alfred O’Rahilly
• Patrick John Little
• Arthur Clery
• Fr. Maurus Phelan OCSO
• John Hamilton-Gordon, 1st Marquess of Aberdeen and Temair. (His departure as Lord Lieutenant of Ireland in 1915).
• Hugo Flinn
• Fr. Peter Yorke
• ‘Proposed terms of settlement’ (typescript draft, 7 May 1923)
• ‘Behind stone walls’. Refers to the continued imprisonment of republicans by the Free State government during the Civil War.
• Niall Mac Giolla Bhrighde (Neil McBride)
• Voting paper for the ‘Masonic Orphan Boys’ School Election – November 1942’
• ‘Propaganda’ / an address delivered by the auditor Louis V. Nolan at the solicitors buildings, Four Courts, 27 October 1942
• ‘Leo O’Brien / His life in service in the movement for Ireland’s Independence’. For more information on Leo O’Brien see https://www.irishcatholic.com/fighting-for-irelands-freedom-drove-me-mad-claimed-convicted-murderer/
• T. J. Kiernan
• ‘Memorandum of Ambulance work & efforts for peace’ by John P. Homan (d. 1944), Vernon Avenue, Clontarf, Dublin. The document refers to his work with St. John’s Ambulance during the Civil War hostilities in Dublin in June-July 1922. Mention is made of his interactions with Fr. Albert Bibby OFM Cap. and the friar’s efforts to secure a cessation of hostilities.
• An original pamphlet titled ‘Who is the real foe of the Irish / (by Hugh O’Neill)’ [c.1917]. 11 pp.

A bound volume with a manuscript title on the spine which reads ‘Irish history’. The content of the volume is varied and includes newspaper clippings, photographs, printed fliers, and original ephemera relating primarily to the Irish Revolution. The volume pages are not paginated. The volume includes clippings, documents, photographs, ephemera, and references to the following:
• Letters from Piaras Béaslaí and Pádraig Ó Siochfhradha (‘An Seabhac’).
• Clippings relating to the 1916 Rising and War of Independence.
• The funeral of Thomas Ashe.
• Photographic print of the visit of King Edward VII to the Phoenix Park racecourse, Dublin (April 1904).
• Michael Davitt.
• Wilfrid Scawen Blunt.
• Erskine Childers.
• Patrick Holohan.
• Archbishop John D’Alton.
• The Anglo-Irish Treaty negotiations.
• Numerous original fliers, leaflets and handbills relating to the War of Independence and later the anti-Treaty interest during the Civil War.
• A flier titled ‘Funeral Procession of the “Freeman’s Journal”’ (1924).
• Numerous republican street ballad fliers and leaflets.
• Publicity material and original printed ephemera relating to Thomas Ashe.
• An original United Irish League national convention meeting ticket signed by Joseph Devlin (23 April 1912).
• A flier for a patriotic concert to commemorate the anniversary of the birth of Robert Emmet, held in the Rotunda Rooms in Dublin (4 March 1915).
• Dublin by-election flier (1915).
• Signed Constance Markievicz postcard print (1918).
• The funeral of Hermann Görtz (May 1947).
• Obituaries for Tomás S. Cuffe (1949).
• Clippings towards the end of the volume relate to later commemorations (and obituary notices) for prominent Irish nationalists.
• Photographs placed at the end of the volume show several actors in traditional Gaelic clothing for a theatrical performance (most likely a Saint Patrick pageant).

A bound volume with original photographic prints. Many of the prints relate to individuals and events associated with the Irish Revolution. The volume also contains some images of consecrations, religious ceremonies, funerals, and photographs of the Eucharistic Congress in Dublin in 1932.

A large bound volume containing photographic prints mainly of individuals and events associated with the Irish Revolution. The images were probably compiled for publication in ‘The Capuchin Annual’. The volume is not paginated. The volume includes the following image content:
• A Home Rule demonstration on Sackville (O’Connell) Street in Dublin.
• Photographs of the 1916 Rising leaders including Tom Clarke, Patrick Pearse, William Pearse, Thomas MacDonagh, Éamon de Valera, and Con Colbert.
• Prints of John Redmond, Michael Collins, Cathal Brugha, Eoin MacNeill, Constance Markievicz, Terence MacSwiney, Erskine Childers, Kevin O’Higgins, Fr. Dominic O’Connor OFM Cap., Margaret Pearse, Arthur Griffith, Kevin Barry, Thomas Whelan, Eoin O’Duffy, Seán T. O’Kelly, Dan Breen, Thomas Kelly, Douglas Hyde, Fr. Paschal Robinson OFM, William Gibson, 2nd Baron Ashbourne, Delia Murphy Kiernan, Archbishop William Walsh, James Ryan, William T. Cosgrave, and Timothy Healy.
• Photographs of Royal Irish Constabulary Auxiliaries.
• Images of the Dublin Metropolitan Police.
• Press photographs showing events during the War of Independence.
• Images of Fianna Éireann groups.
• A photograph of the interior of the General Post Office from ‘The Irish Builder’ (25 March 1916).
• Images of the aftermath of the 1916 Rising in Dublin.
• A postcard reproduction of a portrait of Constance Markievicz by the Polish artist Bolesław Szańkowski (1901).
• Images of the destruction in Dublin at the outset of the Civil War.
• Several republican funerals.
• An image of Avondale House in County Wicklow.
• Released republican prisoners (1917).
• Postcard images of the burning of Cork during the War of Independence (1920).
• Images of National (Free State) Army soldiers during the Civil War.
• An image of army veterans at the Royal Hospital Kilmainham in Dublin (c.1890).
• Photographs of the Eucharistic Congress in Dublin (1932).

A bound volume containing newspapers clippings broadly covering significant events in the Irish Revolution. The volume contains clippings relating to Thomas Ashe, Tomás MacCurtain, the treaty debates, Jim Larkin and Irish trade unionism, executions during the Civil War, and the murder of Noel Lemass. Other (seemingly unrelated) clippings relate to the contested will of Richard Croker (1843-1922), an Irish American leader of New York City’s Tammany Hall organisation. The disputed will was the subject of a probate lawsuit in the Court of King’s Bench in Ireland. Many of the clippings are taken from the ‘Freeman’s Journal’ and the ‘Manchester Guardian Weekly’.

A bound volume containing mainly pasted-in Christmas and New Years’ greeting cards, notes, and letters to Fr. Senan Moynihan OFM Cap. The volume includes cards from Robert Monteith, Seumas O’Brien (1880-1959), Major General Hugo MacNeill, Clare Sheridan, Eduard Hempel, Archbishop Joseph Walsh, Fr. Terence L. Connolly SJ, Fr. Michael O'Shea OFM Cap., Margaret Mary Pearse, Tadhg Mac Firbishigh, Bishop John Dignan, Fr. Donal Herlihy, and Archbishop Ettore Felici. Includes sketches by Seán O’Connor (1909-1992). With a portrait sketch (in ink) of Fr. Senan by ‘Jocandus’ Joseph O’Connor (1877-1957).

A bound volume with a manuscript annotation on spine which reads ‘Literature in Ireland’. The volume contains original letters from several prominent authors, artists and public figures. Includes correspondence from Francis MacManus, Seán Ó Faoláin, Mary MacSwiney, Maurice Walsh, Daniel Corkery, Patrick Kavanagh, William Magennis, Seosamh Mac Grianna, Michael McLaverty, William Frederick Paul Stockley, Helena Concannon, John Desmond Sheridan, and Kathleen O’Brennan. The volume also contains newspaper and magazine clippings, printed ephemera, review material, and photographs relating to prominent Irish artists and writers. There are many clippings in the volume which assess and critique the writings of James Joyce. The material is extant in an ‘Walker’s Century Scrap & Newscutting’ volume.

A bound volume containing colour postcard images of scenic locations around Ireland, mostly in County Kerry. Includes various scenes around Killarney. The volume also includes postcards of Croagh Patrick in Mayo and an image of the control tower at Shannon Airport in County Clare. All the postcards have manuscript notes on the reverse by Fr. Senan Moynihan OFM Cap. The notes appear to be draft letters written by Fr. Senan to his secretary Mollie Baxter in circa 1953. There are duplicate postcards, and some are loose within the volume.