Draft article by Edward MacLysaght titled ‘S.R. Lysaght: The Author and the Man’. The file also contains a copy manuscript titled ‘Another Imaginary Conversation / 3 Dec. 1931’ compiled for an article titled: ‘Sidney Royce Lysaght: the author and the man’, published in 'The Capuchin Annual' (1975), pp 225-229. The piece was written by Edward MacLysaght. The manuscript refers to family reminiscences pertaining especially to his father, Sidney Royse Lysaght (1860-1941), an Irish writer, who worked in the iron industry. His son, Edward MacLysaght (1887-1986), was a writer and authority on Irish family history. The file also includes two copies of ‘The amazing war experiences of Patrick Lysaght / An Irishman of the Royal Irish Rifles / the first unit to meet the Germans at Mons in 1914’. It is noted that this narrative was first recorded in December 1938.
Negative sheets (for black and white prints) of various scenes of Capuchin friars at Sichili Mission Station in Northern Rhodesia. With photographic wallet of L.F. Moore, Dispensing and Photographic Chemist, Livingstone, Northern Rhodesia. Some of the images appear to be extant in the photographic volume at CA AMI/2/10/1/2.
Cover addressed to 'The Father Mathew Record' and 'Capuchin Annual Office', Church Street, Dublin, from Leo Vala Photography, Knightsbridge Studios Brompton Road, London. The cover includes two black and white prints and a press release from Vala Photography regarding the proceeds from a sale of a profile print of Christ being donated to the Turin Shroud Investigation Fund.
A set of two photographic postcard prints of the Shrine of Saint Anne in Holy Trinity Church in Cork. One of the prints is dated 26 July 1927 (the feast day of Saint Anne). Published by Guy & Co., Ltd., Cork.
Short stories by Leon O’Kennedy submitted for publication in 'The Father Mathew Record' (later 'Eirigh'). The stories are titled ‘The Call’, ‘These things are not thine’, ‘The St. Brigid’s Cross’, ‘To Hell or to Connacht’, and ‘Sunset and After’.
Musical score (sheet music) for ‘Ceatha ceóil / An draighneán donn’ by Carl Hardeback (1869-1945). (Dublin, Connradh na Gaedhilge, 1902). Printed, 8 pp.
Minute book of the Council of the Secular Franciscans attached to the Capuchin Friary, Church Street. The minutes are signed by the President of the SFO. The minutes refer to building works on the Third Order Chapel, general finances, arrangements for pilgrimages and retreats and matters pertaining to attendance and observance.
Four plates showing images of seventeenth century Irish Capuchin manuscripts. The plates are probably images of manuscripts by Fr. Nicholas Archbold OSFC (1589-1650) and/or Fr. Robert O'Connell OSFC (c.1623-1678). The plates are by Mayne, Lord Edward Street, Dublin. The plates are labelled a-d.
Orders and lists of mass sermons preached by priests at the Church of St. Francis, Kilkenny. The entries are listed under date (usually at Lent, Easter and other religious feast days) and the name of the celebrant. It is noted in the 1903 list that the maximum duration of sermons at mass is twenty minutes. One of the lists is titled ‘Lenten discourses’.
