Letters to Fr. Donal O’Mahony OFM Cap. mostly referring to (or enclosing) literary and poetry submissions for publication in 'Eirigh' (formerly 'The Father Mathew Record'). The file includes letters and literary content from: • L.H. Dalziel • Fachtna O’Driscoll • Patrick Lavin • Breda Owens • Eric Rayner • Michael Hilton • Dr. J.A. Murphy • Una Brennan • Br. Michael Murphy • Mairi Cosgrave • Tom M. Duddy • Enda Halpin • Phil Lynch • Fergus Egan • Liam Brophy • Clare Holland • Elizabeth Faye • Tom McSweeney • Gerard O’Donoghue • Kathleen Clerkin • Douglas Foley • Tom Fallon • Fr. Brian P. Power • Maire Mooney • Bernadette Sayer • Tony Dunne • Noirin Kearney • Fr. Donatus McNamara OFM Cap. (re missionary work in Africa). The file also includes a printed flier (1969) advertising 'Eirigh' as a magazine communicating ‘the Christian message to a modern family readership in the light of our inherited spiritual, national and cultural traditions’.
The file comprises the following editions of this weekly republican newspaper: 17 Mar. 1923 (Vol. 1, No. 9)-25 Oct. 1924 (Vol. 2, No. 41). The newspaper was published by the Irish Nation Committee, 6 Harcourt Street, Dublin. The series is incomplete but there are multiple copies of some issues.
Ballot papers for elections of council members for the Third Order of St. Francis, Kilkenny. The file consists of a bound volume of completed ballot papers (tied together with chord) and a blank councillor election form (1932).
Flier for Alexander Edward Miller promoting his candidacy in the forthcoming Trinity College (Dublin University) by-election. The file includes a list of names of committee members supporting Miller’s candidacy.
Flier from Anthony Traill to the electors of the University of Dublin (Trinity College). Trail affirms that he ‘shall the Church of Ireland from the misrepresentations of those who seem anxious to make further raids upon the property of the Representative Church Body, by careful financial management, has succeeded in accumulating’. He confirms that in politics he has ‘always been a Conservative’. The file includes a list of committee members supporting Trail’s candidacy.
The fliers claim the support of Fr. Laurence Dowling OFM Cap. and Fr. Albert Bibby OFM Cap., Capuchin Franciscan Friary, Church Street, calling them ‘distinguished representatives of the Order which in dark and evil days held aloft the lamp of learning in Ireland’. Father Lawrence wrote ‘I am glad Mr. John Farren is seeking election as a member of the Dublin Corporation. …’. The fliers were printed by Mitchell & Co., 29 Capel Street, Dublin, and published by the candidate.
Architectural plans (in ink) by John J. Robinson & R.C. Keefe, architects, 8 Merrion Square, Dublin, of the proposed extension and new library at the Capuchin Friary, Church Street. The plan shows west-facing and east-facing elevations and several sections. Two plans with varying elevation. One plan is coloured in ink with coloured washes. See also CA CS/2/6/1/5.
Photographic prints compiled for an article by Donal Brennan titled ‘The story of “failure”’ published in 'The Capuchin Annual' (1976), pp 57-74. The file contains prints, postcards, and printed material used to illustrate the life of Engelbert Dollfuss (1892-1934), Chancellor of Austria, who was assassinated in a Nazi-inspired coup.
Epitomes and abstracts of several leases of properties on Charlotte Quay and at Rochestown, County Cork, held by the Capuchins. The epitome commences with a summary of the lease by John Lecky to Fr. Theobald Mathew OSFC of a plot of ground upon which Holy Trinity Church was built (see CA HT/2/1/2/10). With a ‘statement of title of the representatives of the late John Lecky deceased to the plot of ground on Charlotte Quay on which the new Chapel is built’.
Epitome of deeds and leases relating to properties held by the Capuchins in Cork. The epitome commences with an abstract of a lease by John Lecky to Fr. Theobald Mathew OSFC on 2 Nov. 1832 (CA HT/2/1/2/10) and concludes with a summary of an assignment by Fr. Cherubim Mazzini OSFC and others to Fr. Albert Mitchell OSFC and others of all interest and claims on premises on Charlotte Quay and on Queen Street dated 8 Mar. 1875 (see CA HT/2/1/2/13). The volume also includes transcripts and notes taken from the ‘old account book of the Cork Friary’, covering the personnel, governance and history of the Order in Ireland (specifically in Cork) from 1836 to 1859. The original volume is extant at CA HT/3/1/1.
