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A drawing of the Sanctuary of Greccio in Italy. The illustration is dated and initialled by Peter Frederick Anson. An annotation in pencil refers to Greccio as the ‘Franciscan Bethlehem’.

A drawing of the grotto of Blessed Bernard of Quintavalle near Assisi in Italy. The illustration is dated and initialled by Peter Frederick Anson. An annotation in pencil reads ‘Hermitage of the Carceri, Assisi’.

A prospectus compiled by Úna Ní Ógaín (Agnes Young) for her forthcoming publication titled ‘Dánta Dé’, a collection of sacred Irish poems, with music. The prospectus outlines the content of the book along with information on her various collaborators.

Letter from Canon Henry Kingsmill Moore, Cedar Mount, Dundrum, County Dublin, to Douglas Hyde, thanking him for the copy of ‘Dánta Dé’ and commending the publication.

A letter from Bishop Benjamin John Plunket, St. Anne’s, Clontarf, Dublin, to Douglas Hyde thanking him for the copy of ‘Dánta Dé’ and forwarding £5 towards the cost of the translation.

A letter from Arthur Warren Darley, 18 Northumberland Road, Ballsbridge, Dublin, to Douglas Hyde thanking him for the signed copy of ‘Dánta Dé’ and expressing his regret that he did meet him in person. Darley also refers to ongoing issues with bronchiectasis.

A short review piece on ‘Paddy the Cope’, an autobiography of Patrick Gallagher who ‘brought co-operatives to Ireland’. A note suggests that this review was published in ten Catholic newspapers.

A letter from Patrick Gallagher, Dungloe, County Donegal, to Fr. Senan Moynihan OFM Cap. forwarding reviews of his book and referring to his impending departure from Cobh for the United States.

A letter from Charles Lynch, 29 Antrobus Street, London, to Fr. Senan Moynihan OFM Cap. confirming the receipt of an edition of ‘The Capuchin Annual’ and referring to the copy letters he recently sent to the friar regarding his experiences during the 1916 Rising. Lynch asks whether his letters will be published in the ‘Annual’. He writes ‘The main reason I sent it was because I read various histories of that event and all differed substantially from the truth, and I thought as a matter of history, the truth so far as I saw it should be known to all’.

A copy of a letter from Charles Lynch to ‘Willie’ giving an account of the opening hostilities of the Easter Rising. Reference is made to skirmishes, ambushes, and military casualties around the Four Courts on the North Quays and the General Post Office on Sackville Street in Dublin. The letter is titled ‘Letters from Dublin. Easter 1916. 1st Letter’.