A letter from Aodh de Blacam to Fr. Senan Moynihan OFM Cap. relaying some biographical information and confirming that he will write a weekly letter for 'The Advocate' newspaper. He writes ‘There is not much to say about me except that I am 37 years of age, belong to a North of Ireland family (Anglo-Irish – 300 years in Ireland, and mixed with O’Connor, O’Cahans, and MacDowds) and was received into the Church in 1913’.
A photographic print of the burial of Douglas Hyde at Portahard Church cemetery, Frenchpark, County Roscommon. The mourners include Annette Cambreth Kane (1864-1952), a sister of Douglas Hyde.
A lithograph depicting the death of Daniel O’Connell in Genoa, Italy, on 15 May 1847. The original caption reads ‘The Death of Ireland’s Liberator / The Vicar General with the Clergy were round his head as the prayers were recited. His hands were fervently clasped upon his noble Breast, his appurtenance perfectly serene. When at last his mighty voice was hushed, his countenance, his hands responded to the prayers’.
Ticket for the annual concert of the Colmcille branch of Conrad na Gaelige in Father Mathew Hall, Church Street, Dublin, on 30 April 1920. An address by Fr. Augustine Hayden OSFC was given at the concert.