A clipping of a review article on ‘The Capuchin Annual’ (1936) published in ‘The Catholic Bulletin’ periodical. Reference is made in the article to various Capuchin friars including Fr. Albert Bibby OFM Cap. (‘whose body lies in a leaden casket in a graveyard away in South-Western California’), and to Fr. Dominic O’Connor OFM Cap. who ‘lies amid the snows of the North West’.
An image of two inhabitants of the Aran Islands in about 1940. The title of the print is ‘seanchas’, an old Irish word referring to the act of storytelling and conveying an ancient tale handed down by oral tradition. A ‘seanchaí’ was a storyteller or a custodian of this tradition.
A clipping of a positive review of ‘The Capuchin Annual’ (1934) published in ‘The Irish World’ (27 January 1934). The review was written by Maire Hastings.
An original copy of ‘Irish War News’, Vol. 1, No. 1 (25 April 1916). This item was published by the republicans occupying the General Post Office in Dublin during the insurrection. Includes ‘Stop Press! The Irish Republic’ on the final page announcing the Rising. This was the only printed document issued by the Rising leaders other than the Proclamation.
The front cover of the ‘Irish Travel’ magazine from April 1945. The cover has an image of the quays fronting onto the South Channel of the River Lee in Cork. The magazine was published by the Irish Tourist Association (ITA).