A biographical sketch of the life of Dom Columba Marmion OSB titled ‘A Great Irish Benedictine’. The sketch appears to be incomplete (p. 24/26). The remainder of the typescript is a compilation article on various monastic sites associated with Saint Columbanus in Italy including Bobbio Abbey.
Explanatory remarks on the Landowners and Encumbrancers’ Association with an outline of the aims of the organization. A list of committee members is provided.
Flier promoting the aims and objectives of the Irish Loyal and Patriotic Union. The flier affirms that the organisation aims to unite those ‘interested in the preservation of the Legislative Union between Great Britain and Ireland’.
Original newspaper clippings relating to the Civil War assembled by the editors of 'The Capuchin Annual'. The file comprises clippings from the 'Cork Examiner' and the 'Evening Echo' and contains reports on hostilities between Free State forces and republicans mainly in Munster. The file includes: • ‘Heavy Firing in Limerick City / Encounter in Clare / Commandant Breen’s Declaration’, 'Cork Examiner', 13 July 1922. • 'Cork Examiner', 15 July 1922. • 'Cork Examiner', 30-31 July 1922. • ‘Cork and Peace / Harry Boland Shot / Cork Coachmakers’ Strike’, 'Evening Echo', 2 Aug. 1922. • ‘Manufacturing Atrocities / Protest by Free State Soldiers’. 'Cork Examiner', 4 Aug. 1922.
A large collection of metal printing blocks (stereotypes) prepared for illustrative purposes and publication in 'The Capuchin Annual'. It is likely that some of the blocks were purchased from an engraving and printing company whilst many others were specifically commissioned for 'The Capuchin Annual'.
A flier with the text of a republican poem titled ‘The Flag on the G.P.O. / Easter 1917’ by J.J. Walsh. The first two lines of the verse read ‘Why gather the crowd in O'Connell Street? / Why throng all the people there? …’.