A letter from Fr. Patrick MacSwiney (1885-1940), The Presbytery, Kinsale, County Cork, to Fr. Henry Rope. MacSwiney refers to his recollections of his former teacher, Fr. Michael O'Hickey, (Micheál Ó Hiceadha, 1861-1916), formerly Professor of Irish in St. Patrick's College, Maynooth.
A letter from Hugh A. MacCartan, 4 Gifford Avenue, Sandymount, Dublin, to Fr. Henry Rope. MacCartan refers to the contemporary political situation in Ireland and to the Sinn Féin movement.
An image of the bell tower of Graiguenamanagh Abbey in County Kilkenny. An ink annotation on the reverse reads 'The bell tower and top of the disused section of the abbey seen above the Lancet windows of the monks' dormitory'.
Photographic prints compiled for an article by Patrick D. Molumby titled ‘Lighting Dublin’, 'The Capuchin Annual' (1973), pp 75-85. The file includes many images of lamps and public lighting in Dublin taken by K. Mullen, Dublin Corporation photographer.
A framed photograph of John McCormack (1884-1945), the Irish tenor, dedicated to Fr. Senan Moynihan OFM Cap. and Fr. Gerald McCann OFM Cap. It is signed by his wife, Lily McCormack, and dated 1946.
The arrival of President Seán T. O’Kelly and his wife Phyllis Bean Úi Cheallaigh at St. Andrew’s Church, Westland Row, Dublin, for a Mass commemorating the 150th anniversary of the 1798 Rebellion.