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A letter from Bernard O’Kane, Bishop of Derry, to Fr. Senan Moynihan OFM Cap. congratulating him on the quality of ‘The Capuchin Annual’. He adds ‘If we are to draw our people away from dangerous literature, we must offer them something which is not merely wholesome but attractive: you are doing this’.

A letter from Frank Duff to Fr. Senan Moynihan OFM Cap. congratulating him on the ‘noteworthy production’ of ‘The Capuchin Annual’.

A clipping of a positive review of ‘The Capuchin Annual’ (1936) published in the ‘Irish Independent’ (3 December 1935).

A clipping of a review of ‘The Capuchin Annual’ (1936) published in ‘The Kerryman’ (21 December 1935).

Postcards showing various views of Cobh (formerly Queenstown) in County Cork. The postcards in the volume are captioned and include 'The Landing Pier and Crescent', 'Pearse Square', and the 'Esplanade and States Hotel'.

Postcard prints of interior arrangements and altars for Catholic worship onboard several White Star Line ships including the ‘Majestic’, ‘Megantic’, ‘Olympic’, ‘Homeric’, and ‘Calgaric’.

A set of colourized Egyptian-themed postcard prints. The caption titles include ‘Bedouin’, ‘The Pyramids of Gizeh’ and ‘Eventide in Desert’.

A photographic print of the Marian Grotto at the Capuchin Friary in Rochestown, County Cork.

An image of Irish Army armoured cars on manoeuvres in the countryside. The vehicles are most likely Swedish-built Landsverk armoured cars. The print is credited to the ‘Irish Press’.

Photographic prints of an Irish military tattoo at the Royal Dublin Society (RDS) arena in Dublin. The tattoo (essentially a pageant or display involving armed forces) was organised to raise funds for the Army Benevolent fund and to mark the contribution of the Irish Defence Forces (‘Óglaigh na hÉireann’) to the state during the wartime Emergency (1939-45). The reference to ‘Eoghan Ruadh Ó Néill’s Army’ in the caption refers to the centrepiece of the tattoo, a recreation of O’Neill’s famous victory at the Battle of Benburb (5 June 1646) during the Irish Confederate Wars.