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A record by Fr. Columbus Murphy OFM Cap. of events between 30 April and 4 May 1916. Most of the memoir refers to his interaction with British military officers and his efforts to minister to the rebel leaders prior to their executions in Kilmainham Jail. The memoir begins: ‘I have been asked repeatedly to write out a detailed and connected account of my personal experiences, what I actually saw and did during the Rising. At length I have decided to comply with the request. I do so however not with the intention of ever publishing this report. … As I sit then at my desk here in the silence and solitude of my monastic cell in Dublin, fourteen weeks have elapsed since those eventful days. I take up my pen. …’.

Copy of a special supplement to the 'Cork Examiner' commemorating its 50,000th edition. The supplement includes a section titled ‘Remembering Father Mathew’ at p. 11.

A manuscript titled ‘Ruaidrí na cnoc’ by Tomás Ó Raghallaigh (1881-1966).

Date: [c.1728]
Author: Unknown
Publisher: Missing title page

A bound volume with a gilt title on the front cover which reads ‘Newspaper Cuttings’. The volume contains numerous original letters and newspaper clippings offering mainly favourable testimonials on ‘The Capuchin Annual’ (1942). The volume contains content from many prominent politicians (Seán T. O’Kelly), clergymen, artists (Jack B. Yeats), writers (Patrick Kavanagh), and diplomats (John loader Maffey, David Gray, and Eduard Hempel). Includes letters to Fr. Senan Moynihan OFM Cap. from Archbishop Joseph Walsh, Daniel Corkery, Bishop Patrick Lyons, Canon Patrick Rogers, Bishop Thomas Keogh, Seán MacEntee, Oscar Traynor, George Noble Plunkett, Bishop Edward Doorly, Gerald Boland, Fr. James O’Mahony OFM Cap., and Fr. Justin Hyland OFM Cap.

Draft manuscript of an article by Aodh de Blacam titled ‘The Curse of Cromwell / the story of the campaign’. The draft has various corrections and additions. With a covering envelope.

A flier titled ‘The Drink Question’ carrying quotes from the press and various public figures in support of temperance in Ireland, Britain, Germany and elsewhere.