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The subseries comprises a small collection of papers relating to the Irish Catholic priest and novelist Canon Patrick Sheehan.

Sheehan was born in Mallow in County Cork on 17 March 1852. He was educated at St. Colman’s College in Fermoy. He studied for the priesthood in St. Patrick’s College in Maynooth, County Kildare (1869-75). Sheehan was ordained on 18 April 1875 for the Cloyne diocese and sent on mission to England, where he served in Plymouth and Exeter. He returned to Ireland in 1877 to take up a curacy in his native Mallow. He was appointed parish priest of Doneraile in County Cork in July 1895. In 1903 he was appointed to the Cloyne diocesan chapter; hence he is most frequently referred to as ‘Canon Sheehan of Doneraile’. He was a prolific and successful author, writing a series of articles and essays on a variety of topics, and several novels, including ‘Geoffrey Austin, student’ (1895) and ‘The triumph of failure’ (1898). His most popular work was ‘My new curate’, published in 1900. Much of his writing centred on the issues faced by priests engaged in parochial work in rural Ireland. Sheehan took a keen interest in promoting modern agricultural methods, especially in tillage and dairy farming. He held weekly meetings with his parishioners in Doneraile and advised them in negotiations with their landlords following the passage of Land Purchase Act (Wyndham Act) in 1903. Sheehan also maintained a life-long friendship with the agrarian agitator William O’Brien (1852-1928). Canon Sheehan was diagnosed as suffering from cancer in 1910. Following a lengthy residence at the South Infirmary in Cork, he died on 5 October 1913. He was buried at the entrance to his church in Doneraile. A bronze statue of Canon Sheehan by Francis William Doyle Jones (1873-1938) was unveiled not far from his grave in October 1925.

Fr. Senan Moynihan OFM Cap., the editor of ‘The Capuchin Annual’, was interested in Canon Sheehan’s literary career. Much of the material listed here was compiled for a special supplement marking the centenary of Canon Sheehan’s birth published in ‘The Capuchin Annual’ in 1952. A good portion of the original material was seemingly acquired by Fr. Senan from Presentation Sisters who resided in Doneraile and who were acquainted with Canon Sheehan during his lifetime.

A bound volume compiled by Fr. Senan Moynihan OFM Cap. containing letters, clippings, and ephemera relating to Canon Patrick Sheehan. A manuscript note by Fr. Senan on the opening page reads ‘Canon P.A. Sheehan / 1852-1913’. Some of the commemorative material is original and was seemingly collected by Fr. Senan and pasted into the volume. The file includes:
• A postcard portrait print of Canon Sheehan titled ‘The Author of ‘My New Curate” etc’.
• ‘Supplement to the “Cork Free Press”, October 18th, 1913 / The Late Canon Sheehan, P.P., D.D. Doneraile’.
• Postcard prints of the ‘Lady Altar and War Memorial, the Cathedral Church of St. Mary and St. Boniface, Plymouth’.
• Clippings and correspondence relating to ‘The Capuchin Annual’ prize for an essay on Canon Sheehan marking the centenary of his birth (1952). The correspondents include Sister M. Stanislaus (Presentation Convent, Doneraile, County Cork), Winefride Nolan (Aughrim, County Wicklow), Thomas MacGreevy, P. Invers Rigney, Liam Brophy, and Fr. John O. Buchmann (Saint Leo’s Rectory, Irvington, New Jersey).
• Letter from Francis William Doyle Jones, sculptor, 2 Wentworth Studios, Manresa Road, Chelsea, London, to a Mr. Gallagher, returning the books and photographs which he had sent him. Doyle Jones completed a memorial statue of Canon Sheehan in Doneraile in 1925. The letter is dated 12 Oct. 1925.
• Letters from Sister M. Conception and Sister M. Benignus (Presentation Convent, Doneraile, County Cork) to Fr. Senan forwarding information, recollections, clippings, notes, and suggestions for content on Canon Sheehan to be published in ‘The Capuchin Annual’. (Sept.-Oct. 1951; Feb. 1952).
• Letter from Sophie Raffalovich O’Brien to Fr. Senan regarding her article on Canon Sheehan. (3 Oct. 1951).
• Clipping of an article titled ‘Canon Sheehan at home in Doneraile’ published in ‘The Irish Monthly’ (Aug. 1915).
• Clipping of an article by P. Thompson titled ‘Canon Sheehan / Priest and Novelist / The Mission of a Great Munsterman’. (‘Cork Examiner’, 20 Jan. 1934).
• Poem titled ‘In Memory of Rev. Canon Sheehan’ by “Lis Mor” published in ‘The Leader’ (6 Feb. 1915).
• Clipping of an article by Professor William Frederick Paul Stockley titled ‘Canon Sheehan and his People’ (‘The Kerryman’, 21 Mar. 1934’).
• Clipping of an article titled ‘Concerning the author of “Luke Delmege”’ published in ‘The Irish Monthly’ (Dec. 1902).
• Postcard print of Lisdoonvarna with annotations (by Fr. Senan) identifying Fr. Tim O’Keeffe, Fr. Horgan PP, and Canon Patrick Sheehan. The photograph was most likely taken at Lisdoonvarna Spa in County Clare (c.1905).
• Typescript article by D.L. Kelleher titled ‘Canon Sheehan: Philosopher and Friend’. Includes a transcript of a letter from Sheehan to Kelleher dated 27 Aug. 1913.
• Memoriam card for Canon Patrick Sheehan ‘who died on the 5th October 1913 / aged 61 years’.
• Clipping of a poetic tribute by Maurice R. Cussen to the late Canon Sheehan ‘for the unveiling of his memorial statue at Doneraile’ (‘Weekly Examiner’, Oct. 1925).
• Clippings of photographic prints of the unveiling of the statue (by Francis William Doyle Jones) of Canon Patrick Sheehan in the churchyard in Doneraile (‘Cork Examiner’, 19 Oct. 1925). Manuscript notes identifying the individuals present in the photographs are attached. The notes were probably written by Sister M. Conception, Presentation Convent, Doneraile.
• Clipping of article reporting on the funeral of Canon Patrick Sheehan (‘Weekly Free Press’, 15 Oct. 1913).
• Typescript copy of a ‘Resolution of Regret from the Charleville Irish Land and Labour Association’ on the death of Canon Sheehan. Taken from the Weekly Free Press (18 Oct. 1913).
• Copy reflections on the life of Canon Sheehan by Sister M. Ita O’Connell and Sister M. Conception (Presentation Convent, Doneraile, County Cork).
• Photographic print of the three-storey parochial house in Doneraile, the former home of Canon Patrick Sheehan. (c.1951).
• Clippings from the ‘Cork Examiner’ re the centenary celebrations of the birth of Canon Sheehan in Mallow, County Cork. (10 Nov. 1952).
• Photographic prints of a bust of Canon Sheehan by Joseph Higgins (1885-1925).