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A letter from Crompton Mackenzie to Fr. Senan Moynihan OFM Cap. offering to write an article on the subject of ‘responsibility of Ireland to the rest of the Celtic world’. He also praises the current edition of the ‘Annual’.

Letter from John McCormack, Moore Abbey, Monasterevan, County Kildare, to Fr. Senan Moynihan OFM Cap. expressing his admiration for ‘The Capuchin Annual’ which he describes as ‘wonderfully interesting, entertaining, and instructive’. He also refers to his personal attachment to the Capuchins as both his father and mother have been members of the Third Order of Saint Francis for over half a century.

A clipping of an article reporting on the appointment of Maurice Moynihan as secretary to the cabinet. The article notes that he is a brother of Fr. Francis Moynihan (editor of ‘The Advocate’ in Melbourne, Australia), and Fr. Senan Moynihan OFM Cap. (editor of ‘The Capuchin Annual’).

The note reads: ‘Dear Mother, we had to surrender so we march to Phoneix [sic] Park, don’t forget to pray us’. A partially decipherable name and address is given on the reverse: ‘Matthew [ ], 12 Great Longford St, Dublin, off Aungier St.’ The item was found within an envelope annotated: ‘Farewell letter to His mother of a soldier of the I.R.A. who fought for Ireland in the Rising of Easter Week, 1916’.

Copy letter from Fr. Aloysius Travers OFM Cap. to the editor of the 'Irish Catholic' protesting against the ‘obvious and unkind suggestion’ made in relation to Thomas MacDonagh in a recent edition of the paper. Fr Aloysius declared: ‘I feel bound to emphatically assert that his preparation for his last moment manifested a depth of Catholic Faith and a tenderness of piety most edifying and impressive and that he received the rites of his Church with a devotion which not easily be forgotten by The Priest who assisted him’

Two admission tickets to the first meeting of Dáil Éireann which took place in the Round Room of the Mansion House on 21 January 1919. In Irish: ‘Permit or ticket allowing bearer (unnamed) to attend the first assembly of Dáil Eireann on Tuesday 21 January 1919’. The tickets are signed by George Noble Plunkett.

Postcard to Fr. Aloysius Travers OFM Cap., Church Street, from ‘E. Ní F’ (Eibhlín Ní Fhoghludha) declaring that a ‘very small room for your friend’ is ready in August. The author also affirms that ‘we have had a very quiet time in Rinn but you know we are very much behind the times’. The photographic print of the postcard shows refurbishment work on Liberty Hall after its destruction in the 1916 Rising. The banner across the façade of the hall reads: ‘James Connolly murdered May 12th 1916’.