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Print cuttings showing Capuchin friars who are working as missionaries in Africa. Includes prints of Fr. Brian Browne OFM Cap., Fr. Raymond Dillane OFM Cap., Fr. Ultan Weldon OFM Cap., and Br. Gabriel McGillicuddy OFM Cap. (1901-1998). These friars travelled to Northern Rhodesia in 1946. With a print of Monsignor Killian Flynn OFM Cap.

Advertisement and leaflet re the Capuchin Missionary Apostolate in Northern Rhodesia. The leaflet contains a rudimentary map of Irish Capuchin mission stations along the Zambesi River. The advertisement was probably taken from 'The Father Mathew Record' periodical. It is noted that there are thirty-three Capuchin priests and eight lay brothers working in twelve mission stations in the Diocese of Livingstone.

Br. Xavier Cox OFM Cap., Fr. Eustace Burke OFM Cap., Fr. Capistran Singleton OFM Cap., Br. Andrew O’Shea OFM Cap., Fr. Terence Anglin OFM Cap. and Br. Fergus Buckley OFM Cap. in the garden of the Church Street Friary, Dublin. The original caption reads: ‘They departed Cape Town on 24 Dec. 1943 and arrived in Livingstone on 2 Jan. 1944’.

'Capuchin News', V, no. 3 (Oct. 1935). Bi-monthly publication of the Capuchino Club of Our Lady of Angels, Burlingame, California. Page 9 contains a short obituary on Fr. Dominic O’Connor OFM Cap. It reads: ‘[Fr. Dominic] came of a distinguished family that has given many members to the Church. He was a nephew of Father Luke Sheehan, one of the pioneer Capuchin Missionaries in the West …’.

The fonds consists of the correspondence and papers of Capuchin friars detailing their involvement with participants in the national struggle. The majority of the material dates from 1916-1925 and includes many records highlighting the roles played by Irish Capuchins in ministering to republican leaders and their relations. Of particular interest is a large collection of prison letters including the correspondence of some of the leading figures of the Irish Revolution. The fonds also contains a large collection of republican publicity material, newspapers and miscellaneous items of ephemera and artefacts mostly relating to the military and political campaign organised by nationalists for Irish independence. A smaller collection relating to the repatriation of the bodies of Fr. Albert Bibby OFM Cap. and Fr. Dominic O’Connor OFM Cap. from the United States to Ireland in 1958 is also extant.

Information fliers giving the names of the Irish Capuchin friars in the Livingstone Diocese, Zambia, and in the Cape Province, South Africa.

Expense and cheque account book of the Capuchin Publications Office. The accounts provide details of expenditure in respect of monies paid for advertising, staff salaries, contributor articles and for printing.