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Letter from John Earley to Fr. Jarlath Hynes OSFC re work on the pulpit of the Capuchin Friary Church in Kilkenny.

Letter from John Henebry (Eoin de Hindeberg) to Fr. Senan Moynihan OFM Cap. He refers to his shock on hearing that some pages from a manuscript written by his late brother (Fr. Richard Henebry) have been lost. He expresses his hope that the 'lost tunes' will be found. The manuscript referred to was published as a ‘A Handbook of Irish Music’ in 1928.

A letter from John Lloyd to Fr. Senan Moynihan OFM Cap. The letter refers to his service in the Great War and to his participation in the Connaught Rangers Mutiny in India in 1920.

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.

Letter from John O’Mahony, Cork, to a ‘dear friend’ [likely either James Joseph O’Kelly or John O’Connor Power]. The letter reads ‘I have received orders to suppress any attempt at raising an “Irish Brigade” for any purpose than that of Ireland’. The letter adds ‘There are a great many persons here who would be only to anxious to fight for France, but in the face of the orders I have received, you cannot blame me for not giving you the assistance which in my heart I would wish’. Endorsed ‘Memo / written by O’Mahony … Cork’. 25 February 1871. Endorsed on front page ‘7197’.

Letter from John Patrick Lynch, Belfield, Stillorgan Road, Booterstown, Dublin, apologizing for not being able to attend Mrs Woodlock’s funeral in Glasnevin owing to the onset of a bad cold.

A letter from John Whelan Dulanty, High Commissioner for the Irish Free State in London, to Fr. Senan Moynihan OFM Cap. expressing his gratitude for the copy of ‘The Capuchin Annual’ (1935).

Letter from Joseph O’Neill, 2 Kenilworth Square, Rathgar, Dublin, to Fr. Senan Moynihan OFM Cap. referring to a literary piece to be potentially published in ‘The Capuchin Annual’.

A letter from Don Juan Garcia-Ontiveros y Laplana, Spanish Minister to Ireland, to Fr. Senan Moynihan OFM Cap. thanking him for sending a copy of ‘The Capuchin Annual’ and expressing his admiration for the publication.

Letter from Kathleen O’Brennan, 24 South Frederick Street, Dublin, to Fr. Senan Moynihan OFM Cap., congratulating him on the ‘splendidly edited’ edition of ‘The Capuchin Annual’.