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The Grave of Michael Collins in Glasnevin Cemetery, Dublin. From ‘Forty pages of Dublin Pictures by T. J. Molloy’, 'The Capuchin Annual' (1938), pp 167-201.

A view of pedestrians crossing the Ha’penny Bridge in Dublin in about 1945.

A view of the Ha'penny Bridge (originally, the Wellington Bridge) in Dublin in about 1950.

A flier with the text of a poem by Alice Millgan titled ‘The Home Coming (Lewes to Dublin, June 18th, 1917)’ referring to the release of Irish republican prisoners.

A postcard print captioned ‘The insurrection in Dublin – armoured motor car in Bachelor’s Walk’. The postcard was printed by Hely’s in Dublin.

The interior of the Church of St. Francis, Capuchin Friary, Kilkenny.

A history of the Irish Capuchin mission in Northern Rhodesia (later Zambia) compiled by Fr. Luke Browne OFM Cap. (1920-2008). The history traces the history of the mission in a chronological format from 1930 to 1981. Particular attention is given to the arrival of missionary friars, the work of clerical and lay mission personnel, relations with local communities, the construction of mission stations, schools and hospitals in Barotseland (later the Western Province of the Republic of Zambia) and to various mission appointments and transfers. Fr. Luke arrived in Northern Rhodesia in 1948 and the text includes many of his personal recollections of the mission. The file also includes a copybook containing text in Irish by Fr. Luke recounting his initial experiences as a missionary from 1948-50.

Photographic prints compiled for an article by Bishop Timothy Phelim O’Shea OFM Cap. (1902-1979) titled ‘The Irish Capuchins in Cape Town and Zambia / from virgin mission territory to diocese’, published in 'The Capuchin Annual' (1975). The file includes images of Capuchin friars, Franciscan Missionary Sisters, hospitals, clinics and schools established by religious congregations, and locals availing of care and education at these establishments. The file includes the following images:

• The official opening of Mongu Training College, Zambia, in 1970.
• St Francis Mission, Malengwa, Mongu, Zambia.
• Irish Christian Brothers in Mongu, Zambia.
• Classroom block, St. John’s College, Mongu, Zambia.
• Irish, French and African teachers in Mongu, Zambia.
• Doctor O’Connor ministering to three women suffering with leprosy at St. Joseph’s Mission, Mangango, Zambia.
• African Franciscan Missionary Sisters with Bishop Timothy Phelim O’Shea OFM Cap.
• Sisters teaching African children in an open-air class in Basutoland (later Lesotho).
• Bishop O’Shea saying the rosary at a leper grotto in Mangango.
• Group of secondary school girls at Malengwa.
• Blessing of a new church at Shimano near Mangango Mission, Zambia. The print shows Fr. Benignus Buckley OFM Cap., Fr. Dermot Duffy OFM Cap. and Fr. James Connolly OFM Cap.
• Fr. Conor Brady OFM Cap. (1923-1993) at the grave of Fr. Gerard Joyce OFM Cap. (d. 12 July 1944) in Sihole.
• President Kenneth Kaunda at the opening of Sesheke Hospital, Zambia.
Note: See also Introduction and Guide to the Papers of the Irish Capuchin Missions in Africa

A flier titled 'The Irish Republic Alive, Alive O’. (Volume page 31).

The Irish Theological Quarterly, xvi, no. 61 (Jan. 1921). The journal includes an article titled 'The lawfulness of the hunger strike' by J. Kelleher (pp 47-64).