A bound volume containing printed copies of block pulls for photographs and illustrations published in 'The Capuchin Annual' and in 'The Father Mathew Record'. The volume is titled ‘Letter Book’ (gilt-title to spine) and contains carbon-paper pages. The volume includes a wide variety of copy images and illustrations: • Photographs by T.J. Molloy. • Buildings and scenes in Dublin. • Drawings by Seán MacManus (p. 57). • Ships and nautical imagery. • Aircraft. • Irish mythological characters and imagery. • Christmas and nativity scenes (pp 122, 141). • Illustrations from the Irish Revolution (pp 79, 112, 113). • Drawings by Richard King. • Children and cartoon characters. • The interior of Father Mathew Hall, Cork (p. 122). • Irish Capuchin missionaries in Northern Rhodesia (later Zambia). • Ard Mhuire Capuchin Friary, County Donegal. • Author and contributor photographs. • Portraits of Irish Capuchin friars. • Bishop Timothy Phelim O’Shea OFM Cap. • Illustrations of Franciscan life by Fr. Gerald McCann OFM Cap. • Bust of Fr. Theobald Mathew by John Hogan (p. 336).
A bound volume containing printed copies of block pulls for illustrations in 'The Capuchin Annual' and in 'The Father Mathew Record'. The images are numbered and (in some instances) dated. The volume includes many copies of the illustrations of Richard J. King (including St. Patrick and St. Brigid), and photographs of various Irish Capuchin friars including the Most Rev. Timothy Phelim O’Shea OFM Cap., Vicar Apostolic of Livingstone. The volume also includes several obituary articles (with image content) for Archbishop Sylvester Mulligan OFM Cap., and images of Fr. Senan Moynihan OFM Cap., Richard J. King, Aodh de Blacam, and missionary friars and buildings in Africa and in the United States. The volume also contains the following clippings: • Signed cheque for £10 of George Bernard Shaw subscribing to 'The Capuchin Annual'. See image above. • An article titled ‘Irish Franciscan Humor’ published in 'The Christian Family and Our Missions' (March 1950) reflecting on Fr. Gerald McCann OFM Cap. and his artwork for the 'Annual'. • Photograph of Fr. Gerald McCann OFM Cap. and Fr. Henry Anglin OFM Cap. presenting The Capuchin Periodicals’ Cup at the National Drama Festival of Ireland (June 1950).
A clipping of a photograph of Second Lieutenant Guy Vickery Pinfield (8th King’s Royal Irish Hussars) who was killed in Dublin on 24 April 1916. The clipping is likely taken from the ‘Daily Mirror’ (May 1916).
A clipping of a photograph of Sir Roger Casement. The caption refers to him as a ‘traitor, in the uniform of [a] British Consul, which he disgraced’. The newspaper title from which the clipping was taken is not given.
A clipping of a report recounting various incidents of the rebels allegedly firing on civilians during the insurrection in Dublin. The newspaper title from which the clipping was taken is not given.
A clipping of a report referring to indiscriminate rifle fire by rebels on a house occupied by four women during the insurrection. The newspaper title from which the clipping was taken is not given.
A clipping of an image of Constance Markievicz following her court martial. The caption notes that she ‘is seen with the wardress in the Red Cross ambulance which did duty for a “Black Maria”’. The newspaper title from which the clipping was taken is not given.
A clipping of a montage of photographs showing the relations of Francis Sheehy-Skeffington. The clipping includes photographs of Mary Sheehy Kettle, a sister-in-law of Francis Sheehy-Skeffington and the wife of Tom Kettle, an Irish Party MP and British soldier. The caption notes that though Sheehy-Skeffington was ‘shot as a rebel – his death is now the subject of a court-martial’. It also notes that his wife’s family (Hanna Sheehy-Skeffington) has many family members serving in the British armed forces including Lieutenant Eugene Sheehy who ‘fought with the [Royal] Dublin fusiliers against the rebels’. The newspaper title from which the clipping was taken is not given.
A clipping of a photograph taken from the Chancellor Studio on Lower Sackville (O’Connell) Street. The photograph is described as a ‘remarkable relic of the rebellion’ as it is riddled with shrapnel from the fighting during the insurrection. The image shows (left) Edward White Benson (1829-1896), Archbishop of Canterbury, and (right) William Conyngham Plunket, 4th Baron Plunket (1828-1897), the Anglican Archbishop of Dublin. The newspaper title from which the clipping was taken is not given.
A clipping of an article referring to rumours relating to the arrest of Jim Larkin in the United States for involvement with various communist and radical socialist organizations. The newspaper title from which the clipping was taken is not given.
