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Letter from Fr. Dominic O’Connor OFM Cap., c/o Commandant, Kilmainham Prison, to Fr. Aloysius Travers OFM Cap., detailing the charges which are be brought against him and informing him that he is to be tried by a General Court Martial on Saturday next at 10.30 a.m.

The account (compiled by Fr. Aloysius Travers OFM Cap.) begins with Fr. Dominic’s appointment as civic chaplain to Tomas MacCurtain and later to Terence MacSwiney, Lord Mayors of Cork. The account includes copy correspondence regarding Fr. Dominic’s trial and copy extracts from newspapers ('Irish Independent', 'Evening Herald' and 'Catholic Herald') referring to the case and requests for the immediate release of the Capuchin priest. Reference is also made to the harsh treatment endured by Fr. Dominic during his captivity.

Published in Dublin by the Catholic Truth Society of Ireland (1904). An annotation on end cover reads: ‘Prayer book used in Prison by Father Dominic’. The text of the book is in Irish.

Letters from Fr. Dominic O’Connor OFM Cap. to May Barrett, Watercourse Road, Cork, referring to the execution of Captain Pat Moran in Mountjoy Jail (died 14 Mar. 1921). Fr. Dominic wrote ‘What a lot of my friends have gone down since I was last in Cork or indeed in Ireland’. He expresses the hope that ‘they’d make Irish compulsory for the Dáil as it would put an end to some of the … long winded speeches’. With a newspaper clipping of a poem titled ‘Subvenite’ by Father Dominic, Parkhurst Convict Prison, ‘written in Prison on hearing of the execution of Captain Patrick Moran and Volunteer Thomas Whelan, both of whom were fellow-prisoners with him in Kilmainham’. (16 Mar. 1921). In Irish and English.

This sub-series comprises papers mostly relating to the ministries performed by Fr. Dominic O'Connor OFM Cap. in Oregon in the United States following his release from British detention in January 1922. The sub-series also includes records referring to Fr. Dominic's death in October 1935 and tributes and commemorations thereafter.

Newspaper cuttings book compiled and annotated by Fr. Stanislaus Kavanagh OFM Cap. Printed stamp on inside front cover: ‘Franciscan Capuchin Library, Church Street, Dublin’. The pages have been numbered by Fr. Stanislaus. The book includes on p. 69 cuttings reporting the exiling of Fr. Dominic O’Connor OFM Cap. to the United States. ‘Boston Papers’, Dec. 1922; 'Cork Weekly Examiner', 21 Jan. 1925.

List of names and addresses of people resident in the United States. Includes a business card from Joseph Smith, Director, Boston Commercial and Industrial Bureau.

Letter from Fr. Luke Sheehan OFM Cap., Bend, Oregon, to Fr. Aloysius Travers OFM Cap., describing the last hours of his nephew Fr. Dominic O’Connor OFM Cap.. He wrote: ‘Poor Dominic died rather unexpectedly. He had being ailing for a good many months, complained of a headache and more recently of dizzy spells and loss of memory’. The letter is incomplete.

Telegrams to Fr. Edwin Fitzgibbon OFM Cap., Provincial Minister, concerning the death of Fr. Dominic O’Connor OFM Cap. in Bend, Oregon.