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Poetry by Conleth Ellis

Draft of poems for anthology by Conleth Ellis titled ‘A Nest of Emptiness / Verses from the Goldsmith Country’, published in 'The Capuchin Annual' (1975).

Poetry by Colm Tóibín

Letters from Colm Tóibín to Fr. Donal O’Mahony OFM Cap. enclosing poems for publication in 'Eirigh'. The file includes a copybook containing a collection of eighteen manuscript poems by Tóibín written in 1971. The file also includes loose sheets of handwritten poetry with cover letters to Fr. O’Mahony. The letters are addressed from Tóibín’s residence at 9 Parnell Avenue, Enniscorthy, and at St. Peter’s College, Wexford. Some of the items note Tóibín’s age at the date of the poem’s composition – aged fifteen in January 1971. The correspondence refers to his childhood experiences, to the influences of some writers on his poetry, and his hopes for publication of his work. The poem titles include:
• ‘A Tragedy – 1970’.
• ‘There’s blood flowing out from the Rose-Bowl’. (29 Nov. 1971).
• ‘My hill’. (2 Jan. 1971).
• ‘New School’. (2 Jan. 1971).
• ‘To wait’. (17 Dec. 1970).
• ‘The despairing song of Mary Magdalen’. (1 Mar. 1971).
• ‘Lourdes’. (5 Apr. 1971).
• ‘Song from a distance’. (5 Apr. 1971).
• ‘Water-death’. (16 May 1971).
• ‘Old lady’. (23 May 1971).
The file also includes a clipping from 'Eirigh' of a poem by Tóibín titled ‘My Lady (To the Blessed Virgin Mary)’.

Poetry by Colm Tóibín

The sub-series contains a small collection of letters and poetry submitted by Colm Tóibín to Fr. Donal O’Mahony OFM Cap. for potential publication in 'Eirigh'.

Poetry by Breandan de Paor

Draft poems submitted by Breandan de Paor. The poems are titled ‘Liszt’, ‘Bunty’, ‘Aitheantas’, ‘Ar an dTrá’, ‘Seanmóin’, and ‘Leisce’. With a cover letter from de Paor to Fr. Henry Anglin OFM Cap. (5 Aug. 1972).

Poetry by Beda Herbert

Draft poetry submitted by Beda Herbert for publication in 'The Father Mathew Record'. The poems are titled ‘Our Lady of Night’, ‘Queen of Silence’, ‘Oculos ad nos convertere’.

Poetry by Anne Mills

Letter from Anne Mills, 1 South Crescent, Windermere, Westmorland, to Fr. Henry Anglin OFM Cap. enclosing copies of two poems titled ‘The Snow Drop’ and ‘The Wise Innocents’ which she hopes may be suitable for publishing in 'The Capuchin Annual'. The letter is dated 4 July 1963. The file also includes copies of various other poems composed by Anne Mills from 1960-3

Poetry by A.M. Sullivan

Poems submitted by A.M. Sullivan, 99 Church Street, New York, for publication in 'The Capuchin Annual'. The poems are titled ‘The Squall (Achill Island)’, ‘Storm at Dingle’, ‘The Return’, and ‘By the Cliffs of Moher’. The file also includes ‘Ballad of Tim Murphy-Morgan Rifleman’. With a covering letter from Sullivan to Fr. Henry Anglin OFM Cap. explaining that the ‘Tim Murphy saga is a story of a hero of the American Revolution, who was born in America but whose folks came from Carlow’. (25 Sept. 1957).

Poems

Two poems by Eddie McClafferty titled ‘Doe Chapel’ and ‘The Sand Eel Strand on Sheephaven Bay’.

Poem on Ard Mhuire

Transcript of a poem titled ‘Ard Mhuire’ by Peter Kelly published in 'Ireland’s Own', 20 Feb. 1936, at p. 17. The poem refers to the presence of the Capuchin friars in Donegal.

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