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 pp 71-82; 86-92; 97-100; 123-124 numerous cuttings reporting on the 1916 Rising and its aftermath. Some of the reports refer to Fr. Augustine Hayden OFM Cap. and his ministering to Con Colbert.
The file contains the following editions of this newspaper produced by the National Students’ Club, Cork: 27 Nov. 1918; 30 Nov. 1918; 7 Dec. 1918; 10 Dec. 1918. The articles are chiefly in English, with some in Irish. The paper was printed for the proprietors by Gaelic Publishers, 96 Patrick Street, Cork. In November and December 1918 'The Student' was published twice weekly because of the general election cf. issue for 27 Nov. 1918. Parallel title at head: 'Macléighinn'.
The file comprises the following editions of this Irish nationalist newspaper edited by D. Gwynn and P.S. Little: Bound editions: 27 May 1922 (new issue, vol. 1, no. 1)-24 June 1922 (new issue, vol. 1, no. 5) Loose editions: 7 July 1917 (Vol. IV, no. 9) 9 Aug. 1919 (Vol. VIII, No. 14) (pp 219-20 only); 16 Aug. 1919 (Vol. VIII, No. 15); 17 June 1922 (new issue, vol. I, no. 4) (pp 3-4 only); 24 June 1922 (new issue, vol. I, no. 5); 1 July 1922 (new issue, vol. I, no. 6).
The file contains the issue: 1 Nov. 1920 (no. 11,442) referring to the execution of Kevin Barry in Mountjoy Jail. Front page reads: ‘Subsequently Father Albert [Bibby], OSFC, succeeded in visiting the prisoner, who again saluted when the priest left him’.
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).
The woodenworks fronting the quay in Wexford in about 1930. The offices of the Wexford Steamship Company, operated by James Stafford (1860-1947), are visible in the background of the image.
