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The series includes records relating to the use of Ard Mhuire Capuchin Friary as a retreat centre in the diocese of Raphoe. The section includes material pertaining to retreats given to both the diocesan clergy and other religious as well as lay people, parish communities and school groups.

The series contains a large collection of historical research notes, correspondence and transcripts relating to the life and temperance campaign of Fr. Theobald Mathew OSFC. The series has been divided into seven sub-series and includes compilations of research notes created by Fr. Stanislaus Kavanagh OFM Cap. (1876-1965), Fr. Angelus Healy OFM Cap. (1875-1953), and Fr. Nessan Shaw OFM Cap. (1915-1997), Capuchin friars who undertook extensive research into Fr. Mathew’s life and ministry. Note that (in most instances) the date element refers to the original date of creation of the document or the time-period to which the research pertains.

Following the deaths in exile of Fr. Albert Bibby OFM Cap. (d. 1925) and Fr. Dominic O’Connor OFM Cap. (d. 1935), there were numerous calls to have their bodies returned to Ireland. Prominent republican supporters in the United States and Old IRA men in Ireland frequently petitioned ecclesiastical authorities to have the bodies of the ‘two patriot priests’ repatriated. These calls were initially rejected, and the outbreak of the Second World War prompted a postponement of the campaign. In 1954, a repatriation committee was set up by Cork No. 1 Brigade of the Old IRA to collect the funds necessary to defray the expenses involved in returning the remains to Ireland. Florence O’Donoghue, head of intelligence for the Cork Brigade during the War of Independence, was appointed Honorary Secretary. Cornelius Neenan was appointed the Committee’s representative in the United States. Aside from the financial difficulties, the Committee also had to contend with a certain reluctance on behalf of the church authorities in having the bodies of two priests moved in such an overtly public manner. The reburial was a departure from the normal rule of the Capuchin Franciscan Order. Also, as they were priests, a high religious content would have to be included in any civil ceremonies connected with the repatriation. Having at length gained the approval of both the state and the church, the repatriation took place in 1958. On 13 June, the priests’ remains arrived at Shannon Airport to be greeted by Seán T. O’Kelly, President, Ėamon de Valera, Taoiseach, Fr. Hilary McDonagh OFM Cap., Capuchin Vicar Provincial, and many representatives of the Old IRA. The funeral cortege then proceeded to Cork for a requiem mass in Holy Trinity Capuchin Church. Fr. Albert and Fr. Dominic were interred in the cemetery attached to Rochestown Capuchin Friary on 14 June 1958. The sub-series consists of correspondence, newspaper clippings, printed ephemera and photographs connected with the reparation campaign and ceremony in 1958. The series also includes records relating to the unveiling of a memorial to the two priests on the grounds of the Capuchin Friary in Raheny, Dublin, by veterans of Fianna Éireann in 1959.

Series consists of material related to the religious life of the Presentation Sisters in Killarney including religious publications and handwritten notes from retreats.
Includes the following items:
The Holy Bible translated from the Latin Vulgate, Vol. IV, 1805.
The Practice of Religious Perfection, Vol. 111, 1806.
Hardbacked notebook with handwritten notes – beginning with the Vows.
Memoirs of Miss Nano Nagle by Rev. Dominick Murphy, 1845.
The sufferings of Our Lord Jesus Christ by F. Thomas of Jesus, 1806.
Hardbacked bound notebook with handwritten notes dated May 1838.
The Holy Bible translated from the Latin Vulgate, Vol. 11.,1805.
Bound hard backed notebook beginning with “Conference 6th.
Presentation Convent Killarney – Ceremonial for The Reception and
Profession, 1858 (4 copies).
History of the Sacred Heart Presentation Convent Wagga Wagga, 1881.
Meditations for the Feast of the octave of the Presentation of the Blessed
Virgin Mary, 1835.
Handwritten notebook – Extracts from a Work of the Rev. Maria entitled
The Religious according to the Heart of God.
Handwritten bound notebook consisting of tributes to Sisters and hymns.

Second box

                                 Breviarium Romanum.
                                 The Ceremonies of Reception and Profession, 1815.
                                 The Artistic Crafts Series of Technical Handbooks Writing and Illuminating and
                                 Lettering.
                                 Communion Devotions for Religious.
                                 Ceremonial, 1850 with inscription from Sr de Pazzi Leahy, South Presentation
                                 Convent.

This series of books of a religious nature give a clear indication of the interest of the Sisters in Religious life as it was lived both within their own congregation and in Australia. Includes the following items: Black covered bound notebook, very old important item – Part of the Rules and Constitutions of the Presentation Order for the convent at Killarney.Handwritten Rule for the community in Killarney by Bishop Francis Moylan, Bishop of Cork, 22 July 1806.
2 hard backed bound notebooks with handwritten Rules.
Constitutions of the Sisters of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Victoria, Australia 1915.
Rules and Constitutions of the Institute of the Religious Sisters of the Presentation of the Ever Blessed Virgin Mary, 1809.
Rules and Constitutions of the Institute of the Religious sisterhood of the Presentation of the Ever Blessed Virgin Mary, 1854.
Canonical Legislation concerning Religious 1981.
Regulations of the Presentation Religious Killarney.
Institute of the Religious sisterhood – Constitutions 1809.
Constitutions Diocese of Kerry 1939.
Constitutions 1935.
Provincial Amalgamation of the Nuns of the Presentation Order in the State of Victoria, Australia Report of Conference Supplementary Rules.
Folder
File includes letters from the Mother General, Sr. M. Finbarr O’ Connell, to Communities regarding the changes in the rules pertaining to the daily religious Life of the Sisters during the 1960s.

This series comprises records relating to various local organisations and significant events in the Church Street area. The documents broadly reflect the interactions of the Capuchin friars with the locality.

This series is comprised of the Register of the Acts of Profession from 1793 to 1880; Register of the Capitular Acts regarding the Postulants and Novices 1829 to 1927 and Reception and Profession Register 1793 -1977. This series focuses on the Presentation Sisters themselves and their identity. Vocation promotion literature, “Presentation Sisters in Kerry 1793 – 1972”.

A ledger which contains a Register of the Acts of Election of the Superioress of the convent. A hardcover notebook 1819 – 1880, the first page refers to the election of the Superioress and the following pages refer to the progress of the Postulants and the Novices. This series contains items associated with the organizational life of the community. It contains decisions taken by a group of Sisters in community known as ‘Discreets’. This group was comprised of the Reverend Mother, her Assistant, the Mistress of Novices and the Bursar. They had the right to make decisions on every aspect of community life that did not require episcopal sanction.

The series contains a large collection of published works and biographical accounts dealing with the life of Fr. Theobald Mathew OSFC. The collection also includes works relating to various teetotal and temperance movements in Ireland from the mid-nineteenth century onwards. Many of the publications listed below are connected with the temperance revival of the late nineteenth century exemplified by the foundation of the Pioneer Total Abstinence Association by Fr. James Cullen SJ in 1898. The works are listed in chronological order by date of publication.

Five copies of prospectus for seminarists coming to St Joseph’s. Undated, but after the opening of Glenart, Wicklow, in 1949. Includes clothing and books that need to be brought. Some copies have handwritten or typewritten suggested changes.