Series contains material which documents the founding of the Presentation Community in Listowel including annals of the convent and material related to the closure of the convent in 2007. Also includes material such as Acts of Profession; Register of Elections and the history of the convent; Memorandum; and book of poems, ‘Around the Boree Log and Other Poems’.
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.
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 large collection of newspapers, broadsheets and daily bulletins relating to the independence struggle. The republican newspapers, publicity material and political ephemera collected by the Irish Capuchins are particularly important as they cover a broad spectrum of nationalist political debate. A good number of the Irish Capuchins were privately sympathetic to the republican side and maintained close contacts with many prominent Anti-Treaty figures. Many of the republican newspapers and bulletins accumulated by the friars covered the day-to-day conduct of the Civil War and contain information not found elsewhere in the contemporary press since the daily newspaper titles published little or nothing originating from the Anti-Treaty side.
The series contains souvenir booklets and miscellaneous ephemera and artefacts relating to the 1916 Rising. Most of the booklets contain photographic postcards depicting various figures, events and artefacts associated with the Easter Rising and its aftermath.
A collection of personal papers of Fr. Columbus Murphy OFM Cap. relating to his involvement with republican combatants and other individuals during the 1916 Rising.
