Copy photographic prints of Roger Casement, with William Gibson, 2nd Baron Ashbourne, and Alice Stopford Green. The photograph was possibly taken at Ardglass in County Down in c.1913.
Two copies of the ‘Speech of Roger Casement from the dock / Executed in Pentonville Prison, August 3rd, 1916.’ (Dublin: published by Fergus O’Connor, 1916).
An account book of the Dublin City & County Board of the Irish Volunteers. The account is with the Munster and Leinster Bank Ltd., Dame Street, Dublin. A manuscript title on the front cover reads ‘Dublin Co. Volunteers / Dublin City & Co. Board / 26 Great Brunswick Street / 2 Dawson Street / Dublin / Treasurer / Frank Fahy’. The entries cover the period from 31 October 1915 to 30 June 1916. Includes references to many transactions on the account made by Philip Bernard Joseph Cosgrave (1884-1923), and to entries made by ‘Byrne’, ‘Hanarhan’, 'Hannigan', and others.
Expenses account of James Joseph O’Kelly. An accompanying note is endorsed ‘account for arms / £206 / expenses to Dublin’. Both the note and the one-page expenses account are endorsed ‘EE 7205’. The expenses relate to O’Kelly’s travel from France to Dublin.
A clipping of an article by Aodh de Blacam titled ‘Censorship or Anarchy’ published in ‘The Standard’ in November 1941. The file also includes a clipping of an article by Gearoid Mac Eoin titled ‘Censorship: Church and State’ (‘The Standard’, 14 Nov. 1941) and C.B. Murphy, ‘Sex, Censorship and the Church’ (‘The Bell’, Sept. 1941).
Letters from the Most Rev. William MacNeely, Bishop of Raphoe (1888-1963), to Fr. Aloysius Travers OFM Cap. re arrangements for the purchase of Ards House by the Capuchins. A letter of 1 Mar. 1930 expresses his pleasure on hearing that ‘negotiations with the Land Commission have been successful. About the time of taking over the property, really it does not matter; just make arrangements as you consider convenient’. A letter on 18 Mar. 1930 affirms that the friars ‘may fix up an Oratory at once … as soon as things are in order’.
Architectural plans (elevations and sections), designs, drawings and sketches for the new Capuchin House of Studies and Ard Mhuire Friary and Church, County Donegal, prepared by James Rupert Boyd Barrett (c.1904-1976), architect, 5 Camden Place, Cork. The file includes the following architectural records:
Sketch plan for House of Studies, Ard Mhuire Friary Date: Nov. 1958 Number: Sketch 1 Scale: 1 inch to 16 feet Sheet size: OS; 104 cm x 77 cm Note: With colour washes
Sketch plan for basement and ground floors of the House of Studies Date: 5 Jan. 1959 Number: Sketch 2 Scale: 1 inch to 16 feet Sheet size: 69 cm x 67 cm Note: With colour washes
Sketch plan of alterations to accommodation block of the House of Studies. Date: 5 Jan. 1959 Number: Sketch 3 Scale: 1 inch to 16 feet Sheet size: 69 cm x 67 cm Note: With colour washes
Elevations and sections for alterations to the House of Studies and Friary Date: 7 Apr. 1959 Number: Drawing 5 Scale: 1 inch to 16 feet Sheet size: 110 cm x 66 cm Note: With colour washes
Sketch, elevation, floor plan and axonometric view of the Friary Date: 14 Jan. 1960 Number: Sketch 1 Scale: 1 inch to 32 feet Sheet size: 117 cm x 69 cm Note: With colour washes
Elevation and sections of the House of Studies Date: 9 Oct. 1962 Number: Drawing 8 Scale: 1 inch to 16 feet Sheet size: 126 cm x 71 cm Note: With colour washes
Floor plans (ground, first and second) of the House of Studies Date: 15 Oct. 1962 Number: Drawing 7 Scale: 1 inch to 16 feet; 1 inch to 22 feet Sheet size: 130 cm x 72 cm Note: With colour washes. The sheet shows the location of the Old Ard Mhuire Friary (formerly Ards House) with a note indicating that this is ‘to be demolished’.
Revisions to ground floor plan of the House of Studies Date: Jan. 1963 Number: Drawing 3 Scale: 1 inch to 8 feet Sheet size: 114 cm x 67.5 cm Note: The sheet is torn and frayed. Careful manual handling is required.
First-floor plan of the House of Studies Date: Jan. 1963 Number: Drawing 4 Scale: 1 inch to 8 feet Sheet size: 110 cm x 67 cm
Revisions to second-floor plan of the House of Studies Date: Jan. 1963 Number: Drawing 5 Scale: 1 inch to 8 feet Sheet size: 110 cm x 67 cm
Survey of proposed Ard Mhuire Friary and the House of Studies Date: 26 July 1963 Number: No file number given Scale: 1 inch to 32 feet Sheet size: 76 cm x 61 cm Note: The survey was completed by E.G. Pettit, consulting engineer, 7 South Mall, Cork, for J.R. Boyd Barrett. The survey shows the location of the Old Ard Mhuire Friary (formerly Ards House) relative to the site of the new House of Studies.
Details of Altar Rail in Ard Mhuire Friary Church Date: 1965 Number: Drawing 53 Scale: ½ inch to 1 foot Sheet size: 72 cm x 48 cm
Details of seating in Ard Mhuire Friary Church Date: Nov. 1965 Number: Drawing 54 Scale: ½ inch to 1 foot Sheet size: 104 cm x 73 cm
Sketch plan of sanctuary layout in Ard Mhuire Friary Church Date: 24 Aug. 1965 Number: No file number given Scale: 1 inch to 4 feet Sheet size: 66 cm x 56 cm
Design for layout of sacristy in Ard Mhuire Friary Church Date: Oct. 1965 Number: Drawing 52 Scale: ½ inch to 1 foot Sheet size: 61 cm x 36 cm
Details of choir stalls in Ard Mhuire Friary Date: Mar. 1965 Number: Drawing 40 Scale: 3 inches to 1 foot; 1 inch to 1 foot; ⅛ inch to 1 foot Sheet size: 94 cm x 70 cm
Landscaping and garden plan for Ard Mhuire Friary Date: July 1965 Number: No file number given Scale: 1 inch to 16 feet Sheet size: 92 cm x 67 cm Note: The plan was compiled by Powers of Waterford.
The file includes: • ‘Evening Mail Centenary Supplement’, 12 Oct. 1961. A photographic supplement commentary the centenary of the first edition of the newspaper. The edition contains references to the Father Mathew Statue on Sackville Street (later O’Connell Street). • ‘Canal boom helped the Friars’ by D.F. Moore. The article comprises a brief history of the Church Street locality and refers to the historic residences of the Capuchin friars on the street ('Evening Press', 18 Jan. 1962). The article includes a copy of the photographic print of the old Capuchin Chapel on Church Street at CA CS/7/1.