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Copy letters of Fr. Henry Anglin OFM Cap., mainly to authors and contributors regarding articles published in 'The Capuchin Annual'. The file also includes some original letters to Fr. Henry Anglin OFM Cap. The correspondents include Veronica MacCarthy, Michael Bowles, Fr. Reginald Walker CSSp., Oliver Snoddy, Fr. Daniel Rebain OFM Cap., Michael Smyth, Jack Lynch, Fr. Nelson Ruppert OFM Cap., Myles O’Farrell, Fr. William Coughlan OFM Cap., Fr. Michael Hurley SJ, Arthur Campbell, Desmond O’Connor, Fr. Daniel J. O’Donovan, Leon Ó Broin (Catholic Truth Society of Ireland), Seamus O’Meara, Liam O’Doherty, Michael O’Farrell, Beda Brophy, Tom Barry, Seán Boylan, Robert Childers Barton, Cathal O’Shannon, Seán Nunan, Winefride Nolan, Liam Nolan, Fr. Martin Coen, Fr. Ambrose MacAulay, Patrick Boland, General Seán MacEoin, Kathleen Napoli MacKenna, Elizabeth May, Arthur Mitchell, Fr. Patrick Boland TOR, Frank Pakenham, 7th Earl of Longford, Fr. James W. Kelly, Sidney Ehler, Seamus Fitzgerald, Richard King, Mannix Joyce, Charles J. Haughey, R. MacEvatt, Vivion de Valera, Fr. David Kelleher OFM Cap., Michael Bowles, Padraic Og Ó Conaire, John Hinde Ltd., and Bord Fáilte Éireann. Some of the letters refer to payments (honorariums) for articles published in 'The Capuchin Annual'. The file also includes letters to Fr. Henry from An Cosantóir, Seán O’Connell, and from T. Ryle Dwyer re his article on the Anglo-Irish Treaty published in 'The Capuchin Annual' (1971).
• The letters from Kathleen Napoli MacKenna provide additional detail about her role in the struggle for Irish independence.
• A letter from Robert Childers Barton affirms that he is available for an interview with Fr. Henry and to his ‘memories of Father Augustine [Hayden OFM Cap.] and Fr. Albert [Bibby] OFM Cap.’. 26 May 1970.
• The letters from Fr. David Kelleher OFM Cap. refer to his article on Père Marie-Benoît OFM Cap. (1895-1990) and his role in assisting French Jews in the Second World War published in 'The Capuchin Annual' (1971).

Copy letters of Fr. Henry Anglin OFM Cap., mainly to authors and contributors re articles to be published in 'The Capuchin Annual'. Other letters refer to orders and request for the 'Annual', advertising, and expressions of gratitude for complimentary copies. The file also includes several original letters to Fr. Henry Anglin OFM Cap. The correspondents include from Geoffrey Coulter, Professor J. Weingreen, The Advocate Press (Melbourne), Alison King, Rev. William Grattan Flood, James Lyons, Bishop Timothy Phelim O’Shea OFM Cap., Professor Desmond O’Connor, Kevin Faller, Bishop Michael Anthony Harty, Bishop Cathal Daly, Padriac Fiacc, James Lyons, Heinrich Böll, Maura Scannell, T. Ryle Dwyer, Fr. Nelson J. Ruppert OFM Cap., Alan Denson, Fr. Donatus McNamara OFM Cap., Máire Ní Ceallaig, Fr. Paschal Larkin OFM Cap., Arthur Mitchell, Fr. Salvator Quinn OFM Cap., Ethna Waldron, Professor J.J. Moore SJ, Professor James C. Brindley, Mannix Joyce, Donal Brennan, Fr. Brendan O’Mahony OFM Cap., T. Ryle Dwyer, Desmond Parish, Sr. Bernard Boran, Jim Fahy ('Tuam Herald'), Walter McGrath ('Cork Examiner'), Bryan MacMahon, Maire Scannell, Fr. Cyril Barrett SJ, Mary Mathews, Michael W. Murphy, Dr John P. Cullinane, Fr. Nessan Shaw OFM Cap., Professor James P. Carney, Fr. Carthage Ruth OFM Cap., Alan Denson, Arthur Mitchell and Charles J. Haughey.
• A letter to Fr. Carthage Ruth OFM Cap. provides some detail on the work of the Irish Capuchin friars in Cape Town, South Africa. (4 Dec. 1973).
• A letter from Fr. Owen O’Sullivan OFM Cap. refers to Fr. Jeremiah Joseph O’Reilly OSFC (1799-1880), the first resident Catholic priest in Wellington, New Zealand (10 May 1973).
• A letter from Fr. Salvator Quinn OFM Cap. gives information on Irish Capuchin missionary work in Zambia (16 Mar. 1973).

Copy letters of Fr. Henry Anglin OFM Cap., mainly to authors regarding articles they intend to publish in 'The Capuchin Annual' in 1976. Other letters refer to orders and requests for the 'Annual', expressions of gratitude for complimentary copies, and reviews of the text. The file also includes several original letters to Fr. Henry Anglin OFM Cap. The file includes letters from Dr. Daphne Pochin Mould, Donal Brennan, E.M Lysaght, Mannix Joyce, Fr. James W. Kelly CC, Padraic Fiacc, Patrick W. Smyth, Fr. Theodore Crowley OFM, Pieter Otten, Maura Scannell, Conleth Ellis, Dr. Margaret Sheridan, Michael O’Beirne, Jack Lynch, Seán Cronin, Primo Basso, Fr. Paschal Larkin, Brian Scanlon, Alice Rynne, Seán Ó Síochán, Cathal O’Shannon, Marie O’Kelly, Monsignor Tomás Ó Fiaich, Fr. Nessan Shaw OFM Cap., Walter McGrath ('Cork Examiner'), Fr. Denis Faul, Alan Denson, Charles Conaghan, Tadhg Gavin, Alison King, Benedict Kiely, Margaret Sheridan, Arthur Mitchell, Elizabeth May, Fr. Sebastian Lee OFM, Fr. Brendan O’Mahony OFM Cap., Oliver Snoddy, Professor J. Weingreen, and Fr. T.J. Walsh.

Correspondence file relating to Christopher J. Brady who along with Michael J. Molloy and Liam Ó Briain, compositors, were responsible for printing the 1916 Proclamation. The Proclamation was composed in Liberty Hall, the headquarters of the Irish Transport and General Workers Union. Liberty Hall was also the location of the printing press, an antiquated Wharfdale Double Crown, used to print Connolly’s ‘The Worker’s Republic’ newspaper. Brady used this press to print the Proclamation on Sunday, 23 April 1916. The file includes a photographic print of Christopher J. Brady and letters mainly regarding requests that he authenticate original copies of the Proclamation. One of the letters (17 June 1934) is from Nellie Gifford-Donnelly to Brady requesting that he and Michael J. Molloy and Liam Ó Briain visit Dr. Kathleen Lynn to authenticate and sign a copy of the 1916 Proclamation in her possession. Both Gifford-Donnelly and Kathleen Lynn were committed nationalists and feminists who had participated in the Rising. Gifford-Donnelly was later instrumental in securing historical documents and objects associated with the Easter Rising. The Proclamation signed by Brady is now on display in the National Museum of Ireland.

Correspondence between Thomas W. Bewley, secretary, W. & R. Jacob & Co. Ltd., and Fr. Aloysius Travers OFM Cap. regarding a cheque for £25 given by the directors of Jacobs to the Capuchins as a mark of appreciation ‘for the deep sense of thankfulness that our Factory was spared from serious injury during the time of the recent rebellion’. Includes a copy reply from Fr. Aloysius returning the said cheque. He writes ‘Any services that I may have rendered during the recent sad crisis were such as … any other priest in the same circumstances would render’. Fr. Aloysius suggests that the cheque should more fittingly be sent to the Lord Mayor’s Fund for the Relief of Distress.

Two images showing a large procession to the Capuchin Friary, Rochestown, County Cork. The annotated cover reads ‘Procession. Rochestown. 1905’. The photograph shows the Corpus Christi procession to the Capuchin Friary in Rochestown. This annual celebration held at the friary attracted huge crowds from both the city and county in the first two decades of the twentieth century. People travelled by train, by trap or walked to the friary from Cork city. It was the most popular event of the year at Rochestown until 1926 when the first Cork city procession was held.

Copy report by Fr. Killian Flynn OFM Cap. on the mission of Livingstone-Barotseland in the Prefecture of Broken Hill, Northern Rhodesia. The report is divided into the following sections:
I. Situation, area, population etc.
II. Historical Survey
I. Prior to the coming of the Capuchin Fathers
II. Coming of the Capuchin Fathers
Livingstone
Loanja
Loanja Out-Schools
Momba
Mulobezi
III. Applications for New Stations
Translations of Catechisms
IV. Details and Statistics
Babemba Church and School, Livingstone
Church of the Little Flower, Livingstone
Barotse Church and School, Livingstone
Loanja
Momba
Mulobezi
V. Sphere of Influence of each Station
Loanja
Kabompo
Lumbi
VI. Method of Converting the Locals
Results Secured
VII. Working of Schools
Babemba school, police camp, Livingstone
Zambesi Saw-Mills Compound School, Livingstone
School at Loanja Mission
School at Saw-Mills Compound, Mulobezi
VIII. Difficulties Hampering Work
Influence of Protestant Missionaries
Poverty of Districts
Transport
IX. Prospects for the Future
X. Tribes
XI. Languages
XII. Financial Outlay of Mission from Beginning
A manuscript note by Fr. Edwin Fitzgibbon OFM Cap. reads: ‘This amount does not include monies spent in building church and schools in Athlone parish and church in Parow parish, South Africa, amounting to over £7,000’.

Copy penciled sketch portrait of Fr. Dominic O’Connor OFM Cap. in the uniform of a British Army chaplain. Titled: ‘Fr. Dominic of Cork, OFM Cap.’.

Copy letter from Roger Casement, Pentonville Prison, to his chaplain, Fr. E.F. Murnane, regarding the progress of his appeal against the indictment of high treason. With a letter (2 Aug. 1916) from E.F. Murnane, The Presbytery, Dockhead, [Bermondsey, London, S.E.], in the same hand, to George Gavan Duffy regarding Casement’s last hours. Includes a copy extract from a letter from the Prison Chaplain giving a brief account of Casement’s piety before his execution. The file also includes an original letter from Roger Casement, Wellington Club, Grosvenor Place, S.W., to Francis H. Cowper (16 Dec. 1903) declaring that all is well him ‘but fearful Congo row is brewing and I shall be the storm centre I fear’. He adds 'Give the brindled John my love and a kiss on his black nose. I wish I were in Lisbon now …’. The ‘brindled John’ was presumably a domestic cat or dog owned by Cowper; brindled referring to a specific type of patchy colouring most commonly associated with the patterned fur of cats. It is unknown how this letter was acquired by the Capuchin friars but it is likely that it was given to Fr. Albert Bibby OFM Cap. for safekeeping by an nationalist acquaintance.

Copy circular letter from Fr. Kevin Moynihan OFM Cap., Provincial Minister, announcing the purchase of Ards House by the Capuchin Order. The letter reads:

'It is more than 350 years since the Franciscans laboured “for the glory of God, and the honour of Erin” in the historic Abbey of Donegal. Now they are returning and let us hope that this new Friary of the Order will be a centre of spiritual force, the influence of which will be felt, not only in Tirconaill, but in the whole of the north of Ireland'.

He also expresses his gratitude to Fr. Aloysius Travers OFM Cap. whose ‘untiring energy’ ensured the acquisition of the property. A note (added by Fr. Angelus Healy OFM Cap.) states that a meeting of the Provincial Definitory on 5 Mar. 1930 confirmed the plan to purchase of Ards House for a canonical foundation. It is also noted that Fr. Colman Griffin OFM Cap. was appointed guardian of the new foundation.