The file contains the following editions of this nationalist newspaper edited by Arthur Griffith. 20 Sept. 1913 (Vol. 4, No. 190) 7 Nov. 1914 (Vol. 5, No. 237) 21 Nov. 1914 (Vol. 5, No. 239) When his newspaper 'The United Irishman' closed in 1906 due to a libel action, Griffith adopted the title 'Sinn Féin' for the replacement paper where he continued to promote his policies until its suppression in 1914.
R. C. [Simmington]: John J. Cunningham: Kevans & Son: Jim Christopher: William H. Byrne: Daniel Murray: George Finn: Paul Boland: Mary Kevnan: James Morrisroe: Felim J. [Hove]: Annie Burke: Kate Collins: J. J. Ryan: Kathleen O’Brien: Paddy Healy
Expressions of sympathy to the Carmelite community for the death of Brother Simon Burke. Includes signed mass cards.
The poem reads: ‘Thy favours still, O Lord bestow; Through Mary’s hands may grace still flow; Give me the Cross or pain or woe, But give to Eire Liberty’.
File relating to the promotion of a series of Silver Circle draws in aid of the building fund for the new House of Studies and Ard Mhuire Friary, Cashelmore, County Donegal. The file includes letters (mainly from the local clergy) in support of the fund, promoters’ cards and ephemera, legal permits, and bank statements and receipts associated with the fund. The file also includes a list of parishes in Donegal in which the promotion of the fund was permitted.
Draft article by Edward MacLysaght titled ‘S.R. Lysaght: The Author and the Man’. The file also contains a copy manuscript titled ‘Another Imaginary Conversation / 3 Dec. 1931’ compiled for an article titled: ‘Sidney Royce Lysaght: the author and the man’, published in 'The Capuchin Annual' (1975), pp 225-229. The piece was written by Edward MacLysaght. The manuscript refers to family reminiscences pertaining especially to his father, Sidney Royse Lysaght (1860-1941), an Irish writer, who worked in the iron industry. His son, Edward MacLysaght (1887-1986), was a writer and authority on Irish family history. The file also includes two copies of ‘The amazing war experiences of Patrick Lysaght / An Irishman of the Royal Irish Rifles / the first unit to meet the Germans at Mons in 1914’. It is noted that this narrative was first recorded in December 1938.
Negative sheets (for black and white prints) of various scenes of Capuchin friars at Sichili Mission Station in Northern Rhodesia. With photographic wallet of L.F. Moore, Dispensing and Photographic Chemist, Livingstone, Northern Rhodesia. Some of the images appear to be extant in the photographic volume at CA AMI/2/10/1/2.
Cover addressed to 'The Father Mathew Record' and 'Capuchin Annual Office', Church Street, Dublin, from Leo Vala Photography, Knightsbridge Studios Brompton Road, London. The cover includes two black and white prints and a press release from Vala Photography regarding the proceeds from a sale of a profile print of Christ being donated to the Turin Shroud Investigation Fund.
A set of two photographic postcard prints of the Shrine of Saint Anne in Holy Trinity Church in Cork. One of the prints is dated 26 July 1927 (the feast day of Saint Anne). Published by Guy & Co., Ltd., Cork.
Short stories by Leon O’Kennedy submitted for publication in 'The Father Mathew Record' (later 'Eirigh'). The stories are titled ‘The Call’, ‘These things are not thine’, ‘The St. Brigid’s Cross’, ‘To Hell or to Connacht’, and ‘Sunset and After’.