Draft of poems for anthology by Conleth Ellis titled ‘A Nest of Emptiness / Verses from the Goldsmith Country’, published in 'The Capuchin Annual' (1975).
Letters from Colm Tóibín to Fr. Donal O’Mahony OFM Cap. enclosing poems for publication in 'Eirigh'. The file includes a copybook containing a collection of eighteen manuscript poems by Tóibín written in 1971. The file also includes loose sheets of handwritten poetry with cover letters to Fr. O’Mahony. The letters are addressed from Tóibín’s residence at 9 Parnell Avenue, Enniscorthy, and at St. Peter’s College, Wexford. Some of the items note Tóibín’s age at the date of the poem’s composition – aged fifteen in January 1971. The correspondence refers to his childhood experiences, to the influences of some writers on his poetry, and his hopes for publication of his work. The poem titles include: • ‘A Tragedy – 1970’. • ‘There’s blood flowing out from the Rose-Bowl’. (29 Nov. 1971). • ‘My hill’. (2 Jan. 1971). • ‘New School’. (2 Jan. 1971). • ‘To wait’. (17 Dec. 1970). • ‘The despairing song of Mary Magdalen’. (1 Mar. 1971). • ‘Lourdes’. (5 Apr. 1971). • ‘Song from a distance’. (5 Apr. 1971). • ‘Water-death’. (16 May 1971). • ‘Old lady’. (23 May 1971). The file also includes a clipping from 'Eirigh' of a poem by Tóibín titled ‘My Lady (To the Blessed Virgin Mary)’.
Draft poems submitted by Breandan de Paor. The poems are titled ‘Liszt’, ‘Bunty’, ‘Aitheantas’, ‘Ar an dTrá’, ‘Seanmóin’, and ‘Leisce’. With a cover letter from de Paor to Fr. Henry Anglin OFM Cap. (5 Aug. 1972).
Draft poetry submitted by Beda Herbert for publication in 'The Father Mathew Record'. The poems are titled ‘Our Lady of Night’, ‘Queen of Silence’, ‘Oculos ad nos convertere’.
Letter from Anne Mills, 1 South Crescent, Windermere, Westmorland, to Fr. Henry Anglin OFM Cap. enclosing copies of two poems titled ‘The Snow Drop’ and ‘The Wise Innocents’ which she hopes may be suitable for publishing in 'The Capuchin Annual'. The letter is dated 4 July 1963. The file also includes copies of various other poems composed by Anne Mills from 1960-3
Poems submitted by A.M. Sullivan, 99 Church Street, New York, for publication in 'The Capuchin Annual'. The poems are titled ‘The Squall (Achill Island)’, ‘Storm at Dingle’, ‘The Return’, and ‘By the Cliffs of Moher’. The file also includes ‘Ballad of Tim Murphy-Morgan Rifleman’. With a covering letter from Sullivan to Fr. Henry Anglin OFM Cap. explaining that the ‘Tim Murphy saga is a story of a hero of the American Revolution, who was born in America but whose folks came from Carlow’. (25 Sept. 1957).
The file comprises the following editions: 28 June 1922 (no. 1) – 16 Mar. 1923 (no. 175). The series is missing a small number of editions but there are multiple copies of other issues extant in the file. The publication began with the attack on anti-treaty republicans in the Four Courts, and the publication focused on ways of conveying news of the changing situation to journalists, republican supporters and the general public. The first (un-numbered) edition was styled as a communiqué from Rory O’Connor, Major General, IRA. It read: ‘The boys are glorious, and will fight for their Republic to the end. How long will our misguided former comrades outside attack those who stand for Ireland alone?’ Reference is made in this first communiqué to Fr. Albert Bibby OFM Cap. and Fr. Dominic O’Connor OFM Cap. who were ministering to the besieged republicans.
