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Draft poems submitted by James W. Kelly titled ‘Bessarabia’, ‘Have you no anger?’, ‘Moving towards the desert’, ‘The Stars’, ‘A passing thought’, ‘The Gold Brick’, ‘Not Oedipus’, ‘Have you no anger’, ‘Soliloquy’, and ‘Israel’.

Draft poems submitted by Joseph Doran. The poems are titled ‘Jet Flight Home’, ‘Astronaut’, ‘Weed Gatherers’, ‘Mountain Corn’, ‘Winter Harbour’, ‘Remember’, ‘The Quarry’, ‘The Little Homes of Mourne’ and ‘Montana Sheep Herd’.

Draft poems submitted by Bruce James. The titles include ‘The Shadow’, ‘Hymn’, and ‘Francis’.

Draft stories by Diarmuid Breathnach, 31 Victoria Road, Rathgar, Dublin, titled ‘Pretension’, ‘Clonmacnoise’, ‘When the robe was rent’, and ‘Nationalism’.

Draft articles submitted by Mary A. Elliot, Station House, Castlefinn, Lifford Post Office, County Donegal. The articles are titled ‘The road to the rainbow’, ‘The fairy coach’, ‘Mischief in the bog’, ‘Tim the tailor’s pipe’, ‘The golden thimble’ and ‘The fairy millers’.

Circular letter from Fr. Senan Moynihan OFM Cap. enclosing an advertisement flier for 'The Capuchin Annual' (1940). The flier notes that the 'Annual made its appearance in 1930 and was sold out within a month: of course, only 2,000 copies were printed. It was a new type of Christmas publication for Ireland and it was very favourably reviewed. From a modest 2,000 the circulation has grown to 25,000 …’. The flier also profiles some of contributors, articles, and artistic and photographic features to appear in the 1940 edition.

Drafts of an article titled ‘Clare 1920’ referring to the War of Independence in the county written by An tAthair Séamus Ó Deá and published in 'The Capuchin Annual' (1970). Two copies (with manuscript additions and annotations) are extant in the file.

File containing photographs, letters, transcripts and newspaper clippings relating to a tribute article for Padraig Ó Caoimh (Paddy O’Keefe, 1898-1964), published in 'The Capuchin Annual' (1965), pp 280-323. The article was titled ‘Symposium of tributes to the late Pádraig Uasal Ó Caoimh, General Secretary, Cumann Lúth Chleas Gael’. The file also includes black and white prints used to illustrate the text. One of the prints shows Ó Caoimh with Monsignor D. Murphy, Doney Cremin and Cornelius F. Neenan. Other prints show Ó Caoimh’s burial service in Glasnevin Cemetery, Dublin, which was attended by Éamon de Valera. The file includes letters from Jack Lynch, James Fagan and Sean Ó Síocháin. A copy of the official programme for the All Ireland Hurling final (6 Sept. 1964) with match ticket-stub is also extant.

File containing material compiled for an article by Brian MacGiolla Pádraig titled ‘Dlite na mBreitiuna (Brehon laws)’, published in 'The Capuchin Annual' (1967), pp 135-48. The file also contains a letter to Fr. Henry Anglin, OFM Cap., enclosing a copy of ‘Livestock in the Brehon Laws’, 'Agricultural History Review', VII, no. 2 (Autumn, 1959), pp 65-74. Also includes photographic copies of pages from the 'Seanchas Mór' and the book of laws titled the 'Book of Achill', which were used to illustrate the text.