File containing newspaper clippings, correspondence and notes relating to articles on ecumenism published in 'The Capuchin Annual' (1967). The file includes letters to Fr. Henry Anglin OFM Cap. from some of the authors who contributed articles on the subject including Rev. Robert A. Nelson, President of the Methodist Church in Ireland, Geoffrey Hand, Fr. Eoin de Bháldraithe (Waldron) O Cist., Moone Abbey, County Kildare, Robert McAfee Brown, Fr. William J. Sullivan Cssp., Kevin McNamara and Fr. Michael T. Irvin. The clippings (primarily from the 'Irish Times' and 'Irish Independent') include various reports on the ecumenical movement in Ireland.
Draft articles for submission for 'The Capuchin Annual'. The author of the texts is not given but it is possible they are by D.L. Kelleher (1883-1958). The titles include ‘Walking into Wigan Town in 1920’, ‘Traveller’s Joy / The Return of the Native’, ‘Paris / July 5th 1926’, ‘Saint Peter’s and Saint Paul’s, Cork’, ‘Pageant in High Street’, ‘I like Dublin’, ‘Shakespeare in the Cradle’, and ‘Lourdes / November 18th 1923’. It appears that many of the articles are incomplete.
Letter from ‘Kitty’ enclosing clippings from the 'Cork Examiner' (9 July 1938) re the handover by the British military of Spike Island in Cork Harbour under the terms of the Anglo-Irish agreement. The articles also refer to the escape of Irish republican prisoners from Spike Island in 1921. The letter is addressed to ‘Joe’ but also refers to Fr. Henry Anglin OFM Cap. It is dated 6 Jan. 1956.
File containing draft articles submitted by Liam Brophy, 39 Anglesea Road, Ballsbridge, Dublin, with a view to publication in 'The Capuchin Annual'. The file includes: • Grief in a storm. Enclosed with a letter to Fr. Henry Anglin OFM Cap. noting the death of Fr. James O’Mahony OFM Cap., former Provincial Minister. • A dramatic poem (for four voices and chorus) on the Rising in Dublin, Easter 1916. 13 pp. • The Pungent Father Prout / Splendid Effrontery of the Wit of Watergrasshill. • Paul Claudel (1868-1955) / Poet of Seraph Joy’. 5 pp. • City Crowds. 1 p.
Drafts and notes compiled for an article by Kathleen M. Murphy titled ‘Balkan Byways’, published in 'The Capuchin Annual' (1963), pp 110-124. The file contains manuscript notes by Kathleen M. Murphy and two soft-bound notebooks. One of the notebooks contains notes titled ‘Constantinople trip’.
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.
Photographic prints compiled for an article by Patrick D. Molumby titled ‘Lighting Dublin’, 'The Capuchin Annual' (1973), pp 75-85. The file includes many images of lamps and public lighting in Dublin taken by K. Mullen, Dublin Corporation photographer.
