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A note from Fr. Albert Bibby OFM Cap. to Fr. Bonaventure Murphy OFM Cap. referring to his preparations for his departure for the Santa Inés mission in California. Bibby remarks that he arrived in New York City 'almost a wreck' but leaves it in 'pretty good form'.

Letter from Fr. Albert Bibby OFM Cap. to Fr. Martin Hyland OFM Cap. referring to the decay of the old mission buildings and gardens at Santa Inés in California. He also notes that ‘we have a huge parish with a total of 80 Catholic families of almost every nationality under the sun ...’.

Letter from Fr. Albert Bibby OFM Cap., St. Francis Hospital, Santa Barbara, to Fr. Bonaventure Murphy OFM Cap., referring to his weakening condition and suggesting that the end is near. He writes ‘I know my dear mother and sisters will feel my death – won’t you write and console them’. He asks to be remembered in a lengthy list of family members and friends. Bibby writes 'Remember me to all the brethren – for no one have I the smallest particle of bitterness, though alas I have often said bitter things for which I in heartily sorrow'.

Memorial Card for Éamonn Ceannt

Copy letter from Fr. Albert Bibby OFM Cap. The typescript copy notes that the original ‘belongs to L.T. Langley, 164 Iveragh Road, Gaeltacht Park, Whitehall, Dublin. The letter is incomplete, and no indication is given of the person to whom it is addressed’. The letter provides an account of the ‘closing scenes of Sean Heuston’s life’. Fr. Albert contends that ‘shortly after Easter Week, 1916, I gave a rather full account for publication in the Catholic Bulletin, but owing to the Censor’s restrictions it could not appear in print’. The letter reads: ‘At about 3.45 A.M. a British soldier knocked at the door of the cell and told us time was up. We both walked out together down to the end of the Jail yard; here his hands were tied behind his back, a cloth tied over his eyes and a small piece of white paper, about 4 or 5 inches square, pinned to his coat over his heart’. Reference is also made to Fr. Augustine’s Hayden’s ministry to Ėamonn Ceannt and Michael Mallin.

A carte-de-visite showing a view of the Marian shrine at the Church of St. John the Baptist in Knock in County Mayo. The print was produced by James McFarland, 79 Grafton Street, Dublin.

Fr. Richard Henebry (front row, seated, second from left) at Coláiste na Mumhan in Béal Átha an Ghaorthaidh (Ballingeary). Fr. Albert Bibby OSFC is seated in the front row (first on the right).

Letter to Patrick Pearse from E.K. Chambers, Board of Education, Whitehall, London, regarding the possibility of taking Welsh as an additional subject in a public elementary school.

Letter to Patrick Pearse from Tomás de Róiste, Conrad na Gaelige, Tipperary. Refers to an enclosure for £1 for ‘expenses incurred by your recent visit to Tipperary’. Annotation on the reverse of the letter in hand of Pearse reads ‘[Seosamh mac Cathmhaoil], possibly Joseph Campbell, Loretto Cottage, Castlereagh Road, Belfast’.

Letter from John D. Crimmins, Emmet Arcade, 624 Madison Avenue, to Patrick Pearse, New York, regarding a contribution to the St. Enda’s School fund.