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Mass booklet for the celebration of the centenary of the Vincentian administration of All Hallows College (AHC) in 1992.
Includes songs and sections of the liturgy that were part of the celebration Mass.
There is a very short historical summary of the Vincentian involvement at AHC at the beginning of the booklet, and a list of 'recent developments' at the College at the end of the booklet.

Photographic print (black and white) of Fr. Albert Bibby OFM Cap. and Fr. Dominic O’Connor OFM Cap. outside the Church Street Friary, Dublin. A woman, carrying an umbrella, and a young boy are following them. The print is pasted onto card and is annotated on the reverse: ‘donated by Mrs. H. Cass, Huntstown, Kilmanagh, County Kildare’. It is noted that the copyright of this image was held by J. Cashman, 13 Manor Place, Dublin, and the 'Irish Press'.

Memorial card 'For P.H. Pearse, Thos. J. Clarke and Thos. MacDonagh who died for Ireland, 3rd May, 1916'

A memorial card (with photographic print) for Cathal Brugha who died on 7 July 1922 at the start of the Civil War.

Manuscript transcript of song ‘Republicans are We’ to the air of ‘The Soldiers’ Song’. The first verse reads:
‘When bravely we’d fought our land to free
Our Tricolour flying o’ar us,
The ancient foe for peace did seek,
From I.R.A. victorious
Our envoys went to London town
And there, let our Republic down;
But still, till Freedom battle’s won
Republicans are We’.

Letter from Br. Colmcille Cregan OFM Cap. to Fr. Bonaventure Murphy OFM Cap. referring to Fr. Albert Bibby's worsening condition in Santa Barbara Hospital. He writes that Father Albert ‘has no desire to die, as he had [a] big wish to do something for Saint Agnes [Mission Santa Inés], but God has ordained otherwise. Anyway, he set the Mission going and had got many interested in the restoration work’. He also refers to Fr. Dominic O'Connor's presence which has delighted Albert and that the latter expresses no bitterness towards his brethren at home. He also affirms that it is Bibby's wish to be buried in Ireland and to make representations to the Provincial Minister and the relevant authorities in Ireland to ensure that this happens.

Letter from Robert Monteith, Detroit, to Fr. Albert Bibby OFM Cap., expressing his pleasure that Fr. Albert will be visiting him in Detroit. Monteith adds ‘The news coming across is surely heartening. I feel it in my bones that we are on the eve of great things and that our fond hopes will be realised’. He also expresses his wish that Fr. Albert addresses ‘our people’ in the city.

A letter from Dorothy Godfrey (1893-1975) to Fr. Bonaventure Murphy OFM Cap. on her anger on hearing of the death of Fr. Albert Bibby OFM Cap. She writes ‘I want to tell you and your good friends, that Fr. Albert did die broken-hearted over the treatment he received from F. P[eter Bowe] and the two who went over to England to have his faculties taken from him. What he suffered for God and Ireland he did not mind, but to think of his own in religion doing such mean things almost broke his heart'.

Scale: 32 feet to 1 inch
Plan of the Church Street Chapel bordered to the west by ground ‘in the possession of the mortgagors’ and the chapel house and to the east by the chapel yard fronting onto Church Street. The Chapel measures 164 feet by 58 feet. The plan was prepared by Terence O’Reilly & son, solicitors, 5 North Great George’s Street. The map is annotated: ‘The premises proposed to be mortgaged are bounded green’. The plan is also annotated on the reverse with a statement that the plan refers to the ‘Capuchin Loan’ and was sent to Messrs Blount on 22 June 1882.

The flier refers to the foundation by Fr. Benvenutus Guy OSFC of St. Joseph’s League which was approved by the Most Rev. William J. Walsh, Archbishop of Dublin, and provides details of its government and organisation. Article 6 notes that ‘members [are] to wear a badge to distinguish them from other boys. By the wearing of this badge they are expected to avoid the company of wicked boys, and to do all in their power to crush vice of every kind, especially evil speaking in those with whom they have to come in contact with’.