Telegram from Fr. Dominic O'Connor OFM Cap. to Fr. Bonaventure Murphy OFM Cap. regarding the death of Fr. Albert Bibby OFM Cap. in St. Francis Hospital in Santa Barbara, California. The text reads 'Albert with martyrs of the Gael / peaceful happy death / Dominic'.
List of Capuchin friars buried in Foulkstown Cemetery in Kilkenny. The list was compiled by Fr. Benedict Cullen OFM Cap. The list includes names, dates of death and other details (including age) in respect of: Br. Urban Beirne, Cleric Student Fr. Chrysostom Sutton, Master of Novices Fr. Matthew O’Connor, former Provincial Minister Br. Laserian O’Connor Br. Angelus Moore Br. Colman Butler Br. James Kennedy Fr. Bonaventure Murphy Br. Benedict Curran Fr. Seraphin Nesdale Fr. Robert Ratigan References is also made to a monument erected to the memory of Fr. Thomas Murphy OSFC (died 13 June 1817 aged 73 years) and Fr. William Berry OSFC (died 20 Oct. 1822 aged 80 years) and to Fr. Patrick Joseph Mulligan OSFC (died 4 Dec. 1853 aged 74 years), Fr. J.E. Tommins OSFC (died 29 July 1889 aged 78 years) and Br. Edward Foley OSFC, Cleric Novice (died 24 Sept. 1889 aged 16 years).
Letter to Fr. Bonaventure Murphy OFM Cap., guardian, from the Home Rule Club, John’s Quay, Kilkenny, conveying the organisation’s sympathy on the loss sustained by the Order following the death of Fr. Raphael Quinn OFM Cap. in California.
Letter from Margaret 'Aggie' Bibby to Fr. Bonaventure Murphy OFM Cap. She writes that she has met ‘friends of poor Tomás [Fr. Albert Bibby OFM Cap.] who had just come from America. Immediately after his death the leaders of A.A.R.I.R. made a request on superior Fr. Joseph [Fenlon] to be allowed ship his body to Ireland as Tomás wished. He cabled to Fr. Peter [Bowe]. Reply came two days later: "Bury Fr. Albert in Santa Inez in the usual way". She later notes that care was taken to ensure that Fr. Albert's body was buried in a ‘metal casket hermetically sealed’. She concludes by expressing the hope that her brother's ‘bones will rest in the land he loved so well. Never shall we forget the Franciscan tyrants’.
Letter from Fr. Stanislaus Kavanagh OFM Cap., Church Street, to Fr. Bonaventure Murphy OFM Cap., guardian, enclosing a copy of the mission list and querying an item in the accounts furnished from Capuchin General Curia in Rome.
Letter from Fr. Kevin Moynihan OFM Cap., Provincial Secretary, to Fr. Bonaventure Murphy OFM Cap., guardian, referring to a request from Monsignor Killian Flynn OFM Cap. for some items which he requires for the missions.
Letter from Fr. Albert Bibby OFM Cap. to Fr. Bonaventure Murphy OFM Cap., referring to a meeting with a Fr. Keoghan re Sr. Brigid. Fr. Albert askes Fr. Bonaventure to ‘assure her that we are making a big fight for her. Everyone who stands by Ireland to-day is suffering. She suffers because of her devotion to us …’.
Letter from Fr. Albert Bibby [to Fr. Bonaventure Murphy OFM Cap.] referring to arrangements for sailing on the 'Republic' steamship from Cobh on 20 June. He also refers to his meeting in Goresbridge with Angela Cook, ‘a niece of Mrs McCurtain’, who is keen on joining a congregation of nuns. He concludes by stating that he has had a letter from Fr. Dominic O’Connor OFM Cap. who is in ill-health.
Letter from Fr. Albert Bibby, Capuchin Friary, Kilkenny, to Fr. Bonaventure Murphy OFM Cap., referring to arrangements for his departure to the United States. He writes ‘I probably shall remain on here until at least [the] end of this month, possibly longer. All will depend on [the] letter from Provincial’. He also refers to his feelings re his imminent departure. He adds ‘I have now got over 1st effects of announcement. They feel it very much at home. But in this part of [the] world there is a very intense feeling or attitude of "ecclesia" towards all of our friends. This feeling is even more marked here than in Dublin'. He also refers to Br. Bonaventure McCafferty OFM Cap. who, he suggests, is 'under a microscope' following a recent meeting in Cobh.
Letter from Fr. Albert Bibby OFM Cap., St. Benedict’s Rectory, 320 West End Street, New York, to Fr. Bonaventure Murphy OFM Cap., affirming that he will soon be leaving for Abbottstown, Pennsylvania, and referring to his impressions of New York. He notes: ‘I feel absolutely no interest in it. I’d willingly go back, do my term of exile – be it long or short – in Mountjoy’. He also refers to the political divisions in the Irish community in the city. He concludes by asking if republican prisoners in Ireland have been released. He writes ‘Is Dev free. The press here doesn’t consider Ireland worthy of mention. England has great social, financial and business grip here’.