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The account (compiled by Fr. Aloysius Travers OFM Cap.) begins with Fr. Dominic’s appointment as civic chaplain to Tomas MacCurtain and later to Terence MacSwiney, Lord Mayors of Cork. The account includes copy correspondence regarding Fr. Dominic’s trial and copy extracts from newspapers ('Irish Independent', 'Evening Herald' and 'Catholic Herald') referring to the case and requests for the immediate release of the Capuchin priest. Reference is also made to the harsh treatment endured by Fr. Dominic during his captivity.

Drafts of an article by Kathleen MacKenna Napoli (1897-1988) titled ‘Among the Nations of the Earth / Revolutionary Recollections’. The drafts represent a personal memoir of the revolutionary period. The chapter headings include sections describing the ‘Irish Bulletin story’, the ‘Treaty negotiations’ and the ‘Irish Civil War’.

An alphabetical index of contributors (authors, photographers and artists) to 'The Capuchin Annual' from 1931-8.

Author: D.T. Barry
Publisher: Cork: Shandon Printing Works, 37 South Mall
Language: English
Full title: 'Alcohol: its work / a lecture delivered before St. Finbarr’s Total Abstinence Society by D.T. Barry, MD, FRCS (Eng.), DPH, Professor of Physiology, Queen’s College, Cork'.
Manuscript annotation on front cover reads: ‘Fr. Alphonsus [Carroll] OSFC’.

Article titled ‘Agriculture as a source of employment’, published in 'The Capuchin Annual' (1961), pp 145-153. The draft article was written by Lieutenant-General M.J. Costello and is dated 18 Nov. 1959 at the City of Dublin Vocational Education Committee, College of Commerce, Rathmines, Dublin.

Note re an agreement between Fr. Canice Bourke OFM Cap., guardian, and Jerry Twomey regarding his employment as an organist at Holy Trinity Church, Cork.

Agreement from Fr. William Travers OFM Cap., Fr. Edward Bourke OFM Cap. and Fr. Jeremiah Kelleher OFM Cap., Rochestown, County Cork, to Patrick Phelan, coal merchant, Friary Street, Kilkenny. The agreement notes that the Capuchin friars are intending to demolish a dwelling house known as No. 47 Friary (formerly Walkin) Street and erect a new building. Reference is made to the possible inconvenience and disruption which may be caused to Phelan’s adjoining business. The Capuchin friars agreed to pay Phelan £50 as a consideration for his granting rights to enter onto his property for the purpose of erecting scaffolding at the gable end of 47 Walkin Street and for the demolition of the existing boundary wall between the two premises.

Draft report on the history of Irish Capuchin mission in Zambia compiled by Fr. Donatus McNamara OFM Cap. for the Lexicon Cappucinum Project, International College of St. Lawrence of Brindisi, Rome. The report includes the following sections:
Historical Development of the Mission
Outstanding Missionaries
Mission Stations and Foundations
Current Friaries
Bibliography
Development of the Capuchin Vice-Province of Zambia
List of Vice-Provincial Superiors
Biographical details for Bishop Timothy Phelim O’Shea OFM Cap., Fr. Killian Flynn OFM Cap., Br. Andrew O’Shea OFM Cap., Fr. Jude McKenna OFM Cap., Fr. Philip Baxter OFM Cap., Fr. Edwin Flynn OFM Cap., Fr. Charles Hanley OFM Cap., Br. Declan O’Callaghan OFM Cap., Br. Hugh Raymond OFM Cap., Fr. Kieran Shorten OFM Cap., Fr. Godfrey Sinvula OFM Cap., Fr. Salavtor Quinn OFM Cap., Fr. Theophilus Murphy OFM Cap., and Br. Rudolf Pieretti OFM Cap.
Persons who had a significant relationship with the Mission: Bishop Bernard O’Riley and J.J. Conserdine.

A clipping of an article titled ‘Africa comes to Cork’ in the Cork Examiner referring to an exhibition of hand-carved wooden objects, ritual dance masks and other artefacts from Zambia in Cork City Hall. The exhibition was organised by Fr. Conleth McConville OFM Cap. to raise money to support the work of the eighty Capuchin missionaries in Zambia.