Photograph print of the funeral mass of Fr. James O’Mahony OFM Cap. (1897-1962) in Holy Trinity Church. An annotation on the reverse lists the Capuchin friars in the photograph including Fr. Brendan O’Mahony OFM Cap., Fr. Conrad O’Donovan OFM Cap. and Fr. Hilary McDonagh OFM Cap. Photographer/Studio: G.V. Healy, 85 Oliver Plunkett Street, Cork.
A clipping of a short article reporting on the funeral of Mary Brigid Pearse (1884-1947) at the Church of Annunciation in Rathfarnham, Dublin. The clipping is taken from the ‘Irish Press’ (17 Nov. 1947). The article reads 'The President, Taoiseach and members of the Government were among those who attended the funeral of Miss Mary Brigid Pearse, which took place to Glasnevin Cemetery on Saturday, after Mass in the Church of the Annunciation, Rathfarnham, celebrated by Rev. Joseph Mallin, S.J., son of the executed 1916 leader, and a former pupil of St. Enda's'.
A satirical republican flier on the demise of the pro-Treaty 'Freeman's Journal' newspaper. The flier promotes a 'funeral procession' for the paper and notes that it ceased publication 'from an acute attack of Clerical Intimidation, Softening of the Back-bone, and other painful disorders'. Reference is made to the former proprietors of the newspaper, Francis Higgins (c.1745–1802), probably better known as the 'Sham Squire', and Sir John Gray (1815-1875).
Photographic print on card of a Gaelic football team (most likely students from St. Enda’s School). Print by Henry Roe MacMahon, 11 Harcourt Street, Dublin.
Date: [Place of publication not identified]; [publisher not identified], [189-?] Author: Murray Alexander Mathew Language: English Ink stamp on title page reads: ‘Capuchin Franciscan Fathers, Church Street'. Includes the ancestry of Arnold Harris Mathew and Appendix: 'The ancestors and relatives of the 1st Earl of Landaff’s mother, Mary Matthews ... by the Rev. Murray A. Matthew … and ancestry of Fr. Theobald Mathew'.
An article titled ‘Geoffrey Keating’ by Fr. Richard Henebry. The article is taken from the ‘Journal of the Ivernian Society’ (July-Sept., 1913), pp 197-202.
A pamphlet in the republican interest written under the pseudonym of ‘Columban na Banban’. The pamphlet urges priests to adhere to the Republic and to defy their Bishop’s commands: ‘The Republican Police Force is not disbanded. … Mulcahy will surrender as surely as Macready surrendered. Doubtless when all arguments are used the Bishops will remain your great stumbling block’. (p. 11).
Author: Maire Ni Ćillin Publisher: Dublin: M.H. Gill and Son Ltd. Language: English The Irish Capuchin Archives holds both the 1913 and 1915 editions. Manuscript annotation on the 1913 edition reads: ‘Memory summons another picture of the Friars in the garb of brown … Maire Ni Ćillin’. One of the copies also has a manuscript dedication from the author to Fr. Aloysius Travers OFM Cap. on the fly-leaf.